Ballymena seem to specialise in tight finishes, but this week the winning points were secured by UCD who kicked the vital three points in the dying moments of the game to win 31-28. in the process Ballymena scored four tries, so they come away with a try bonus and a losing bonus point, to leave […]
The under 19s have a busy eleven days with four matches. The first away to Lurgan (22 Feb) under lights to warm up for the Portadown Nutty Krust match against Carrick(29 Feb 19:45) Saturday (25 Feb) away to Coleraine. Then the first round of the league cup on the 3rd March against Malone at Hamilton […]
Lurgan 1st XV 13 Randalstown 1st XV 11 (Gordon West) Coulda won it, shoulda won it but on balance Randalstown probably didn’t deserve to win on the day and so ended their Gordon West Cup aspirations. Lurgan opted to kick off in fine conditions and initially put ‘Town under a bit of pressure well inside […]
The visitors got off to an impressive start from the kick off and retained possession for three minutes. And when Armagh were penalises inside their 22, it look inevitable that the visitors would kick a simple three points. However they elected to kick the ball from the corner and when Tinus Van Wyk stole the […]
City of Derry Rugby Club travelled to Munster on Saturday last and came away with a well deserved victory against Thomond in their All Ireland League Division 2A fixture. This result continues Derry’s good run of form with their seventh consecutive win in all competitions. The North West men were 10pts to 3pts down at […]