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 […]
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 […]
There were a number of midweek games played prior to a large list of games played on Saturday 13th November. [youtube 7-8N12JWBJA] Campbell College got back to winning ways with a comprehensive midweek victory against Coleraine AI. The Campbell College team started the game without the services of John Creighton and Marc Best, both of […]
Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 23rd October 2010 With the onset of the half term break for most schools, as well as Ireland U18 Schools’ and Ireland U19 Screening camps in Dublin, a number of the schools’ senior squads lost players for the games on Saturday 23rd October. Below includes pictures from Banbridge, […]
Despite the onset of a well-deserved half term holiday break for teachers and pupils there are still quite a number of rugby fixtures involving schools from Ulster scheduled to take place on Saturday 23rd October. The “Match of the Day” will be played at Osborne Park when Methodist College travel to play Royal Belfast Academical […]
Pirrie Park on a superb sunny Saturday. Saturday the 11th September to be exact. THE TEAMS: Sullivan 1st xv v Methody 1st xv. Coaches: Mike Rodgers – Sullivan. Nick Wells – Methody. A tale of two halfs, Methody with the home advantage settled into their own playing conditions much better than Sullivan. Then on the […]
Following on from last Friday’s excellent 20-15 victory over Munster in Cork, Ulster have made one change to their starting line up for the game against Leinster this Friday at Ravenhill (KO 5.00pm). Calum Thelfor, who came on as a replacement against Munster, starts at blindside wing-forward with Stephen Irvine dropping to the bench. There […]
Ballymena Academy secured another late dramatic win for the second match in a row, beating Methodist College Belfast 11 – 10 in this Northern Bank Semi Final with a last minute try. Timing is everything, and Ballymena’s John Andrew’s timing is impeccable as the versatile forward has popped up to score the winning try on […]