Ballyclare R.F.C. had three of their four adult sides in action at the weekend and each one managed to record wins by scoring over fifty points. 1st xv defeating Grosvenor F.P. 57-20 at home ; 3rd XV winning 62-5 away to Lisburn Thirds and the 4thXV crushing Belfast Harlequins Fourths at home 55-0. Ballyclare 57 […]
The latest installment in our section devoted to promoting every club in Ulster – this time its Ballyclare and this short review with a link to their website will also stay in our club features section indefinitely. BALLYCLARE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB 1949 – PRESENT Ballyclare Rugby Football Club was formed on 20th May 1949 although […]
In perfect conditions the visitors to the Logan Stadium were Ballyclare who last season put 10 trys past the students. The game started with the home team having the better of the early exchanges, with the lively Jamie Ball at scrum half pulling the strings, however things changed abruptly when the students tried to move […]
A much changed Ballyclare 1st XV went to unbeaten University of Ulster (Coleraine ) on Saturday in Qualifying 2 and suffered their first loss in several weeks. They were missing regulars Rob Boyd,Coburn,Moore,Finlay all in the pack plus Jackson at centre but despite the enforced changes seemed to have done enough when leading well into […]
On Friday 26 October, at Tom Simms Memorial Park,the Carrick 1st XV were beaten by 45 points to 21 by a strong Dungannon II side in the Conference League. The young Maxol-sponsored Carrick side competed strongly in the first half, and were still within touching distance at the break, but the visitors pulled away in […]
On Friday night under the Cloughan lights the Fourths recorded another big win despite missig Gaston and Logan.This time they managed to score eight tries with the conversions shared by John Wasson and Cavan watson who may begin to rate as a regular kicker. On the night the tries came from Neil Reynolds with two, […]
Ballyclare 1st XV returned to Qual.2 league action at the Cloughan against local rivals Larne in a game sponsored by Newtownabbey Borough Council. The home side brought in Clotworthy,Byers and Tweed as the changes from the previous week against Queens. Larne had wind advantage in the first half but seldom looked like threatening the home […]