The first round of the Girl’s Secondary Schools Cup was played in Letterkenny this week. The schools competing were Rosses CS, Loreto Milford, Glenties Comprehensive and Magh Ene Bundoran. The games were all very keenly contested with some very good running rugby on display in overcast conditions. The cup will be played over two legs […]
Kick off times for Round 4 of the Northern Bank Schools’ Cup, 1/4 finals of the Schools’ Bowl and 1/2 finals of the Schools’ Trophy, all of which will be played on Saturday 6th February, have been confirmed. Northern Bank Schools’ Cup Round 4: Coleraine Academical Institution v Regent House 11.30am Methodist College Belfast v […]
Despite a late fightback from Grosvenor, CAI managed to hold on for a 10 – 17 win in this hard fought match at Grosvenor Grammar. CAI opened the scoring on 10 minutes with a try by Patrick Farrell after great work by Keith McKnight and Michael Shiels who turned over the Grosvenor scrum half allowing […]
Larne Grammar lost this third round Northern Bank Schools Cup tie against a powerful Friends School Lisburn by a score of 0 – 15. Despite the scoreline it was a closely contested game throughout with both sides creating chances in this bruising encounter. Larne Grammar started strongly in bright sunlight and put Friends under pressure […]
Limavady Grammar 13 – 7 Banbridge Academy. We have two reports for this match the first is from Banbridge. Banbridge Academy 1st XV crashed out of the Schools Cup on Saturday in a closely fought and entertaining third round game away to Limavady Grammar. The final score of 13 – 7 to Limavady is evidence […]
Ballyclare scored five tries in this Northern Bank Schools Cup third round tie as they comfortably saw off the challenge from Rainey Endowed. The weather conditions hampered play at the start of the match with a heavy mist which made kicking and catching difficult during the first ten minutes of the game . Ballyclare started […]
This weeks fixtures kick off on Wednesday night with an all Ballynahinch encounter between their 4ths and their 5ths in a match that is too close to call! Saturday sees the 3rd Round of the Northern Bank Schools’ Cup and we’ll be following Larne Grammar School in their match against Friends School. We’ll continue to […]
Having spent Friday night watching Ulster keep their European Cup hopes alive in a wet and windy encounter at Ravenhill it was a pleasant change to watch the Northern Bank Schools Cup 2nd Round match between Larne Grammar and Strabane Grammar kick off in bright sunlight on Saturday morning. Strabane Grammar had fought their way […]
With last week’s fixtures decimated across the province this week starts with re-runs of the cancelled Schools Cup fixtures with Larne Grammar and Strabane Grammar kicking of proceedings on Wednesday afternoon. Ulster Rugby see the resumption of their Heineken Cup campaign in Friday night against Edinburgh with places in the European knock out stages still […]
This weeks highlights are the return of the ever popular Schools Cup and Towns Cup competitions in a weekend packed with fixtures. The games start on Friday night with Ulster entertaining the big spending Ospreys at Ravenhill in the Magners League. It’s another must win game for Ulster as they try and force their way […]