Ulster U20s recorded an excellent 24-16 win over Leinster in an exciting inter-provincial opener at Ravenhill on Friday night… Ireland U20 international Stuart Olding, playing at out-half, showed some of the skills that earned him a ticket on the plane to the IRB Junior World Championship in South Africa in June with a nerveless display […]
Pythons Begin Season With Away Home Win! Due to the ongoing cricket season and some old timer belting out some songs at Shorts, Grosvenor were forced to move their home fixture to Banbridge. Grosvenor 3rds took to the pitch to play their first league match following promotion to Junior 4 in baking sunshine. It was […]
Ballymoney 2 31 – 7 Dungannon 3XV A poor performance by the IIIs in their opening game of the season. They were very rusty and lacked sufficient possession to pose a serious threat to Ballymoney. Andrew Girvan was the outstanding player in the Dungannon pack with Jake Finlay and Paul Cashel the pick of the […]
A last gasp try by Lyons seals the bonus point in a difficult fixture After the last minute defeat at home to Coleraine last week the Valley side needed to kick start their defence of the League title. However coaches Kyle and Black were forced through injuries to give a first senior competitive start to […]
CIYMS 60 Academy 28 8th September 2012 On an unusually warm day at Roughfort CIYMS 1st XV commenced their Qualifying League 1 campaign for 2012/13. CI fielded a strong team which incorporated several of their new recruits who joined the club over the summer. CI set out their stall in the first play of the […]
Following a convincing defeat of newcomers UUC in this season’s first league encounter Donaghadee began their away campaign on Saturday with a trip to Ballymoney. Although the Dee had the upper hand in lasts years meetings with two wins and a draw, the North West team finished their league campaign strongly and indeed beat the […]
Banbridge must have felt slightly bewildered as to why they didn’t come away from this game as winners. However, ‘Quins never give up despite early injuries and also having two key players not showing up due to a car breakdown. ‘Quins Captain Robert Logan had to leave the pitch after just a few minutes with […]