It was totally appropriate that when two of Ulster & Irish rugby oldest clubs met at a sun kissed Cherryvale that they stood united in a minutes silence tribute to Nevin Spence his brother Graham & father Noel who so tragically died in a horrific farm accident last weekend. The rugby community in Ulster is […]
Coleraine 2XV responded to last week’s debacle against Ballymoney with a 5-star performance playing away against Carrickfergus 2XV. Coleraine had a number of changes from last week, and the 15 players on the pitch played excellently as a team, with a positive attitude and good discipline, to win in the end by a comfortable margin. […]
The Carrick 2nd XV lost by 20 points to 5 to Coleraine II at Tom Simms Memorial Park on Saturday 22 September. The home team seemed to interpret their role as “hosts” too literally and, through a mixture of unneccessary penalties, butchered scoring opportunities and poor defending, made a gift of the game to their […]
Without detracting from a fine Lisburn performance, it must be said that this was not Randalstown’s finest hour. Your humble scribe, in this, his last report from the battlefront before handing back to a worthier pen, hoped and fully expected to be searching for words to eulogise an heroic victory. The last two performances had […]
Saturday was always going to be a very difficult day for Ulster rugby. With the whole country still reeling from the Spence tragedy The Palace Grounds, understandably, offered no escape from the feelings of remorse. To witness both the first and second fifteen players line up with their opposition and match officials is a sight […]
The sun shone throughout on a superb day in Dublin. A very accomplished Ulster School sides left nothing behind on a polished, professional and inspiring performance @ Old Belvedere RFC. The vice like grip of the Ulster dedication to all the fine details, the basics, ruck, lineout, scrums, crash ball, miss pass, off load, tackle, […]