It has been our pleasure to cover Ophir Rugby Club, more recently ewith their 7s competition and then last week @ the Randalstown Pre Season Tournament, we managed to catch up with Club Coach Ken Campbell and his InTouch TV interview is below. The III XV were in action @ the weekend v Carrick V […]
Once again the ridiculous rule not allowing substitutes in Qualifying League Two directly influenced the result in what was frankly a very close game, with few try scoring chances created by either side. With ‘Skins numbers reduced for the best part of an hour they can justifiably hold their heads up, even in the bitter […]
City of Derry travelled to Deramore Park to play a very confident Harlequins outfit that had easily disposed of Malone in the first round of the Senior Ulster league. However, it was Derry who hit the ground running and after absorbing some early Quins pressure took control of the game playing some superb rugby to […]
There was a quality start to the new season at Shaws Bridge on Friday night when Dungannon II garnered a deserved set of league points at the expense of Instonians. The hosts won the toss and elected to play with the sun and breeze on their backs as Dungannon made it a jittery start. However, […]
Lisburn overcome Ards in major upset. The TATA sponsored Lisburn first XV travelled to Ards last Saturday in buoyant mood after their very positive display the previous Tuesday when they put in a very strong performance against Qualifying One club Dromore on their own patch. This time they travelled with a smaller squad of 22 […]
What a day tomorrow, with Darren Cave & Paddy Wallace already in action against Connacht tomorrows game sees Andrew Trimble, Rory Best, Stephen Ferris & Tom Court all in the squad to play France. With Trimble & Best starting & Ferris & Court champing at the bit to get into the fray its set to […]
After two wins in the previous week, the Carrick 1st XV lost their away fixture with Grosvenor at Belmont by 27 points to 7 on Saturday 26 March. It was another one of those days for the Maxol-sponsored Carrick side when very little went right and everything, including the refereeing decisions, seemed to happen for […]
PORTADOWN 27 – 24 LIMAVADY Portadown got back to qualifying league action for the first time in over two months with an away visit to Limavady. The visitors found the going tough in the opening exchanges and whilst they were dominant in the scrum, the amount of penalties conceded stifled any momentum they hoped to […]