The draws have been made for the opening rounds of the First Trust Senior Cup First Trust Senior Cup Quarter Final Draw: Armagh v Ballynahinch or Ards Ballymena or Queen’s University v Banbridge Belfast Harlequins or Dungannon v City of Derry Rainey Old Boys v Malone
Lurgan Rugby Club’s senior section are just back from a very successful tour to the heartland of English rugby in Leicester. The large touring party flew out on the early hours of last Friday morning. The touring party was a mixture of youth and experience and were joined by a number of players who have […]
Rearranged fixtures in the AIL have reduced the playing programme in the Ulster Senior league this weekend to three fixtures between Malone v Armagh, Ballynahinch v Ballymena and Dungannon v Queens. The stand out game is the meeting of the top two sides Ballynahinch and Ballymena at Ballymacarn Park. Both sides are locked on forty […]
Ulster Rugby Senior League Preview Saturday 8th February 2014 by George Millar It is Ulster Senior League action this weekend as the twelve teams compete in round nine with two rounds of fixtures left on the 22nd Feb and the 8th March that will decide the destiny of the Stevenson Shield this season. Current holders […]
St. Eunan’s College Letterkenny edged St. Columba’s College Stranorlar 7-3 in a very competitive Donegal Schools’ Senior Rugby Final. One of the county’s biggest schools rugby rivalries was played out at Dave Gallaher Memorial Park in Letterkenny where the defence of the players was of the highest quality and at the forefront of a highly […]
Ahead of the defence of their RBS 6 Nations and Grand Slam titles the Irish Rugby Football Union today (30th Jan) announced a new three year jersey partnership between its Women’s Senior XV team and Aon, the world’s leading advisor on risk management and human resource consulting. The sponsorship, which is the first of its […]
Week seven of the Ulster Senior League leaves Ballymena topping the table with 26pts, one point ahead of current league champions Ballynahinch. The question being asked: are our clubs in Ulster playing too many fixtures. With Senior clubs involved in pre season friendlies, Ulster Senior league, Ulster Senior Cup and AIL we have players turning […]
Belfast Harlequins 15pts, City of Derry RFC 14pts City of Derry Rugby Club travelled to Belfast on Saturday last to take on AIL Division 1B side Belfast Harlequins in the Ulster League and came away on the end of a one point defeat that was not deserved. Derry dominated play for most of the game […]
This years Senior Cup Final was contested between Queen’s University Belfast RFC & Ballynahinch RFC. In the 1st half each team scored 2 tries and in the second half Queens scored 2 penalties which proved the difference between the two sides. In the final 15 minutes Ballynahinch mounted an assault on the Queen’s RFC try […]