5th XV vs Lurgan (57 – 12) Minor Friendly Dungannon’s new development squad had their first airing on Saturday in a friendly against Lurgan seconds. This was a great opportunity to create and develop a new squad of players, and Coach Derek McMullan seized the opportunity with both hands. This was a very evenly […]
All Ireland League There was a late surge at the Mardyke on Saturday when Dungannon conjured up a fourth try from fullback, Conor Gaston converted by Paddy Jackson to give the travellers two bonus points. UCC still took the spoils despite scoring just three tries and can thank the trusty boot of Andrew Burke who […]
Stevenson Sharks, Dungannon RFC Special Needs Tag Rugby team, had its inaugural joint training session at Stevenson Park with Newforge Taggers on Sunday. The session was a complete success with more than fifty players, coaches and parents supporting what was a great morning of rugby. Newforge Taggers Director of Rugby Sam McBurney led a well […]
Last Saturday Donaghadee continued their unbeaten run this season at Carrickfergus in rugby’s Qualifying League 2. Playing into a fairly brisk westerly breeze the forwards and backs went through much of their repertoire of tactics before some overly desperate defence by the home side in front of their posts gave outside-half Paul Blewitt the easiest […]
The University of Ulster Coleraine Rugby Team (UUC RFC) are introducing a new initiative this season to build on their success of last season. The Performance Development Squad (PDS) will allow new and existing players to improve their abilities and skills whilst receiving top quality coaching. The Performance Development Squad will be introduced to the […]
The University of Ulster Coleraine travelled to Omagh RFC to play them for the second time in a week, this time for league points. UUC fought hard for the 80 minutes but Omagh came out on top this week, winning 12:9. UUC started strongly against a different Omagh team. Lee Murphy made Omagh pay for […]
A big crowd at Belmont enjoyed a thrilling game of rugby on Saturday, played in the best of spirits, which saw CI emerge as deserving winners in a hard fought game. Grosvenor started nervously and while they enjoyed an advantage in territory could not convert it into points as several chances went abegging. CI on […]