Saturday brought an East Antrim derby to the Cloughan when Ballyclare 1st XV took on local rivals Carrickfergus in a Qualifying 2 league rugby clash. The match was sponsored by Country Estates and the match ball by Kare Bears. The only changes on the Clare team from the winning side at Enniskillen were the inclusion […]
Please note that as a mark of respect to the Scallon family and 2nd XV Captain, Daniel Allister, ‘Skins 1st and 2nd XV matches on Saturday 13th November where postponed due to the death of Killian Scallon son of Enniskillen Rugby Past President, and life member Michael Scallon, and the uncle of their current 2nd […]
There were a number of midweek games played prior to a large list of games played on Saturday 13th November. [youtube 7-8N12JWBJA] Campbell College got back to winning ways with a comprehensive midweek victory against Coleraine AI. The Campbell College team started the game without the services of John Creighton and Marc Best, both of […]
Armagh 2nd maintained their recent good form with a 28-0 win over Cooke 2nd last Saturday. The team showed up quite late and it took them 20 minutes to warm up. Too often they didn’t play their phases and kicked away position too easily. Cooke tried hard but they had nothing really to offer except […]
Saturday saw Armagh entertain UUColeraine at The Palace Grounds in the quarterfinal of the Junior Cup. The game was sponsored by Hewitt Meats and it was great to see a sponsor as enthusiastic as Jim Hewitt enjoy thePalace Grounds atmosphere. At the pre-match lunch, it was particularly warming to welcome Gareth Steenson back to Armagh […]
Everything was set for an exciting game at Stevenson Park, it was cold but dry with little wind and although the light was poor there was no threat of rain. The game lived up to all expectations with the teams matching each other virtually score for score although Dungannon did eke out a four point […]
Location: Wallace High school. A Friday morning, bright sunshine, a little breezy but overall very good conditions for running rugby. 4 games took place between various ages and it was a treat to see such excellent skills on diplay. Learning from Des O’Donnell the coaches were paying particular attention to tackles. If you don’t get […]
Rachel Beukes The wife of our recently departed friend and head Coach Cois Beukes was a guest at the pre-match luncheon on Saturday before the Navan. After the meal, Rachel presented a boxed and framed pair of rugby boots to Ards RFC President Mr. Reggie Haddock in honour of her late husband. Mr. Haddock accepted […]
WORTH WAITING FOR It has been a very frustrating season so far for Rainey Old Boys whose injury problems have been well documented,but last Saturday at Hatrick Park they upset the form-book to beat promotion contenders Greystones 28-22 in a cliffhanger.The quality of rugby was not that great at times,but the mistakes made by both […]