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 […]
The last Saturday of the Ulster League season saw Instonians and Banbridge provide a feast of tries at Shaw’s Bridge, with the home side coming out on top by a 10-8 margin. With Instonians’ front row resources severely depleted through injury and unavailability, they had already conceded the league points to the visitors before the […]
Work on site is due to begin on the 1st June’10 on new clubhouse and changing facilities at Ophir Rugby Football Club in Newtownabbey. Officials at the club have secured almost £85,000 for the ambitious project, which will involve the replacement of the existing changing rooms at Magowan Park in Mallusk with new, improved facilities. […]
Brian’s Bruisers came out top in the fun filled Friendship Touch Rugby Festival at City of Derry Rugby Club on Saturday afternoon. Despite a strong challenge in the final, from Richard’s Rockets, the Bruisers managed to hold on to an early lead and ran out winners by 18 – 10 at the end of an […]
The Guinness Blues on the Bay festival is celebrating its 12th anniversary by unveiling its largest ever line up for this year’s festival including headline act the James Taylor Quartet as well as with Mirenda Rosenberg, Rab McCullough, Big Daddy, The Smokehouse Boys and The Bluez Katz Blues Band. They will be joined by nearly […]
Day 3 at Carrickfergus saw the Abbey Ladies 10’s take centre stage. The competition saw a strong invitational Wooden Spoon Lionesses side together with teams from St Albans, Pontyclun and Tyne and Wear take on local sides Cooke, Belfast Harlequins, Carrick, City of Derry, Enniskillen and Queens. Despite a strong showing from the Lionesses it […]
Academy completed the double this weekend, with the senior side following up on the Big Cats U20 win on Friday night, by claiming the Guinness Holmes Platter in an exciting final against the fancied Tyrone Marauders. Surrey Colts claimed the honours in the Willis Final beating Ulster Exiles and CIYMS had a resounding victory over […]
The Carrick 7’s got under-way on Friday night with the Kukri U20’s. First up in Pitch 1 was BRA Big Cats against Larne with the BRA boys giving a view of things to come in a free scoring game against the Co Antrim side. The teams traded tries in the first half but the Cats […]