On a fine bright Saturday morning at the Valley Leisure Centre playing pitches Ophir under 13’s revealed their new kit which has been kindly sponsored by Power NI. After the paparazzi photos of the new kit it was down to the main business of the day and the match against a determined looking Lurgan team. […]
To a man, utterly superb open lightning paced rugby in attack and defence. One phrase sums it up ~ “The Basics”, ruck, pass, off load, line break, line break, line break, organised defence, commitment, hold the line, feed in, feed out. The basics laid the platform and the massive bursts of creative play, practising the […]
UUC 25- Omagh 18 The fixture changed from Omagh due to an unplayable pitch, saw both teams serve up a highly entertaining game which had everything for the large crowd at the Sam Logan stadium. Playing into the elements the students had the best of the early exchanges and after 10 minutes out half Whitcroft […]
Coleraine 18 – 13 Clogher Valley COLERAINE made a strong bid for the Junior Cup when they took the honours against Clogher Valley on Saturday. Both sides were hampered by persistent rain and in the end the Bannsiders came away with a hard fought 18-13 victory. Details of the next round, to be played on […]
Accies 2’s back to winning ways at the Thomas Mellon playing fields Omagh Accies 2’s returned to winning ways on Saturday with a 13 – 0 victory over Cooke 2’s at the Thomas Mellon playing fields. Omagh couldn’t have wished for a better start, and after putting the visitors under pressure straight from the kickoff, […]
Banbridge 20 Armagh16 Saturday saw Armagh travelled to Rifle Park to play Banbridge in the Ulster Bank League. They will have to make the same journey next week to play Banbridge in the quarter final of the Senior Cup. Coincidentally the club’s seconds were playing on the adjoining pitch in the second round of the […]
The Gordon West Cup has a new look this season, were groups are now drawn randomly from a pool of teams, compared to the previous regional selection, disadvantaging Newrys hopes of progressing as they were going into the toughest group in the competition. This season sees Newrys group containing the Psni, Civil Service and Lurgan, […]
Enniskillen got their season back on track after defeat the previous week, when they travelled to Larne and recorded a handsome win over the hosts, grabbing a scoring bonus point. Despite what was a good warm up following the long journey, it was as if ‘Skins were still on the bus with a lethargic opening […]
Ulster Senior League A good performance by Dungannon ahead of their opening Ulster Bank League game next Saturday as they gained a bonus point win over country cousins Ballymena at Eaton Park. This game was also for the weather postponed 2010 Jack Kyle Cup. Playing with wind advantage Dungannon opened the scoring on four minutes […]