On Saturday past Belfast Harlequins took on Glasgow Hawks in a training friendly. The teams played four 20 minute periods and used all their players with regular subs. Obviously the coaches were trying out alot of their options. This game was also made more interesting by the close connection between player son both sides with […]
Ulster U20s opened their season in style with a comfortable 67-14 win over Midlands in Coventry on Friday afternoon. Ulster started strongly and never looked back – it took just four minutes to register the first try and they went on to add another ten before the final whistle. Fullback Rory Scholes was first to […]
The Ireland team to play France this Saturday in Bordeaux shows a total of nine changes to the starting team from the side that played Scotland last weekend. The back three remains unchanged with Rob Kearney, Andrew Trimble and Luke Fitzgerald all named in the side. Paddy Wallace starts in the centre, with Keith Earls […]
Bayonne, playing their second game in five days, following last Friday’s friendly against Pau, opened strongly with 19 unanswered points before young out-half James McKinney, making his first appearance in a senior Ulster shirt, slotted over a penalty close to the half-time break. A considerable crowd turned out to watch Bayonne’s final pre-season game before […]
Northern Bank Ulster U18 Schools Tour Squad 11 – 13 August 2011 CName SName School Ross Adair Sullivan Upper Ben Alexander* RBAI Paddy Anderson RBAI Mark Best* Campbell College Nathan Brown RBAI Neil Burns* Foyle & L’Derry Coll David Busby Portadown College Marc Campbell Methodist College Jack Cooke* Campbell College Jonny Craig Ballyclare HS Jonny […]
Well Done Enniskillen ~ Rugby and then 80s theme dancing ~ the spirit if rugby! The ladies team were unfortunate that an opposing team was unable to field but without wasting the opportunity for a competitive game the ladies played some touch rugby splitting the team into two sides. Good effort was put in by […]
Instonians U19 XV push their training to the max @ PHK MMA, in some of the toughest sessions known to man the experts @ PHK have also been showing the the guys some technical moves. Youtube clip of Instonians is below + comments from coaches and trainers. “MMA uses alot of the same basic movements […]
Cookstown Rugby Club signed off on its 2010/2011 season by holding a number of key functions in its annual calendar: Annual Tour of Malaga On 21 of May Cookstown RFC embarked on its annual tour of Malaga. Thanks to the hard work and meticulous planning of club stalwart Owen Mallon, the club has now established […]