Inishowen 24 – 0 Finn Valley Report by Jeremy Blackman “.. he crossed the mountain and the rain continued to fall, thumping in paradiddles on the canvass across the shoulders of his fathers borrowed donkey jacket. The rain ran off the high moss banks and onto the stone of the road, picking out the bright […]
Inishowen win Donegal derby Inishowen travelled to Donegal on Saturday with injuries and work commitments once again disrupting the squad.The front row saw Eamon Doherty make only his second start in an unfamiliar position at hooker, in the backrow the experienced James Carr and young Pauric McGonagle making the step up from underage rugby both […]
Inishowens mini section recently travelled to Letterkenny RFC with players at under 8’s under 10’s and under 12’s and had a very encouraging day. This was the first competitive encounter for most of the players, and they were able to produce some very positive and spirited play. Their opponents on the day were teams from […]
In perfect conditions the visitors to the Logan Stadium were Ballyclare who last season put 10 trys past the students. The game started with the home team having the better of the early exchanges, with the lively Jamie Ball at scrum half pulling the strings, however things changed abruptly when the students tried to move […]
Finn Valley RFC, Donegal Town RFC and Ballyshannon RFC ran successful Tag Rugby Festivals at their local clubs recently. Ulster Branch Club Community Rugby Officers Barry Laverty(Finn Valley) Declan Gallagher (Donegal Town) and Ray Gallagher (Ballyshannon) had been in schools delivering sessions of the non contact game to children aged 8 to 12 culminating in […]
Ballymoney 7 – 18 Inishowen October 15th 2011 Inishowen captain Neil Gillespie had to make a number of changes from the team that beat City of Derry 41-8 last week due to injury’s and work commitments, with most of the changes coming in the backline a new look centre partnership saw David Black coming in […]
Rugby is on the rise in Donegal. With Ballyshannon, Donegal Town, Inishowen, Finn Valley, Tir Chonaill & Letterkenny all developing the senior game not to mention a host of schools getting stronger all the time. Interviewed below Shane Toolan comments on the rise of the sport in Donegal and the aspirations of the clubs & […]
Inishowen 53 – 15 Donegal Town In these days of fiscal scarcity, it is not enough to merely judge a product, service or performance by the end result, as this delivers a one dimensional and blinkered outcome, to understand the bigger picture, we must first understand each individual aspect, and analyse every construct to ensure […]