Bangor Ladies produced another excellent performance to record an 11-8 victory against a combined Ballyclare/Harlequins side. A crisp, dry, sunny day soon led to a try extravaganza and a brilliant advertisement for female rugby with 19 tries in total being scored with Bangor eventually winning by 11-8. Bangor, who where missing a lot of their […]
DROMORE 1st XV 27 DONAGHADEE 1st XV 7 After the tremendous performance against CIYMS last week hopes were high that Donaghadee could take at least something from their trip to Barban Hill in the game against Dromore in the lastest round of Qualifying One. The Dee side lined up with the same personnel as last […]
1st XV continue their winning ways at Ballymoney Ballymoney 0 – Instonians 13 Instonians resumed their league campaign by making the journey to Ballymoney on a dark, dank day. In truth it was a gloomy enough game. Instonians were not at their best. They lacked urgency and at times lost direction. They started well enough. […]
Photographed at Eaton Park complex last Saturday were Ballymena RFC President Guy McCullough, with Shannon RFC President Tague Crowe, at the pre-match luncheon. Included are Ballymena and Shannon officials Derek Montgomery, Tom Wiggins, Tim O’Donahugh, John Leahy, Vinnie McMahon and John Sheernan. INBT 48-901H Ballymena Rugby Club First XV returned to winning form on Saturday […]
Cookstown Return to Winning Ways Cookstown 20 – Ballynahinch 11 Cookstown got back to winning ways on Saturday with a hard fought win over Ballynahinch in their first home game of the season at the Mid Ulster Sports Arena. Ballynahinch were quickly into their stride and were first on the scoreboard with a straightforward penalty. […]
Rugby World Cup winning coach Clive Woodward to speak at #IRBConfEx Chelsea FC psychologist Tim Harkness to join former Black Fern Anna Richards and Woodward on sports psychology panel Sports broadcaster Gabby Logan to moderate panel The International Rugby Board has announced that Rugby World Cup winning coach Clive Woodward will take part in an […]
DEE GET BACK TO WINNING WAYS Donaghadee 1st XV were delighted to welcome Holywood to Donaldson Park on Saturday last for the first time in some years for the First Round of the Millar McCall Wylie Junior Cup. After an indifferent start to the season the Dee were hoping to kick-start their campaign against a […]
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Armoy 29 Ballymena select 38 Positives to be taken from evenly contested friendly loss. Armoy opened their account for the season with a friendly fixture against a younger and fitter Ballymena select. It was ultimately the youth and fitness factors that bore fruit for the Braid men as Armoy had lead for 3/4 of the […]