Local rugby player looking forward to Spanish challenge DRUMSURN man John Semple will be taking on a new challenge this year as he moves to Spain to play rugby. Semple who has been playing rugby since the age of five when his father took him to Limavady Rugby Club and he was part of the […]
RUGBY – BRENT “Cowboy” Ingram wrote himself into Ngati Porou East Coast and New Zealand rugby history when he scored a try in yesterday’s Ranfurly Shield challenge against Waikato. The Sky Blues lost 63-10 at Whakarua Park in Ruatoria but that did not matter to the majority of the 2000-strong crowd who got what they […]
Currently training with Hawke’s Bay as part of their wider squad ahead of the ITM Championship, which kicks off in August, Ulsterman John Semple has enjoyed much success since arriving in New Zealand last year. He has risen through the ranks of the club game and says “I’m going to keep pushing and playing as […]
Andy Chapman reports DRUMSURN man John Semple wrote his name into the rugby history books on Saturday, when he became the first ever known Irishman to take part in a pre-match haka leading into a New Zealand provincial final. Two hours later, he had a Heartland Championship Meads Cup winners medal around his neck, after […]