Beaten but never Bowed; Down but never out. Carrick U15 were beaten in the semi-final of the Brewin Dolphin Sponsored Ulster Cup at Woodlawn on Saturday. Although tremendously disappointed, Banbridge turned out to be the better team on the day with a very determined second half performance. Carrick will lick their wounds and come back […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV finished their League programme on Saturday 9 April with a 31 points to 28 away win against Lisburn. The victory means that, as well as completing the double against Lisburn, Carrick finish the season with nine League wins out of eighteen matches, a better record than seemed likely before Christmas. […]
This May Day bank holiday weekend, Friday 29th April to Monday 2nd May, Carrickfergus will become Rugby Country as Northern Ireland’s premier sevens rugby tournament, the GUINNESS® Carrick Sevens returns. Started in 1973, this will be 39th year of the tournament at Carrickfergus Rugby Club. The competition has grown to attract more than 50 teams […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV beat Enniskillen by 23 points to 18 at Woodlawn on Saturday 2 April, reversing the result from the away fixture in late February. On a day when the wet and windy conditions were not conducive to good rugby, Carrick held on grimly when conditions were against them in the first […]
It’s a bad sign when a ‘Skins match report starts with reference to the weather and this is no exception. On a day that swung from beautiful, spring, “T” shirt and sunglasses weather to a total downpour, so ‘Skins performance swung from early total dominance to the almost abject surrender that resulted in Carrick’s winning […]
After two wins in the previous week, the Carrick 1st XV lost their away fixture with Grosvenor at Belmont by 27 points to 7 on Saturday 26 March. It was another one of those days for the Maxol-sponsored Carrick side when very little went right and everything, including the refereeing decisions, seemed to happen for […]
Jake Porter, Carrick’s inspirational captain led his men onto the turf against unbeaten Dromore at Woodlawn in the Brewin Dolphin Cup quarter final on Saturday. It was not to be one of Porter’s sparkling performances but his team knew they would have to perform like their Irish international counterparts the previous weeks to gain a […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV followed up their mid-week victory over Grosvenor with a 26 points to 14 bonus point win against Ballyclare at Woodlawn on Saturday 19 March. This avenges the away defeat to their local rivals earlier in the season and consolidates Carrick’s position in mid -Table. After a hard fought first half, […]
Randalstown 2s picked up another 2 league points with a solid performance at Neillsbrook running out 26 – 3 winners against Carrick 3s. The opening 20 minutes didn’t give the home supporters much cheer as ‘town spent much of the time on the back foot while Carrick dominated. The visitor’s only reward for all their […]