An excellent side filled with the mixture of youth and the experience of older players who know every trick in the book, and boy do they use them. Honestly some of the best rugby to watch anywhere and and the melting point for raw young talent to emerge. A pleasure to cover them and below […]
City of Derry put in an assured performance to end ‘Dub hoodoo’. City of Derry RFC supporters, management and players can feel very satisfied with their weekends work as they achieved a rare win at ‘The Dub’ against Queens over the weekend. The inaccuracy and impatience of the previous encounter against Instonians was replaced by […]
City of Derry 2nd’s progressed to the next round of the Junior Cup and maintained their unbeaten start to the season with 37-7 win over Larne 1sts at Judges Road on Saturday. Larne started the game well with the strong breeze behind them and pressurised the home defence. This pressure eventually lead to 2 kickable […]
City of Derry lost their home record to a Dungannon team that came out of the blocks running scoring 12 points in the first quarter which was a lead they never surrendered. Dungannon entered the game averaging 56 points per game and they looked early on like they would go close to that score after […]
This match was dominated by a strong pre-Erica Atlantic wind. From the Derry Clubhouse perspective it blew from L to R and diagonally towards the Clubhouse. Derry tries at 9 and 19,both converted by McCarter gave Derry an early lead 14-0. Quins replied with Rory BlakeKnox and Mark Kettyle tries at 27 and 41, the […]
City of Derry defended their home record and in the process crashed the much favoured Harlequins outfit out the Ulster Senior Cup. Although Derry thoroughly deserved their 24-22 victory at Judges Road the victory looked unlikely until two brilliant individual efforts that sealed the comeback! The encounter mirrored the previous week in the early quarter […]
After going down 0-17, Quins score 4 converted tries to win 28-17. Report now available. On a still overcast afternoon, Quins reached a brace of 5 League points:4 for a straight win and a 4-try bonus point,for the second week running:10 points in all. Mind you,ominously Derry were 2 goals and 14 points up within […]
City of Derry travelled to Deramore Park to play a very confident Harlequins outfit that had easily disposed of Malone in the first round of the Senior Ulster league. However, it was Derry who hit the ground running and after absorbing some early Quins pressure took control of the game playing some superb rugby to […]