On Saturday 5 May, Cookstown RFC will play Ballyclare RFC in the final of the Ravenhill Cup. Cookstown booked their place in the final following an invincible season in their section of the minor league and by beating a much more experienced and bigger Ballymena side in what can only be described as a bruising […]
Ulster’s Paddy Wallace and Pedrie Wannenburg are expected to be available for selection for this weekend’s Heineken Cup semi-final against Edinburgh which will be played at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday (28 April). Paddy Wallace was feeling unwell during the game and left the field having suffered visual disturbance due to migraine which resolved within […]
Kukri Conference League Dungannon made a lively start to the game playing into the wind and moving the ball well they created a number of try scoring opportunities before big centre Stuart McKenzie crossed after six minutes. Plunkett McCallon converted. 7 – 0 Larne narrowed the gap on eleven minutes with a penalty when Dungannon […]
Dungannon came to Dublin with high hopes but alas it was a very downcast Dungannon contingent that returned to Tyrone on Saturday night. UCD shocked Dungannon with a quick try after two minutes. Although Dungannon recovered to take a 6 – 5 lead two quick tries prior to half time left Gannon with a 22 […]
With the league already won there was a more relaxed atmosphere at Carrickfergus on Tuesday night when the IV’s completed their season with a comfortable 43-7 win over Carrick III. Most of the damage was done in the opening half with skipper, Gareth Lucas touching down after collecting the bouncing ball from the kick off. […]
Dromore RFC will host the first of this season’s Junior Inter-Provincial Series on Saturday 28th April KO 2:3o when the Ulster Junior XV take on Connacht Junior XV. Due to the other Ulster game in Dublin some of the planned activities have been postponed but there will still be post match entertainment and a BBQ […]
Playing against a significant slope and in windy conditions Valley expected that the huge Carrick packs tactics, with several Ulster U19 players, would be to try and wear their smaller forwards down with aggressive phases of “pick and go”. However Valley were confident that with their better backs, if they could achieve parity at the […]
Banbridge 2nds have finished top of Conference League 3 having completed the season undefeated. A single draw away to Malone 2nds saw the only points dropped through the league campaign. Coached by Mark Waugh and managed by Alistair Campbell, the 2nds finished mid-table in the 2nd XV League and also enjoyed cup runs making the […]