FIRST TRUST SENIOR LEAGUE: Saturday, December 19 BANBRIDGE 5 DUNGANNON 10, Rifle Park Scorers: Banbridge: Tries : Matthew Irvine Dungannon: Tries: Derek Hall; DG: James Shiells; Pens: James Shiells There are two reposts available for this mid-Ulster tussle in the First Trust Senior League. Dungannon Report. This game was played in bitterly cold conditions and […]
AIB CUP SEMI-FINAL: Saturday, December 19 BALLYMENA 9 CORK CONSTITUTION 18, Eaton Park Scorers: Ballymena: Pens: David O’Hara 3 Cork Constitution: Tries: Richie Lane, Gareth Murray; Con: Scott Deasy; Pens: Scott Deasy 2 Ballymena exited the AIB Cup to a ruthlessly efficient Cork Con side on a sodden day at Eaton Park. Ballymena dominated much […]
It was a case of mixed fortunes for the Ulster clubs involved in the AIB Division 1B this weekend. Ballymena pipped local rivals Ballymena in the dying minutes of their encounter and Ballynahinch lost at home to league leaders Old Belvedere. Dungannon 15 – 21 Ballymena Ballymena were the victors in the Division 1B encounter […]
Belfast Harlequins lost narrowly at home and Malone drew art Gibson Park in their AIB Division 2 encounters. Belfast Harlequins 9 – 17 Terenure College Scrum-half Michael Heaney kept Quins in touch throughout the game with two first half penalties and a third in the second half. The Belfast side, despite trailing to a converted […]
Valuable Funds Raised For Ballynahinch RFC With a full house at Drumbo Park on Friday night Ballynahinch’s Corporate “Night out at the Dogs” was an outstanding success. The Club President and Council would like to thank all who attended the event, those who sponsored races or dogs for all their support in what was a […]
Queens made heavy weather in their latest AIL game and the three week lay-off was evident. Tries from Paul Karayiannis and Matthew Arneill, both converted by Ian Porter allowed the home side to lead 14 – 10 at the interval. Further tries by Paddy McGowan and Stuart Campbell produced a bonus point win but it […]
This was a good performance from Dungannon. Despite early pressure from Buccaneers Dungannon were in charge from the first scrum and were well worth their bonus point. Incidentally this was our first winning bonus for eighteen months. The conditions were good considering the torrential rain of the previous day. It was Buccs who dominated the […]
gem has teamed up with Queen’s University Rugby Football Club to become its principal sponsor for the forthcoming season. This is the second time that gem has ventured into sports sponsorship in its nine-year history, having previously sponsored the Belfast Giants Ice Hockey team in their early days. “We hope that by sponsoring Queen’s RFC […]
Earlier this month, Cavan RFC played host to a two-day IRFU Ulster Branch Foundation coaching course (Stage 2 LTPD). 32 coaches took part over the two days, and such was the commitment from the participants, that many of them even braved the severe flooding that surrounded Cavan RFC on the first day of the course. […]