The two bottom clubs in Division Three had their fates already sealed prior to kick off for their final league game at Chambers Park. Portadown had an outside chance of avoiding the play off situation while Carlow had been staring at relegation during the last month of the season. A ninety point target against Carlow […]
Banbridge duly picked up the win they needed to copper-fasten their place in the end-of-season Division Three play-offs, scoring four tries for good measure to add another bonus point to their haul. But it could so easily have ended in defeat for the home side as they contrived to produce a mix of wonderfully enterprising […]
5 Tries, A Bonus Point Win, But The Hinch Still Go Down John Dickson reports from Ballymacarn Park. Ballynahinch did everything they could possibly do to keep themselves in Division 1B next year, in the end their bonus point win didn’t matter as both Dungannon and Buccaneers won their games sending both Ballymena and the […]
City of Derry Rugby Club produced a sparkling performance as they returned to winning ways on Saturday last with an emphatic victory in their All Ireland League Round Robin game against Monivea the Connacht Junior Champions at the Castle Grounds, Monivea. Derry having lost their first game in this series to regain Senior Status against […]
Rainey and Ards both sent in reports for this one but, to the victors the spoils, we run with the Rainey report from James Barr. Thanks to Roy Lawton of Ards for the pictures. Games between Rainey Old Boys and Ards have,over the years,usually been closely contested affairs.It was no different at Hatrick Park where […]
The boot of Grosvenor full back Scott Martin kept the Belfast side’s nose in front as they defeated Letterkenny 27 – 17 in the Gordon West Cup Final at Belfast on Saturday afternoon. Letterkenny gave pre-match favourites Grosvenor an early scare when full back Kyle Samson went over for an early score. Out half Boyd […]
Smiles all round for Enniskillen Captain Ben Hamilton and try scorers James Prenter and Ross Duncan at the end of the Forsters Cup Final. Enniskillen eventually came out top in this hard fought Forsters Cup Final against Monaghan at Ravenhill with a late try by Ross Duncan taking the final score to 18 -10. Enniskillen got out […]
This month the Donegal Community Rugby Project is looking forward to a visit by Richard Hodges one of the Welsh 7’s World Cup Winning coaches from 2009. Richard will be delivering a training session to all interested senior players in Donegal in preparation for the Carrick 7’s tournament to be held on the May bank […]
The Island of Ireland looks set to be represented in South Africa this summer after all! Our adopted seafarer, Captain Morgan, has officially launched the search for a captain and 3 crew members to represent their country in the Captain’s Cup finals in South Africa this July. The Captain’s Cup will see 10 countries battle […]
Picture: Niall Thompson (RO.CO Auto Solutions) receives his prize for second place in the NI Apprentice Championships For The Motor Industry from Alan Kerr, South East Regional College Motor Vehicle Lecturer. Everyone requires a good mechanic and we are delighted to highlight the achievements of Niall Thompson. Niall works for RO.CO Auto-Solutions in Lisburn. Roy […]