Heineken Cup pool attendance record smashed New attendance record as European quarter-final qualification goes down to the wire again CLICK HERE for 27 page review Once again, the Heineken Cup qualification combinations and permutations went right down to the wire with the top four seedings for the quarter-finals of Europe’s premier club tournament only confirmed […]
Commonwealth Games Organisers Announce Rugby Sevens Teams and Pools
Commonwealth Games Organisers Announce Rugby Sevens Teams and Pools 16 teams from five continents to play across four pools of four Defending champions New Zealand to play event hosts Scotland Rugby Sevens tickets among most popular; some still available online The organisers of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games have today (Tuesday January 14) confirmed the […]
Ulster Bank All Ireland league Previews Division 2A & 2B Sat 11th January 2014 by George Millar
Congratulations to Ballynahinch 1st xv on their impressive win at UCD by 32 – 26 in Div 1A last Saturday. They remain second from bottom in their league with two wins. In Division 1B only Belfast Harlequins secured a win against Ulster neighbours Dungannon 13 – 3 at Stevenson Park. Malone secured their fourth losing […]
RaboDirect PRO12 Review Round 12
With the completion of the festive fixtures, the midway point of the regular 22 round season in the RaboDirect PRO12 has now passed and some interesting statistics have come to the fore. Teams claimed ten losing bonus points between them in the eleven games played during rounds 10 and 11 taking the tally to 33 […]
Official IRB News: Rugby Introduced to Rio’s Public Schools & Indonesia Welcomed as Full Member Union of IRB
Rugby Introduced to Rio’s Public Schools Rio 2016 and CBRu working hard to make the most of Olympic feeling More than 10,000 new players since April thanks to IRB’s Get Into Rugby Nearly half of new participants are female ‘It was love at first sight, the children really identify with the sport’ As Rugby counts […]
Ulster Rugby Senior League Preview Sat 14th December 2013 by George Millar
Congratulations to Queens Univ on winning the First Trust Senior Cup at Ravenhill tonight after defeating Ballynahinch 16 – 10 in a highly entertaining final. Tries by Queens Captain Stuart McIIwaine and winger Michael McAuley along with two Ritchie McMaster penalties allowed the students to withstand a late assault by the County Down side. Ballynahinch […]
November a busy month for City Of Armagh RFC Ladies
November A Busy Month for City of Armagh LadiesBy Paul McCord City of Armagh U18 Ladies now have over 25 regulars turning up for training, recently playing matches against Virginia, Enniskillen and Donegal and their hard work is about to be rewarded as a group and as individuals. On November 22nd the squad will travel […]
RWC 2015 Official Travel Agents Announced
Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) and Rugby Travel and Hospitality Ltd (RTH) are pleased to announce the appointed Official Travel Agents (OTAs) for Rugby World Cup 2015 in England. The appointment of leading agents from 10 nations and territories follows a comprehensive tender evaluation and selection process by RTH, the company appointed by RWCL to […]
Donaghadee RFC Notes: I XV Make History @ Donaldson Park
For the first time in Donaghadee Rugby Clubs’ 128 year history Donaldson Park was the venue for a competitive ‘All Ireland’ game on Saturday as Donaghadee played Dundalk in the opening round of the All Ireland Junior Cup. Although Donaghadee progressed to the Quarter Final stage of this competition last season, all fixtures were played […]
Olding to start at fullback for Ulster against Cardiff Blues – TEAM NAMED HERE
Olding to start at fullback for Ulster against Cardiff Blues – TEAM NAMED HERE Ulster Head Coach, Mark Anscombe, has made two personnel changes and one positional switch to the team that beat Montpellier last Saturday for tomorrow night’s game against Cardiff Blues at Ravenhill (kick off 19:05). Jared Payne moves from fullback to outside […]