Armagh 3rd xv vs Holywood 2nd xv 36-0 Saturday saw Armagh take the pitch against a plucky Holywood side in the first round of the Forster Cup at the Palace Grounds. Armagh had fielded a strong side, even with the influential Matty Campbell and Captain Chris Wallace unavailable through work commitments and injury respectively. But […]
Armagh progress in towns cup Rainey seconds were the visitors to the palace grounds on Saturday for a towns cup fixture on a cold but sunny afternoon. In the previous friendly game played in October Rainey were quick off the mark to take a quick 10-0 lead and on Saturday they did the same, scoring […]
Apart from the biting cold cross-pitch wind the resplendent new facilities at Queens University were perfect for open fast rugby on Saturday past. Coach, Andrew Hughes, had selected a side which featured two Magowan brothers and no less than five Mortons. Realistically it was an Armagh side which saw some young, unfamiliar faces take the […]
Armagh has generated the unenviable record of starting off games with the scoreboard clicking away before they decide to play properly! Last week it was Instonians who had notched up a 16-0 score against the Armagh team before the local side got into gear! This week, after only seven minutes play Ards had notched up […]
ARMAGH rugby 29 Sligo 13 Sligo saw the Sligo team arrive at the Palace Grounds two hours prior to kick-off time with a certain confidence in their whole team psyche. They arrived in Armagh after two away wins, one home win, and a creditable draw against Thomond under their belt. Armagh, on the other hand, […]
City Of Armagh RFC I XV v Navan Armagh travelled to play Navan on Saturday still jubilant from their win over Skerries. Navan, on the other hand, were sore from their previous fixture having been defeated by Thomond. Armagh kicked off in fine conditions in front of a very vocal Navan support. Immediately Navan made […]
Armagh entertained Skerries at the Palace grounds on Saturday afternoon as they played their fifth game of the season in the Ulster Bank All-Ireland League. It was always going to be a tight game as skerries were lying just two places above Armagh in the League table. Taking this into account skerries had scored almost […]
November A Busy Month for City of Armagh LadiesBy Paul McCord City of Armagh U18 Ladies now have over 25 regulars turning up for training, recently playing matches against Virginia, Enniskillen and Donegal and their hard work is about to be rewarded as a group and as individuals. On November 22nd the squad will travel […]