Rob Herring has enjoyed a whirlwind start to his Ravenhill career, which, after signing a contract extension, will now continue until at least 2015. The South African arrived in Belfast in June on a trial period and has wasted little time in impressing the coaching staff and fans alike. The humble 22 year old has […]
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On a chilly afternoon at Neillsbrook there was little flowing rugby to warm the sizeable crowd as the 2nd XV made hard work of a stubborn Ards 3s. The visitors have a good league record to date but the ‘Town 2s should have won by a more comfortable margin. Skipper Hyndman was happy that a […]
Carrick 1st XV lost their League encounter with Grosvenor at Tom Simms Memorial Park on Saturday 3 November by 3 points to nil. The match was played in cold and windy conditions and neither side was able to master them for any length of time. Despite turning round at half time only 3 points down, […]
On Saturday Armagh travelled to Shaws Bridge to play Cooke in junior 5. The sun was low and Armagh received the kick off with it on their backs. Armagh Power NI started the game brightly with some hard running from Paul Cully and Gary Hanson. From this pressure came some good field position and eventually […]
Armagh approached this All-Ireland League fixture with a degree of trepidation and uncertainty. The Instonians club has, historically, always been one of the strongest in Ulster club rugby. Indeed, Armagh played Instonians last season in the Ulster Senior League and leaked three tries in three second half to loose out o the Belfast team. It […]
Armagh Seconds come out on top at Ballymena Armagh seconds travelled to Ballymena in good form after beating Malone seconds the previous week. There were several changes to the side as Lewis Morton came onto the wing, Andrew Winder played at 9 and Jason McMahon joined the front row at tight head with Brian McConnell […]
Enniskillen Thirds hosted league leaders Ballyshannon on Saturday hoping to make amends for the narrow 13 – 12 defeat at the beginning of the season, however it was Ballyshannon who took the first points through a penalty kick. Enniskillen bounced back quickly when some territory and pressure eventually allowed the strong running centre Richard Henderson […]
UUC RFC 1stXV defeat CIYMS 17-15 at Belmont UUC got their first win and points of the season as they defeated CIYMS at Belmont. The students got off to a poor start as CI scored an early try in the first half. Try was unconverted. At the restart the students switched on and challenged the […]
In a scintillating top of the table clash on Saturday last, Enniskillen exacted revenge on their near neighbours Ballyshannon who had inflicted a one point defeat some weeks earlier to take pole position at the top of the table and kept the pressure in what is sure to be a battle right through to the […]