DEE OVERCOME STUDENTS Donaghadee played UUC at Donaldson Park on Saturday with both teams going into the fixture sitting at the wrong end of the Kukri Qualifying One League Table. Recent clashes between these two teams have seen some entertaining exchanges with Donaghadee having the upper hand on results – and this one did not […]
For the first time in Donaghadee Rugby Clubs’ 128 year history Donaldson Park was the venue for a competitive ‘All Ireland’ game on Saturday as Donaghadee played Dundalk in the opening round of the All Ireland Junior Cup. Although Donaghadee progressed to the Quarter Final stage of this competition last season, all fixtures were played […]
Donaghadee RFC Junior Cup DEE PROGRESS IN JUNIOR CUP Given the horrendous traffic delays in the Greater Belfast area last Saturday this Millar McCall Wylie Junior Cup Round Two game in Banbridge did well to kick off at the normal time of 2:30pm. It at first appeared that the delays the Dee side had suffered […]
Second round of Ulster Junior Cup this weekend with All Ireland Junior Cup representatives Portadown, Clogher Valley and Donaghadee entering the competition. Clogher Valley are the current holders after narrowly defeating Ballynahinch seconds in the final at Ravenhill last season. Banbridge RFC II XV v Donaghadee RFC I XV. After suffering a heavy home league […]
KUKRI QUALIFYING ONE Donaghadee 18 Ballymoney 39 (by Jonathan Martindale) Donaghadee returned to Donaldson Park last Saturday after a fiercely battled league contest against CI at Belmont where they left taking their fair share of positives from a bonus point loss. Indeed, with a number of key personnel still missing from the forward pack it […]
CIYMS 1st XV 18 Donaghadee 1st XV 12 Donaghadee 1st XV travelled to CIYMS last Saturday to fulfil a Kukri Qualifying One fixture against the strong Belmont side more in hope than expectation given that the Dee men were missing seven regulars (including the entire usual starting front five) due to a bizarre combination of […]
DONAGHADEE 1ST XV 26 COOKE 1st XV 18 Donaghadee returned to league action last Saturday welcoming Cooke to Donaldson Park and although the Dee were slightly out of sorts in the first half of the game a disciplined performance in the second period saw them pick up their third win of the season and move […]
Dee IIs win first outing by Jim Lyttle Excellent start for Kyle Morrow, John West and Phillip Ellis CLICK HERE for the shotsssssssssssssssssssssssss Donaghadee 2nd XV opened their league campaign against Ballymoney 3rd XV at a sunny Donaldson Park on Saturday afternoon. From the outset the Dee took command of the game up front with […]