The first Saturday of the new term sees twelve teams compete in the second round of the 2011 Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup campaign. Wellington College, having come safely through their hard earned win against Lurgan College in Round 1, will be joined by eleven other teams who have come in at the Round 2 […]
In Touch Rugby made the short journey down the motorway to Lisburn Rugby club as the guests of Wallace Old Boys and Friends School Former Scholars, and we are delighted to bring you highlights of the match. While for some the 2.30pm kick off had come too soon to recover from their New Years Eve […]
With the long awaited thaw setting in immediately after the Christmas period, a number of schools did manage to play games between Christmas and the New Year. Belfast High School entertained Portora Royal School in a game where the visitors were unlucky to lose their captain, Adam Farrell, in the warm up. The Enniskillen team […]
Despite the fact that all schools are now on holiday quite a few are hoping to get some games played during the Christmas break. Like a lot of schools Campbell College will be hoping for a major thaw if they are to have any chance of playing Larne Grammar School on Wednesday 22nd December. The […]
Despite the arrival of more extreme weather conditions which impacted on the games scheduled to take place on Saturday 18th December, a number of schools did manage to get games played either on tour to warmer climes or midweek prior to the onset of the extreme weather. The RS Dungannon team played two tour games […]
This section is designed to give a snap shot only, of the opinion of InTouch Rugby as to Schools I XV Rankings. In support of various schools of thought on the subject of schools rankings we highlight below our unnofficial ranking of Schools in the current season so far. This list is up to date […]
The fixtures scheduled for Saturday 18th December 2010 will be subject to weather conditions allowing the games to be played. With the approach of the end of term, schools with fixtures will hope to play to enable their players to get some game time, something that has been difficult to achieve in recent weeks due […]
With the onset of a thaw following the extreme weather conditions experienced throughout the province, a number of schools did manage to host games on Saturday 11th December. The thaw did not come soon enough for the majority of games to take place but six venues were able to cope. Ground staff had worked hard […]
From Thursday it was clear not every game was going ahead. But, on Saturday morning the sun rose and grounds men from across Ulster tested the pitches to find that while snow was lying, the ground ewas not frozen. For a a healthy number of fixtures it was – GAME ON. We travelled to Bangor […]
There were a number of midweek fixtures played prior to a full list of schools’ fixtures on Saturday 20th November. Cambridge House finally got a win, after a number of close defeats, when they played Portadown College. The Cambridge House team had been playing well without getting the reward they felt they deserved. Cambridge House […]