P7 – Saturday October 13th brought away matches vs Coleraine, always some of our strongest opposition. The P7s played three late starting matches on the day, with a great player turnout despite the scheduling change. For the club shop CLICK HERE The boys came out strongly in the first half of match one and took […]
Donaghadee 2nds 3 vs 34 Bangor 2nds League ~ Derby winning streak continues For Pictures of Gryphons v Antrim RFC III XV CLICK HERE Playing a derby match under lights on a Friday night is always an enticing affair for any rugby player. Bangor’s players certainly rose to the occasion and maintained their good form […]
Donaghadee 13pts Ballynahinch 2’s 32pts Hinch faced a difficult test playing the Junior Cup holders, Donaghadee in the last 16 of the cup. The 2’s didn’t make life easy for themselves -when straight from the kick off they let the ball bounce and Dee managed to gather the ball and work their way into the […]
Two sparkling tries from centre Tom Hughes and a fine individual effort from Scott Gibson were the highlights of this eight try victory by Ballymena over Instonians in the Ulster Senior Cup. The remaining tries were scored by andrew Warwick, Alan Smyth, Timothy Small, David Whann and John Andrew. Scott Gibson and Niall Martin shared […]
Ards 4ths 12 v Antrim 29 The Black Knights continued their dismal start to their league campaign with a disappointing 29-12 defeat by a strong Antrim 1st xv. The omens were not good from the start when captain Rab Irwin , enjoying an early morning fishing trip to the River Roe, failed to turn up […]
Academy RFC Presidemt – Tom Kerr and 2nd XV Captain Keith Dobbin were presented with the new 2nd XV Kit from The kit was won through Power NI’s rugby kit competition which was spotted by Lee Moody in the local press and brought to the committee’s attention. The new kit will be worn this Saturday […]
Donaghadee 1st XV made the short trip to Shaws Bridge on Saturday to play Cooke in the Kukri Qualifying League. Both teams shared a mixed start to the season however the hosts came into this game off the back of an impressive away win at Ballymoney in the Junior Cup. Donaghadee took the early inititiative […]
Given the difficult playing conditions, Ulster coach Mark Anscombe has declared himself happy with the 8-19 win over Glasgow on Friday night. He commented after the game: “It’s not easy to come here and get the victory and there’s other teams that I’m sure will find that out. We’re two from two and that leaves […]