Clogher Valley 3 – Academy 3 Clogher Valley hosted newly promoted Academy for the first time in Qualyfying League One . Rather than the hoped – for early season appetiser, the fare served up by both teams was bland to say the least. It was the visitors who had the better of possession and territory […]
Instonians Under 19’s registered an excellent 20-14 away win at Ards on Saturday, 11 September. Playing with the wind and a heavy rain in their favour it was not surprising that Ards exerted to the early pressure. They were wide with two penalty kicks from wide out before they scored from a lineout and drive […]
Holywood 1st XV got their league campaign underway last Saturday when they entertained Randalstown at Holywood. Both sides had put a lot of work into their respective pre-season training and with the weather set to be fine and sunny the good crowd settled back to enjoy what turned out to be a fascinating duel. Randalstown […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV got their League campaign off to a good start at Woodlawn on Saturday 11 September with a comfortable 22 points to 6 victory over Lisburn. Although missing a number of regulars, Carrick always looked the stronger side, holding the visitors to a single penalty when they had the advantage of […]
Holywood 1st XV 17 Randalstown 1st XV 17 Randalstown 1sts opened their league campaign with an entertaining 17 all draw away to Holywood in a game which both sides had opportunities to win. Town started brightly and took an early lead with an Adam Boyd penalty after only 2 minutes. Holywood responded with a penalty […]
The exiles started strongly and had the Ulster 19’s on the back foot. The first of many penalties committed by the Ulster boys gave the Exiles 19’s their first points after 2 minutes. The penalty was converted by Exiles out half Oliver Clements. This was the only difference between the teams for most of the […]
The newly formed Grosvenor RFC 4th XV travelled to Stormont to play Civil Service 2nd XV in a Minor League East 1 clash on a warm but occasionally very wet afternoon. Grosvenor won an exciting match 42v15 with their exciting backline more than compensating for Services dominance in the forwards In a first half hampered […]
City of Derry Rugby Club dismissed the challenge of Rainey with distain as they scored eleven try’s in this Preliminary Round of the Ulster Senior Cup played at Judges Road on Saturday last. Rainey finished mid table in All Ireland League Division 3 last season and Derry can have no fears when they commence their […]
Match Reports 1st XV – Ballynahinch 55 v 5 Ards Ards had another tough encounter at the weekend, when they faced a rampant Ballynahinch, in the Ulster Senior League. Buoyed by last weekends reasonable performance against an equally resurgent Ballymena, but missing a number of key players, Ards had expected to compete much better than […]