Approaching half time playing with a very strong breeze, Ballymena led by nine points, all from the boot of Luke Marshall, Davy Patton’s Man of the Match. That didn’t seem enough and even the addition of five points through a Warwick try to make it fourteen points, looked too small a lead to defend in […]
In an amazing 2nd half Malone RFC came back from a massive 20 – 8 down to win the game 29-22! By all accounts this was one of the those amazing things that can happen when a team playing for each other get the legs pumping and delight their fans with an unstoppable team effort. […]
Instonians U17’s made the trip down to Larne on a beautiful sunny day. It was as well that the kick-off had been put off to 12-30 pm because Instonians were asleep for the first ten minutes! Playing with a strong breeze and the sun in their favour Larne were able to exert some pressure. Inst […]
After disappointing results for both sides last week, Randalstown 3s arrived at Civil Service determined to avoid a repeat of the heavy defeat they had suffered to Grosvenor and Service were keen to correct the mistakes that had seen them undone against Carrick. This task was not made easier by the loss of deputy captains […]
Armagh made the long trek north to Balllymoney to play the third league game of their season. To date they have won all in front of them but there is a nagging feeling around the Palace grounds that we have not seen the best of this team yet! Last week they beat a newly promoted […]
This weekend The University of Ulster Coleraine Rugby Club, welcome fellow North Coast rugby club Coleraine to Cromore Road for an occasion that will go down in history for both clubs. UUC RFC face Coleraine in the 2nd round of the Junior Cup. This is the first time the two clubs have ever met in […]
Enniskillen RFC were the visitors to Cromore Road on Saturday, where they took on a University of Ulster, Coleraine side looking to bounce back from defeat at Omagh last week. It was the home side who took maximum points from the encounter, winning 20:15 in a hard fought match. It was Enniskillen who applied the […]
Sullivan 1st, 2nd medallion, 14s and 13s, all had good impressive wins. The medallion game was stopped 25 mins early following the return of Willie Anderson to coaching the medallion side. His first instruction to them, “you are not kicking at all today.” The game was stopped after 50 points 25 mins early! The 1s […]
Superb performance, setting our province up for good rugby times ahead. Great to see the guys having a brilliant game, getting into their stride and enjoying every minute of it. So far we have found 37 pictures, 156 Pictures, thanks to Colin Hayburn of www.rugbypicture.co.uk – CLICK HERE – Youtube highlights on www.uafc.com – CLICK […]
Bumper crowd in Avignon witnessed France and Ireland clash in the opening game of the Alitalia European Cup. An Olivier Elima hat-trick helped France to a 56-25 win over a defiant Wolfhounds side despite the Irish taking the lead early on. Ireland started the game ambitiously passing the ball wide twice in the first set […]