Ballyclare High 1st XV are eagerly awaiting the draw for the fourth round of the Ulster Schools Cup due this Saturday and this week are due to play matches against two of the leading schools in Leinster. Last night (Tuesday) they were entertaining Castle knock College from outside Dublin under the floodlights at Ballyclare Rugby […]
The improved weather conditions on Saturday 15th January ensured that all the scheduled Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Round 2 games were completed on Saturday 15th January. There were a number of non-cup games played on Saturday 15th as well as several midweek fixtures. Omagh Academy and Rainey Endowed played their postponed Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ […]
Larne Grammar School travelled to Enniskillen to play Portora Royal School on Saturday 15th January. The Larne team had trained well in the lead up to the game and travelled in a confident mood. The long journey did not seem to impact on the Co Antrim team who started the game strongly. In difficult conditions […]
Some big changes here. Very little separates many of the teams, the top 3 for example are probably joint 1st. This is repeated in various positions in the list. One thing is for certain, their will be one winner of each of the competitions. Cup, shield, trophy. The next 6 weeks before the final will […]
With all six Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Round 2 Cup matches postponed on Saturday 8th January, arrangements have been made to play one of the games on Wednesday 12th with the remaining five games rescheduled for Saturday 15th January. There are also a number of non-cup games scheduled to take place on Saturday morning. Omagh […]
Winner of first of this season’s Vodafone Try Harder Rugby Awards for Schools announced Jamie Adair, a student at Foyle & Londonderry College, is the recipient of the first of this season’s Vodafone Try Harder Rugby Awards for Schools. Unusually, it was not Jamie’s playing endeavours on the rugby pitch which persuaded the Award judges […]
Despite the fact that all the Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Round 2 games, scheduled for Saturday 8th January, had to be postponed due to frozen pitches, a number of schools managed to get games played in the week leading up to Saturday 8th January. Despite the frozen conditions affecting rugby in most of the […]
Omagh Academy v Rainey Endowed replay scheduled for Wednesday 12th January at 2.00 pm Saturday 15th 1. Royal School, Dungannon v Antrim Grammar School 11.00 am 2. Carrickfergus Grammar School v Belfast High School 10.30 am 3. Portadown College v Wellington College 11.00 am 4. Portora Royal School v Larne Grammar School 11.15 am 5. […]