As part of the new league structure Londonderry YMCA had to travel to play Rainey 2’s in a no points game. A big Rainey team looked impressive in the warm up as a young YM team looked on. Rainey started at whirlwind pace and looked to overwhelm the lighter YM forwards but found they would […]
Ulster Rugby today announced that British & Irish Lion Stephen Ferris has committed his future to the club for a further two years. Ferris, who is in the final year of his current deal with Ulster Rugby, signed his new contract late on Friday afternoon and will remain an Ulster player until at least June […]
The exiles started strongly and had the Ulster 19’s on the back foot. The first of many penalties committed by the Ulster boys gave the Exiles 19’s their first points after 2 minutes. The penalty was converted by Exiles out half Oliver Clements. This was the only difference between the teams for most of the […]
The newly formed Grosvenor RFC 4th XV travelled to Stormont to play Civil Service 2nd XV in a Minor League East 1 clash on a warm but occasionally very wet afternoon. Grosvenor won an exciting match 42v15 with their exciting backline more than compensating for Services dominance in the forwards In a first half hampered […]
City of Derry Rugby Club dismissed the challenge of Rainey with distain as they scored eleven try’s in this Preliminary Round of the Ulster Senior Cup played at Judges Road on Saturday last. Rainey finished mid table in All Ireland League Division 3 last season and Derry can have no fears when they commence their […]
Match Reports 1st XV – Ballynahinch 55 v 5 Ards Ards had another tough encounter at the weekend, when they faced a rampant Ballynahinch, in the Ulster Senior League. Buoyed by last weekends reasonable performance against an equally resurgent Ballymena, but missing a number of key players, Ards had expected to compete much better than […]
Dungannon vs Harlequins Stevenson Park, Dungannon. 11th September 2010 Saturday’s Senior Cup match against Belfast Harlequins saw the Dungannon faithful leaving Stevenson Park carrying the memory of a magnificent initial twenty-three minutes with four great tries, and the fact that Dungannon are in the hat for the First Trust Ulster Senior Cup quarter final draw […]
Ballynahinch 55 Ards 5 John Dickson reports from Ballymacarn Park Fifteen minutes before kick-off the heavens opened and Ballymacarn Park was well and truly drenched as the teams took to the pitch. The home side did settle first and managed to open the score with a try in the 7th minute when second row Jonny […]
Ulster U20 15 Leinster U20 18 John Dickson reports from Ravenhill It was a disappointing result for the Ulster U20 side as they slumped to a 15-18 defeat at Ravenhill having been the only side in the contest through the first quarter. Ulster started well with flanker Dominic Gallagher and number 8 David McGuigan powering […]
Saturday saw Armagh launch their 2010 season proper when they entertained Ballymena second’s in the newly structured Ulster Conference league. This league has been established to encourage the second teams of the senior Ulster clubs to play against the Qualifying league teams. The result at the Palace Grounds would indicate that possibly the senior clubs […]