Despite the onset of a well-deserved half term holiday break for teachers and pupils there are still quite a number of rugby fixtures involving schools from Ulster scheduled to take place on Saturday 23rd October. The “Match of the Day” will be played at Osborne Park when Methodist College travel to play Royal Belfast Academical […]
A for sale sign has been positioned on the railings in front of Holywood RFC grounds. After recieving various emails and questions we decided to find out more. Both Holywood RFC and North Down Borough council submitted the following statements: “Council, working in partnership with Holywood Rugby Football and Cricket Club, recently instructed its agents […]
Brian McLaughlin has named his Ulster starting XV and replacements for this Friday’s match against Munster at Ravenhill, kick off 7.05pm. With Andrew Trimble and Paddy Wallace both in camp with Ireland ahead of the start of the Autumn International Series, the Ulster backline shows two changes of personnel and one positional switch from that […]
From everyone at YMCA RFC & The Wider Rugby Community. Clarke Simpson was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident on Glenshane mountain. Clarke has been regular for the YMCA RFC for over 20 years and up until recently was attending training for the new season. A hard tackling centre he has played through all the […]
Ulster received a boost ahead of this weekend’s Magners League match against Edinburgh with the news that centre Darren Cave, back row forward Robbie Diack and prop Declan Fitzpatrick have all agreed new contracts with the club. The news will see Cave remain at Ravenhill until at least June 2013, with Diack and Fitzpatrick signed […]
On Saturday the local boys entertained the visitors from Donegal Town in what was to be the first meeting between the two clubs at this level. Unfortunately the visitors only turned up with a compliment of 12 players and following a ruling on Tue last by the Ulster Branch YCC, which the referee was not […]
Donaghadee’s First XV are notorious for slow starting in almost every season – but not this year. After their ten-week unbeaten run in league and cup this season they went last Saturday to Ballymoney for what looked like their biggest test so far. Full of confidence from the series of good victories, the visitors threw […]