Pythons Slay Lurgan The Pythons travelled to Lurgan with high hopes and these hopes were raised during the warm up when Marty Gault decided to bleed all over the pitch and had to pull out of the game. This led to Roly Coey doing the honourable thing and pulling on a shirt and filling in. […]
Civil Service (NI) RFC 2nd XV 27 Randalstown 3rd XV 7. CLICK HERE FOR 101 PICTURES In perfect rugby-playing weather, Service stepped on to the pitch at Randalstown confident of defeating Randalstown 3s, but before the game began there was a minute silence for Don Owens, former Chair of the Selection Committee at Civil Service […]
Donegal 1st XV 24 Randalstown 1st XV 15 Day and night is about the only way to describe the difference in the Randalstown 1st and 2nd half performances in Donegal on Saturday afternoon. Having started in determined fashion with only some stalwart Donegal defence preventing an early try ‘Town then imploded and for most of […]
Lurgan Rugby I XV 21 v Civil Service Rugby I XV 0 Following two heavy defeats in the previous two weekends to Letterkenny (league) and Dromore (Towns’ Cup) Lurgan gave their league campaign a boost with a comfortable win against Civil Service in an otherwise dull and scrappy affair, Writes Paddy Allen. CLICK HERE FOR […]
Millar McCall Wylie Junior Cup Postponed The Millar McCall Wylie Junior Cup Final due to be played on Wednesday 29th December, 7.30pm at Ravenhill between Armagh and Ballynahinch has been postponed. McCambley Cup 2010-2011 Here is the 2nd round draw for the McCambley Cup. Matches to be played on Saturday 8th January 2011 with replays […]
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The I.R.F.U. (Ulster Branch) in consultation with the PSNI, who have appealed that only essential traffic movement should take place due to adverse weather conditions, have taken the decision that there will be no rugby played under the auspices of the Ulster Branch on Friday 17th, Saturday 18th or Sunday 19th December 2010. This will […]
Monaghan travelled to Stormont to face Civil Service on a surprisingly warm and sunny afternoon after the prolonged wintery weather that had looked like ruling the pitches unplayable for another week. After a fantastic result against Lurgan Monaghan, a team whos exploits dont always recieve the recognotion they deserve, came to Stormont confident of another […]
Randalstown 3rds recent good form continued with a well deserved 35 – 7 win at Civil Service in the first round of the McCambley cup. Tommy McCann’s men savoured the victory even more due to the fact that they played the entire game with 14 men following a last minute emergency cry off. Spurred on […]
The Wolfhound Cup which involves Lurgan and Civil Service was set up by Jim Allen. Big Jim as he is known to his friends played for both sides firstly at Lurgan in the second row as a 17 year old in 1960 before moving on to play senior rugby for Civil Service in the season […]