The last round of RaboDirect PRO12 before the start of the 6Nations opens on Friday night at Rodney Parade where second placed Ospreys will be looking to consolidate their Play-Off place with a victory over Newport Gwent Dragons. Ospreys however have only won once at the venue since the Regions were formed in 2003. CLICK […]
Post match reaction from Brian McLaughlin following Ulster’s 42-13 defeat by Leinster at the RDS. “I thought our youngsters held their hand up exceptionally well on the night. The scoreline flattered Leinster a little bit. We’ve got to take a look at these young fellas, the way they tackled, the way they defended but also […]
HEINEKEN CUP FIXTURES – Rounds 5 and 6 The Pool 4 meeting of the two former champions will guarantee a sell-out at Ravenhill, while on the same night the qualification picture in Pools 2 and 5 is also likely to become clearer when Racing Metro 92 take on leaders, Edinburgh Rugby, at Stade Yves du […]
At Blaris last Saturday the Tata Steel sponsored Lisburn wrapped up their pre-Christmas league programme with a hard fought game against University of Ulster, Coleraine. Lisburn had a number of changes to their normal lineup with Matthew Edgar retaining his place at prop, Ross Hendron returning to the back row, Andrew Gibb and Ali Finlay […]
Quins II 43-13 City of Derry II Quins II 43 City of Derry II 13 By Mark Henderson Saturday 10th December Quins 2’s returned to the Senior 2nd XV league after three weeks of Conference league fixtures which saw two of those games being postponed due to pitches being unplayable. City of Derry travelled to […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV achieved their first League win since the end of September when they beat Letterkenny by 13 points to nil at Tom Simms Memorial Park on Saturday 3 December. The game was played in windy and bitterly cold conditions and both sides found handling difficult. Carrick were very much on top […]
Ballymena travelled to Munster for the third time this season to play UL Bohs in round six of the Ulster Bank league. It has been three years since the teams last met and in this fixture the teams also contest the Arthur Ferguson Memorial Cup. Ballymena are currently holders of the cup and Andrew Ferguson […]
RAINEY IV 17 – 13 PORTADOWN Minor League 19th November 2011 Scorers: Walker(1*Conv), Scullion(1*Try), McElhone(1*Try), Martin(1*Try) The lead changed several times at Hatrick Park where Rainey OB IV rallied to beat Portadown V by 17-13 in the rain. While the kicking was poor, the tackling could not be faulted and the Rainey pack stood up […]
INSTONIANS II 28 – 27 RAINEY II 2nds League 12th November 2011 Scorers: Cassidy(1*Try), McGuckin(1*Try), Devlin(2*Try), Dillon(1*Pen, 2*Conv) Photos Having done well to get back in the game, Rainey OB II conceded the silliest of late penalties to go down 28-27 to Instonians II at Shaw’s Bridge. They should be beating themselves up at losing […]
Scorers: Walker(2*Pen, 1*Conv), McBride(1*Try) When Rainey OB IV entertained Ballynahinch VII only a few weeks ago, they lost 32-3. Yet when they fielded a very inexperienced side at Ballymacarn Park on Saturday, they held on for a 13-12 victory. They had three debutants – Johnny Mc Bride, Conor Scullion and Aidan McElhone, while Fintan Martin […]