Last weekend Ballymena Youth Rugby and Clontarf Rugby Club from Dublin continued with their groundbreaking cross border initiative. The two Clubs have become partners in an effort to secure closer cross border links and show their young players that rugby brings people together in a way in which they can compete but make still new […]
Touring Canadian side Dartmouth Pig Dogs from Nova Scotia got their tour off to a fine start with their Ladies side defeating Carrick Ladies 39 -5 on Sunday afternoon. Dartmouth Ladies were quick to shake off any cobwebs from their long journey from Canada (and by all accounts an enjoyable Saturday night’s partying) and quickly […]
Name: Chris Schofield Height: 6’1” Weight: 20 stone Clubs: With Donaghadee 1 year, Instonians, Bangor Victories: World Cup Ireland U19s 1998, 2nd Place in League with Instonians 2007. When did you start playing rugby? 16 Who are the best props you have played against? One of the best props to play against is Simon Shaw, […]
Hika Reid, coach at Portadown Rugby Club, teamed up with Linwoods Superfoods last month to try out their range of foods for the active sportsman or sportswoman. I’ve been taking Linwoods Milled Flaxseed now for 5-6 weeks and I do notice benefits particularly in my energy levels. Years and years ago we used to take […]
The thought of Ulster not playing in the Heineken Cup next season was one foremost in everyone’s mind. But it came good in the end and while it may have been a somewhat disappointing season in the end, Ulster are in Europe’s elite next season. It comes down to consistency in performance and over the […]
We ran a 10’s rugby tournament on Saturday with 6 sides in the main competition and 4 Vets teams. The event was held at Rainey Old Boys RFC in Magherafelt. The main competition involved 3 Rainey teams along with Bangor RFC, Cookstown RFC and Deviance, a team managed by a former Rainey man Wilbert Leacock […]
Queen’s finished a remarkable and record breaking season by lifting the Division Three Championship trophy with a dramatic last gasp victory over Nenagh in Dublin. Finals are about the result not the performance and Queen’s Director of Rugby Robbie Moore was delighted that was the case at the final whistle as the students struggled against […]
THERE was a real winning finale to the weekend’s Festival of Sport at Coleraine Rugby and Cricket Club. The fantastic two day event to celebrate the opening of the new changing facilities was rounded of in glorious style on Sunday afternoon when Coleraine knocked the much fancied Dublin side, Clontarf, out of the Irish Senior Cricket […]
John McMurtry, editor of popular Ulster Rugby Fanzine The FRU recently checked out the Europa’s recently refurbished restaurant, The Causerie, on behalf of InTouch Rugby. Situated on the ground floor The Causerie is a more informal dining option than the famous Piano Bar Restaurant and offers open dining with a window view onto the busy […]