Location, location, location. It could not be better for Jake Stasiun who has opened his sports massage clinic on the Lisburn Road, above Bastille restaurant. Surprisingly good parking for the Lisburn Road allows you to calmly approach the clinic from a short distance away and you enter the newly refurbished gentile townhouses lovingly refurbished into […]
Canadian Touring Side, Dartmouth Pig Dog Ladies and Men, played what can only be described as a festival of rugby at Dungannon RFC on 23rd May 2010. The scoreline was secondary on all sides to one of the best days out we’ve had at Intouch Rugby! Community Grass Roots rugby with young and old enjoying […]
The sixth rugby club in Donegal and the second during the first 3 years of the Donegal Community RugbyProject was officially opened last month on Wednesday 14th April. The club had the honour of having current Ulster Forwards Coach and former Ulster, Ireland and Lions second row Jeremy Davidson to unveil a plaque that will in years […]
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 […]