The clash between section 1 joint leaders Clogher Valley and Cooke lived up to every expectation in a bruising encounter at the Cran. In a game which may determine the Ulster representative for the All Ireland round robin play-off, it was the County Tyrone side who claimed a narrow victory over their closest rivals for […]
Donaghadee were convincingly beaten 44-18 by Cooke last Saturday in their heaviest defeat of this campaign. Donaghadee made a couple of enforced couple of changes to the team that beat Ballymoney in the second round of the Towns Cup with front row forwards Chris Schofield and Chris Goode missing out due to illness. Cooke narrowly […]
Cooke Rugby Club v Donaghadee Cooke do Dee-molition job to become joint league leaders. The big showdown between top 4 contenders Cooke and Donaghadee was predicted to be a closely contested affair – how wrong the pundits were. For a side that normally relies on it’s talented back line to run in the tries, it […]
After last week’s stalemate in the cup, Coleraine 2s got back to winning ways in league action last Saturday, maintaining good form with a comfortable victory over Cooke 2s in a potentially tricky away fixture at Shaw’s Bridge in Belfast. Coleraine began the game strongly, and soon put siege to the Cooke line. Eventually the […]
The first 20 minutes of the game was a scrappy affair with Academy competing vigorously at the breakdown and generally making life difficult for their south Belfast neighbours. It was not until some 25 minutes of play that Cooke flanker McVicker made a break in Academy territory. His ever-present pivot, Bennett was in close support […]
Cooke Women played their second round of the Rosie Stewart Cup on Sunday against local rivals Harlequins. Cooke Women have shown what hard work and the right motivation can do, securing a 68-0 win over Belfast Harlequins. The Christmas break has really allowed the team to re-group and after their win at the weekend has […]
Cooke I XV got back to winning ways on Saturday but were made to work extremely hard in an anxious encounter with top four contenders Ballymoney. The Belfast side started the game against the wind in confident form but it was Ballymoney who registered the first points with an easy McCartney penalty after 12 minutes. […]
Cooke Rugby Club 35 v Portadown 3 The Belfast side got a rude awakening when Portadown commenced the game in determined fashion. Clever kicking by the visitors out-half Dawson saw Cooke play the opening quarter of the game largely in their own half. It was the same player who opened the scoring with a penalty […]