OPHIR STILL UNBEATEN by Ron Bell Last Saturday Ophir Firsts, supported by Biffa and MCW Properties, crossed town to Stormont to meet Civil Service in their next challenge of the Kukri Qualifying league Section 4. Missing 4 key players, Karl Davis,Kenny Morton, Paddy McCabe and John-Joe Flood through injury or unavailability, this could have been a stiff test for the Cottonmount […]
Ophir firsts make it ten on the bounce in the league by Ron Bell Last Saturday at the Cottonmount, Mallusk, Ophir First XV, supported by Biffa and MCW Properties, hosted Cavan in the Kukri Qualifying league 4. This was a crunch match for both teams who occupied the top spots in their Section. Bitterly cold, […]
Ophir start the year in great form Supported by MCW properties and Biffa, Ophir Firsts had managed to get through the 2013/2014 season so far undefeated in all competitions. And last Saturday gave them the best possible start to the New Year with another convincing victory. The Mallusk team had defeated Armoy Firsts three times […]
Sat 14th Dec, 2:30pm. OPHIR R.F.C. 48 – 0 Civil Service OPHIR FIRSTS MARCH ON by Ron Bell Last Saturday at the Cottonmount, Mallusk, Ophir First XV hosted Civil Service in the Kukri Qualifying league Section 4. Weather conditions were far from ideal for a rugby match, with a howling gale blowing cross pitch and […]
Undoubtedly for U15 players purposly confusing Omagh with lineout numbers and then pointing that out to the refereee who then awarded a penalty for the infringement which Ophir kicked for touch and another lineout on the 5 meter line! Taking a quick kick off and completely catching the opposition in dissaray and winning the kick […]
Having defeated Armoy 1sts twice already this season, Ophir were optimistic about their chances when they met with their County Antrim rivals at the Cottonmount last Saturday. Supported by MCW properties and Biffa, the Mallusk team were hoping to continue their 2013/14 undefeated League and Cup run, in this latest round of the Gordon West […]
Against very very good opposition Ophir RFC U15 I XV scored a simply magical try that was of the highest quality in a well taken lineout then hit it up 3 times with the tremendous forward power to go over the WHITEWASHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, check this out [youtube of_R_00gkps] We also got 440 pictures! CLICK HERE for […]