We have just caught up with one of the Larne Coaches Davy Wilson. Davy coaches at Larne along with Barry Willis & Garth Kennedy and we asked him to comment on the journey to Q 3b success, “We thought we had a fairly good squad and had a really good pre season with the guys […]
Newry climb to second place in the Kukri Qualifying League Table (S3) after another impressive win this time against former second spot holders Donegal. Out of the 9 league games this season Newry have won 6 and only lost 3. Newry put a good win over Donegal with Colie Stewart and Patrick Wentworth going over […]
Donegal 1st XV 24 Randalstown 1st XV 15 Day and night is about the only way to describe the difference in the Randalstown 1st and 2nd half performances in Donegal on Saturday afternoon. Having started in determined fashion with only some stalwart Donegal defence preventing an early try ‘Town then imploded and for most of […]
Since the corresponding fixture back in September finished honours even at 17 all this was always going to be a tight encounter at Neillsbrook. For the opening 10 minutes while ‘Town looked to be in control no quarter was given by the visitors. It took a clever kick through from Laverty which McCann did well […]
Buoyed up by their recent success as winners of the North West league, Letterkenny’s under thirteen squad headed for Banbridge early on Saturday morning. As a first round Cup match, the occasion promised to shift the rugby up a gear. That certainly proved true as the game started at a high pitch and maintained that […]
Letterkenny beat Strabane 24-0 in terrible conditions at Dave Gallaher Park on Saturday. Although the Strabane men started strong Letterkenny soon found their rhythm and continued from where they Left off in 2010. The conditions which were more akin to a water sport naturally suited the forwards which resulted in a very tight affair. The […]
After a week of rain the Newry pitch held up well under pressure from two heavy packs. Newry kicked off playing towards the clubhouse. Good pressure from the Newry back row lead to Holywood errors. Both teams where guilty of sloppy kicking not capitalising on penalty’s. Captain Connor Marshall drove the attacking side back well […]
Civil Service arrived at Newforge, for the second of the three scheduled matches against PSNI this season, short of a number of first team regulars after injuries in the Lurgan Game. With Chris Summers, Chris Davey, Andrew “Boney” Sloan, Ben Scott and Johnny Bradshaw all missing through injury Jonny Wilson was drafted into the side […]
Turnovers and defensive lapses cost Lurgan Monaghan 48 Lurgan 7 Having made a promising start to the season Lurgan were dealt a heavy eight try defeat on Saturday on the road at Monaghan, Writes Paddy Allen. The visitors had to make several changes to the side that won comfortably the previous week with centres Scott […]