The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV achieved their first League win since the end of September when they beat Letterkenny by 13 points to nil at Tom Simms Memorial Park on Saturday 3 December. The game was played in windy and bitterly cold conditions and both sides found handling difficult. Carrick were very much on top […]
Letterkenny 2nd XV score 6 tries in Home thriller Letterkenny 2nd XV hosted Ballymoney 5’s on Saturday at the Glebe in the Ulster Minor League. The home team got the scoring under way after good pressure on Ballymoney in their own 22. Following a lineout, the Letterkenny pack marshalled by their scrumhalf and captain Tony […]
Highlights of Letterkenny – we got the try! Brilliant dedication from the Letterkenny ladies developing all the time. They will be focusing now on the future games and with some superb forwards and backs the future can only be good. We look forward to covering them soon! HIGHLIGHTS: [youtube eKENQibLd00] Captain Interview: [youtube Nt6cu7EQerw] CLICK […]
What a game. The passion and commitment for each other and the game from both sides was amazing! End to end throughout, with some of the biggest hits we have seen and big scrums, great pahse play from both sides. Ballyshannon put a phase together of something like 29 together! Off loads, rucking, kicking, tries, […]
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 […]
Congratulations to our good friends New Zealand on winning the rugby World Cup 2011 hope the celebrations go on well into the night in our sister club Ponsonby !!! II XV win on the road against Ballymoney 21-17 Scores from Roger mcloughlin, ronan Boyle and man of the match Stephen Robinson Letterkenny 1st XV 9 […]
After their long trip to Letterkenny last Saturday the Tata Steel sponsored First XV finally won their first game of the season with a valuable victory over the improving Donegal outfit. Having lost their first three games of the year by narrow margins, but picking up bonus points in each, Lisburn were keen to put […]