Malone had inflicted a fairly heavy defeat on Ballymena in the first UCL game of the season at Gibson Park, but there was some optimism that could be reversed at Eaton Park. Such optimism proved to be totally unfounded, as Malone outplayed the home side, scoring nine tries, amassing sixty points to Ballymena’s three. The […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV made it two away wins in a row(and three in total) when they beat Limavady by 24 points to 15 on Saturday 6 October. While there were too many unforced errors for this to be regarded as a vintage performance, the young Carrick team showed great resolve to wrest back […]
Team Opponent Result H/A Under 17 Letterkenny 78-0 A Under 15 Letterkenny 5-0 A Under 13 Letterkenny 12-22 A Red Letterkenny Day Carrickfergus RFC U17s -78 Letterkenny RFC U17s – 0 On a journey into the unknown Carrick U17s unshackled themselves from rugby convention & played with an abandon & freedom which yielded them a […]
Strabane won everything at Donegal on Saturday, even the draw for the bottle. The firsts had a hard fought victory 17-24, whilst the 2’s had a more comfortable 6-33 win Below are some photos of the 1’s in their new, figure hugging kit. Above- timmy cummings, scrum half, looking for support Below- brian allen on […]
After last Saturday’s lacklustre performance when they drew 13-13 following the long journey into deepest Munster to play Clonakilty. Armagh were keen to restore their early season record when they illustrated their form by beating Ballynahinch. The local side was scheduled to play Sundays Well from Cork on Saturday in the Ulster Bank All Ireland […]
Larne 8-Lisburn 9 Lisburn kicked off with a strong breeze behind them and following some good handling M.Hill was halted just short of the line when it looked odds on he would open the scoring. Larne managed to clear their lines and gradually worked their way upfield into the Lisburn half. Lisburn managed to avert […]
Kurki Qualifying 2 Limavady 1XV v Carrickfergus 1XV John Hunter Memorial Ground, Limavady 6th October 2012 Limavady continued their disappointing start to the season with a loss to Carrickfergus on Saturday. The home team continued the trend of getting off to a bright start, and once again got off the mark first when fullback Aaron […]
City of Derry Rugby Club travelled to play Seapoint in South Dublin on Saturday last in their second Ireland League Fixture of the season and came away with a bonus point victory when they outscored their opponents by six try’s to three. Derry had suffered a surprise defeat at home to UCC in their first […]
Ballyshannon senior men had another good win on the road on Saturday last when they defeated Clogher Valley (Fivemiletown) 36-12 with tries coming from captain Mark Rooney(2) Darragh Tyrell, Dara Keown and Dominic Gillespie. This Saturday we are at home to Armagh with a 2.30pm kick off at the Lakeside Centre and it would be […]