Perennials celebrated the Ulster Rugby victory over Connacht into the small hours some not making it home but they did make it to the main event of the weekend being the now famous contest v City Of Derry Select I XV. At one point the score was 9 tries to 7. Ranging from Ireland, Ulster […]
Ballyshannon under 13’s recorded a great 22-15 over Dungannon at the Lakeside Centre on Saturday morning. In a hugely entertaining game watched and supported by plenty of parents the tries came from James Cleary, Niall Carr (2) and Cillian Murphy with Niall Carr converting the last try. A great all round team performance with lads […]
The sun shone beautifully as the RS Armagh I & II XV took to the fields of battle to progress their development toward the various campaigns. These games are critically important to all the schools as they embed new moves, set pieces and perfect their team moving into the business end of the season. The […]
City of Derry Rugby Club got their All Ireland League Division 2A campaign back on track with a dramatic victory in Dublin on Saturday last when they defeated the joint league leaders Old Wesley by the narrowest of margins. The game was in the balance right to the final whistle as the Derry players produced […]
Ireland fell to their third defeat of the Autumn International series despite their best performance of the season when France rallied late to secure a 34-16 victory in Thomond Park. In what was the first ever rugby league international in Thomond Park a record number of spectators were in attendance to see Irish wing Joe […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV went down to their second League defeat when they lost by 18 points to nil to Omagh at Tom Simms Memorial Park on Saturday 5 November. While it would be stretching the truth to say that Carrick should have won this game, they certainly could had they taken their chances, […]
In perfect conditions the visitors to the Logan Stadium were Ballyclare who last season put 10 trys past the students. The game started with the home team having the better of the early exchanges, with the lively Jamie Ball at scrum half pulling the strings, however things changed abruptly when the students tried to move […]
Saturday saw Armagh make the long trip deep into Connacht to play their fifth game in the Ulster Bank League against Connemara in Clifden. Armagh’s form has slipped into a somewhat mediocre form recently. They headed west with two defeats from Banbridge and the ‘skin of their teeth’ win against Sligo still fresh in the […]
Enniskillen I XV recorded a very hard fought victory on the road against a very committed and dangerous Lisburn side to remain in pole position. As expected Lisburn started with a flurry and aided by a suspiciously looking touchline decision made inroads down the right wing where only some excellent defence forced play into touch […]