LAST MINUTE DEFEAT FOR DEE II IN RANDALSTOWN A bitter pill for Dee 2s to swallow when the hitherto undefeated side lost by a point to a very late Randalstown intercept try scored from inside their 22 metre line. Randalstown led at half-time 15-7 in a first half characterised by a frantic performance from the […]
DEE FALL IN FIVEMILETOWN The Dee 1st XV travelled to Clogher Valley more in hope than expectation on Saturday when injury robbed them of not only of talismanic skipper Alastair Lockhart but also Mark Cooper and Matthew Stockton. Allied to this the unavailability of no less than another nine players who were unable to travel […]
DEE 2nd XV CONTINUE IMPRESSIVE PRE-SEASON In the absence of Kukri Qualifying League One season opener taking place last Saturday when the game was postponed due to a bereavement in the CIYMS Club Donaghadee 2nd XV welcomed a Civil Service Select side to Donaldson Park on Saturday morning for the former’s last warm-up game prior […]
PRE-SEASON QUALIFYING FRIENDLY ENDS IN RARE DEFEAT The Dee 1st XV arrived at Carrick carrying a few niggles from their very creditable performance against Queens three days earlier but also missing a few personnel due to a combination of injury, unavailability and illness. In a game of four 20 minute quarters the Dee started well […]
DEE 1st XV AT CARRICKFERGUS RFC THIS SATURDAY Donaghadee 1st XV squad complete their final preparations for the upcoming season this Saturday when they travel to Tom Simm’s Memorial Park where they will meet old foes Carrick in a friendly game. The two sides have not met in over three years since the Dee were […]
DONAGHADEE RFC IS UP AND RUNNING AGAIN FOR SEASON 2014/15 It’s now late summer and the rugby season is almost upon us at Donaldson Park. For anyone that isn’t aware of it Donaghadee RFC 1st XV play in Kukri Qualifying One and will be entering their fourth consecutive season at that level in 2014/15. The […]
Dee invest in the future with news of key post… DONAGHADEE RFC CLUB COMMUNITY RUGBY OFFICER The Club are delighted to announce that, in association with the IRFU (Ulster Branch), they will have a Club Community Rugby Officer (CCRO) for the incoming season. The post holder will provide rugby development services on behalf of the […]
Club enters new era with key appointment Donaghadee RFC are delighted to announce that Chris Good (pictured centre) has been appointed as Club Director of Rugby for the season 2014/15. Chris (or Goody as he is universally known) joined the club some six years ago from Instonians RFC for whom he played tight-head prop for […]
Feel your blood boiling a little. Its no surprise for us because the spine tingling feeling you get when prospect of a Towns Cup Final is on the cards is real and exciting. Teams that get through to the quarters and semis of this competition are not always but sometimes an indication of the current […]