It is always an exciting and thrilling day to watch ladies rugby. To see the sheer effort that goes in to field the team, to travel fairly long distances to take on sides with no guarantee of the victory. Speaking to a Ballyshannon player during the week revealed how delighted they are when a team […]
The focus turns once again to the RaboDirect PRO12 this weekend, with Ulster leading the table courtesy of their unbeaten run so far this season. They travel to Rodney Parade on Friday night to face a Newport Gwent Dragons team who are uncomfortably sat at the wrong end of the table, although at this stage […]
Strabane were narrowly beaten by letterkenny 6-10 in the Gordon west cup on Saturday. A great crowd of over 100 turned out to see a very tight game that would give a measure of how Strabane were coming on. The answer later. Strabane kicked off, and letterkenny immediately tried to show who was top dog. […]
Carrick 31 – Lisburn 20 With Carrick still looking for a home win this season and Lisburn unbeaten away from home the scene was set for an intriguing encounter. In excellent playing conditions, Lisburn kicked off but the ball failed to travel the required 10 metres and Carrick were awarded a scrum on half way. […]
Roger Wilson and Declan Fitzpatrick have been named in the extended Ulster squad for Friday’s game against Dragons at Rodney Parade (kick off 7.05pm). It is the first time Wilson has been named in a preliminary squad since his return to Ulster, having suffered a hamstring tear playing for Northampton Saints at the end of […]
Ballyshannon’s second league game got off to another great start on home ground on Sunday last. The first 5 mins of game was loose play until Ballyshannon got there heads in the game and started dominating. From a big Shannon scrum a ball was won against the head and fed to outhalf Siobhan Coughlin who […]
The Barbarians have invited David Young to be their head coach for their historic fixture against the British & Irish Lions in Hong Kong next June. The match marks the climax of the club’s summer tour of 2013 which kicks-off with the fixture against England at Twickenham on 26 May. Young, the London Wasps’ director […]