Saturday saw Ballymoney play their first Towns Cup game of the 2009-10 Season. From a frosty morning the sun had come out and made for perfect conditions for playing a fast paced, flowing rugby game. This was not to be the case against the Qualifying 2 side Omagh, who meant business from the start of […]
A rampant Queens ran in 8 tries against a very subdued Ards at Hamilton Park last Saturday, helping keep them in contention for the AIB Division 3 title against close rivals Midleton, only four points off the lead and a game in hand. Ards were caught napping in the very first minute of play when […]
Saturday 30th January 2010 Philips Arena, Deramore Park, Belfast. Belfast Harlequins moved into the top four in AIB League 2, leapfrogging rivals D.L.S.P. with this 22 – 7 win. Despite early morning snow flurries the match kicked off in strong sunlight with Quins electing to defend the Clubhouse end and it was the Belfast side […]
Queens were away this Saturday in double-header league and cup game. Early pressure from Malone was soaked up well by the Queens defence, until 20 minutes in a missed tackle led to a converted Malone try under the posts. Malone missed several chances to extend the lead with 3 missed penalties, much to the Queens […]
Thanks to the generosity of Donaghadee’s Pier 36 Restaurant the town’s rugby football club is able to make an ever-popular presentation each month to the man they consider to have been their Player of the Month. For the month of November the award went to David Thompson. All at DRFC know the value of this […]
Top picture: David Wickens (hooker) in action for Ards RFC. Two young Ards players have been called into representative squads in both Ulster and in England respectively. Michael Lawton is in the Ulster Colleges Squad to face Munster Colleges at the National University of Ireland complex, Maynooth on Wednesday (27 Jan) and David Wickens has […]
Despite a late fightback from Grosvenor, CAI managed to hold on for a 10 – 17 win in this hard fought match at Grosvenor Grammar. CAI opened the scoring on 10 minutes with a try by Patrick Farrell after great work by Keith McKnight and Michael Shiels who turned over the Grosvenor scrum half allowing […]
Larne Grammar lost this third round Northern Bank Schools Cup tie against a powerful Friends School Lisburn by a score of 0 – 15. Despite the scoreline it was a closely contested game throughout with both sides creating chances in this bruising encounter. Larne Grammar started strongly in bright sunlight and put Friends under pressure […]