The quarter finals of the First Trust Senior Cup were played on Saturday with Ballymena, Instonians, City of Derry and Banbridge all progressing. City of Derry puled off a surprise 34-40 away win over Ballynahinch in a high scoring encounter. There were no tries in a dour game at Stevenson Park with four David O’Hara […]
1st XV vs Ballymena (9 – 12) First Trust Ulster Senior Cup Holders, Dungannon are out of the First Trust Ulster Senior Cup. At rain drenched Stevenson Park Ballymena emerged winners on a 4-3 penalty count. David O’Hara was the match winner for Ballymena while Michael Lawton converted three for the home side. Dungannon may […]
Ballynahinch 34 – 40 City of Derry Elsewhere, the weekend started badly when the City of Derry Legends lost to strong Letterkenny outfit under lights at Judges Road on Friday evening. The 2nd XV lost at home to Dungannon II, and the 3rd XV lost to Omagh III in a rearranged match at Judges Road. […]
Despite the bad weather of the past few weeks the pitch at Judges Road was in perfect condition. Dungannon kicked off in this 2nd XV league match. Although Derry cleared from the line out Dungannon secured the ball and the scrum half Gareth McGonigle cut through the Derry defence to score under the posts. Robin […]
City of Derry 19 – 26 Old Crescent City of Derry 1st XV made far too many errors in this game and as a result have yet to record a victory over their Limerick oponents in four attempts. Elsewhere it was a bad weekend for the Club. The 2nd XV lost in Cavan, the 3rd […]
A superb game, the commitment, passion and ability was outstanding. Big hits, all the skills from young men reaching their peak – fantastic. A credit to their clubs. Below is a link to 102 pictures and later we will bring special InTouch TV highlights. CLICK HERE For 102 Pictures
Results – Sat.15 Oct. Rainey O.B.3 38-18 City of Derry 3 ( Junior 4 ) Enniskillen 3 60 -16 Rainey O.B. 4 ( Minor : South ) INJURY TIME JOY FOR RAINEY In a sensational finish at Parsonstown,Rainey Old Boys conjured up a superb try out of nothing to snatch a 20-18 victory which left […]
Malone lose to Greystones by a single point Malone lose out to Greystones by a single point going down by 20-19. Malone going into the final moments of the game looked to have done enough after the home side were awarded a line out on the Malone 22, the Greystones’ forwards took the ball on […]
City of Derry 1st XV made the 180 mile trip to Galway today and suffered their heaviest defeat in some time. The 2nd XV suffered a heavy defeat away to Malone in the Conference League. The 3rd XV had a league win over Banbridge by the narrowest of margins at Judges Road while the 4th […]
[youtube hAl9wOaDpUc] Armoy snatch a late draw City of Derry IV came visiting Limepark on Saturday with the unenviable record of never having won there before. This record is still intact after they left with only 1 point following a bruising encouter that finished all square at 3-3. Although it may be fair to say […]