Cooke too strong for Academy Cooke kicked off in this the first round of the Millar McCall Wylie Junior Cup against recently promoted Academy. Most of the play in the first 10 mins saw Cooke testing out the Academy defensive line and from a quick tap penalty 5mts out, McCordick rode through two tacklers to […]
Larne 2nds continued their league campaign on Saturday when they faced the challenge of Malone 3rds at the Glynn. Larne have started this season with two wins and were looking to make it three in a row. There were a number of changes to the team with numerous players making their first starts of the […]
We are delighed here to report on the highest level of Ladies club rugby in Ulster. Cooke RFC Ladies met the challenge of playing arguably the number one side in AIL Ladies Rugby UL Bohemians. Cooke started very strong from the kick off. This game at Cooke grounds looked like shaping up for a good […]
Ballymoney 4th XV travelled to Lurgan for their second league match on Saturday 25th September. Ballymoney got off to a great start dictating the terms in the lineouts, scrummaging and loose play. The forwards set up a great platform, which allowed Aidy White to cut through Lurgan’s back line untouched to score underneath the posts. […]
In an encounter in which the lead changed hands on a number of occasions, and Carrick out-scored their opponents by four tries to three, they were eventually beaten by 28 points to 25. Having led by 20 points to 10 at half-time , Carrick then surrendered 15 points in the first ten minutes of the […]
A hard fought battle, very physical in the scrums and all facets of play, big performances from everyone secured a draw. Fantastic to be able to watch on TV and looking forward to all the interviews on the players official facebook pages. So far we have found 214 pictures from Connacht game, interviews hopefully to […]
Ballyclare 69 Harlequins 2nds 12 This Junior Cup game was sponsored by Davison and Associates and match-ball by David Houston. Once again a “Senior” club`s Seconds proved little real match for a Qualifying side and no visiting officials appeared at the pre-match lunch. Ballyclare made a few changes as Baillie,Jackson and R.Boyd were promoted with […]