Leading Belfast law firm, Millar McCall Wylie have extended their sponsorship of the Ulster Branch Junior Cup competition for a further two seasons (2011-12 and 2012-13) Partner Conor Wylie made the draw for the semi-final of this season’s competition along with Laurence Caldwell, President of the IRFU Ulster Branch at Ravenhill on Tuesday evening The […]
Ballyshannon rugby club men recorded their first win of the season when they defeated a strong and much fancied Derry side in the Maiden city on Saturday. Ballyshannon were slow out of the blocks and allowed the home side to dominate at the beginning. The Derry side scored an early penalty and for the opening […]
Ulster have no fresh injury worries ahead of their Heineken Cup Pool 4 match at Welford Road on Saturday. They started their campaign with an impressive 16-11 win over Clermont Auvergne at the weekend but there are no casualties from the bruising encounter. John Afoa is unavailable this week after he returned to act as […]
Enniskillen Ladies 17, Belfast Harlequins 24 In Enniskillen’s fifth match of the season they welcomed Belfast Harlequins a very windy Mullaghmeen. After last week’s disappointing performance, ‘Skins knew they needed a confident start to this match and it began with Enniskillen kicking into the strong wind and they immediately put the pressure on the ‘Quins […]
“Ulsters steadying victory over Connacht last week provided the springboard for a much more rugged and stylish performance against a star studded high specification Clermont team. Indeed the quality of play enriched by our internationals playing well backed by solid forward and backline aggression and competitiveness left me convinced of the potential of this ulster […]
Results: 1st won 44-0 with a bonus point victory to take them second in league. 2nds won 39-17 away at Cooke which should also consolidate them at second in league. 3rds lost but put up a good performance against a strong Dungannon side. In the Youth U17’s and U13’s just scraped home against Cavan 24-22, […]
5k Virginia forest Run a huge success. The Virginia Forest 5k run was held on Sunday last and a large crowed turned out on a beautiful Autumn morning. Runners and walkers of all levels participated and many of the local GAA and running clubs were represented. Results In the Under 18’s category: In first place […]