Leaving Letterkenny at 9.00 am in the rain with only 11 players and knowing that Newry had at least 15 we were aware that we had to cede the game, and probably were looking at a thrashing. We got to Newry and the sun shone, the game got started on a full size pitch and […]
Saturday 27th March. Report by Harry Allen. Way back on 10 October 2009 the Donaghadee first team was narrowly beaten at Roughfort in a game where many felt the better team lost. Since that autumnal day the stories that have been filtering back to Donaghadee from south Antrim have been of a noticeable improvement in […]
Hinch Sunk In 14 Try Thriller In Dublin. John Dickson reports from Anglesea Road, Dublin. This fixture was always regarded as a “Mission Impossible” for the Hinch men, Belvedere are the league leaders and by all accounts they have been the best side in the league this season. With the Hinch struggling at the bottom […]
Dave Gallagher Park was the venue for Letterkenny’s last league game of the season and while the stormy conditions may have contributed to some degree the general standard of rugby served up was not the best seen there this season. Short quite a number of players through either long or short term injury they welcomed […]
Saturday 27th March. Report by Andrew Smallwoods. Enniskillen slumped to defeat in their final match of the 2009/10 season and now must face up to the real possibility of relegation, as bottom side Coleraine upset the odds to win at Dromore and are now only two points adrift, with two games left to play. The […]
Saturday 27th March. Report by Roy Lawton. Ards senior status in the North Down area has been secured for another season after their emphatic 44 – 11 victory over Dublin side, Suttonians on Saturday. Leading up to this game Ards senior status was still in doubt and with them sitting 12th in the AIB League […]
Saturday 27th March. James Barr reports. Since the first meeting between Nenagh Ormond and Rainey Old Boys in an AIL qualifier five years ago, Lady Luck has smiled on the Tipperary North side. It continued to do so last Saturday when three hotly disputed decisions, two of them in injury time, helped them to hold […]
Saturday 20th March. Harry Allen reports. After their great runs in both Junior and Towns’ Cups had ended, and having recently suffered a serious league defeat to CIYMS in the League, Donaghadee went to Carrickfergus last Saturday feeling like they needed a solid victory to pull their season back together. With scrum half Alastair Lockhart […]