The Ladies School Blitz will be played this year at Hamilton Park on Wed 29th Feb. Come along and support the ladies from local schools compete in an Ulster Branch blitz, from 2pm. The mini section hosted Malone on Sunday with over 200 kids from P3 – P7 playing rugby. All the kids played well […]
Belfast Harlequins 27-18 UCC Belfast Harlequins stretched their lead at the top of division 1B with this hard fought victory over the Cork Students in wintery conditions. Two first half tries and a late penalty try were enough to secure the valuable league points. However, the Cork Students were unlucky not to come away with […]
Donaghadee were convincingly beaten 44-18 by Cooke last Saturday in their heaviest defeat of this campaign. Donaghadee made a couple of enforced couple of changes to the team that beat Ballymoney in the second round of the Towns Cup with front row forwards Chris Schofield and Chris Goode missing out due to illness. Cooke narrowly […]
Enniskillen – 10 Grosvenor – 18 After the euphoria of the excellent cup win on the road last week, it was back to league action with a disappointing bump for ‘Skins at Mullaghmeen. The game opened scrappily with too many penalties being conceded in the early exchanges by ‘Skins but at no great loss early […]
Cooke Rugby Club v Donaghadee Cooke do Dee-molition job to become joint league leaders. The big showdown between top 4 contenders Cooke and Donaghadee was predicted to be a closely contested affair – how wrong the pundits were. For a side that normally relies on it’s talented back line to run in the tries, it […]
REVENGE FOR COLERAINE Coleraine 1stXV gained a measure of revenge for their Junior Cup Final defeat against Donaghadee, when they put in a spirited performance at Sandel Lodge, on Saturday, to defeat the same opponents 22-18, in the Kukri Qualifying Div. 1. It was a closely contested match, played in a good spirit with little […]
Armoy 14 – 14 Inishowen Honours even after hard fought battle in Armoy Inishowen travelled to Lime Park, Armoy for their first game of 2012 and their first league game in six weeks since the two side last met, Inishowen won the previous game 10-0 but knew getting a result on the road against last […]
Ballymena earned a place in the All Ireland Cup final with a tremendous win against Division 1A side, Old Belvedere, in Dublin on Saturday. Playing with a strong wind in the first half, they knew that it was essential to get points on the board before the break. And they did just that, with tries […]
City of Derry Rugby Club produced a workman like performance to secure a bonus point victory away to Ballynahinch on Saturday last in their Ulster Senior League Fixture. This result sees Derry sharing second place in the league with Belfast Harlequins just six points behind leaders Dungannon. Derry scored two try’s in each half with […]
Donaghadee played their first league game of 2012 last Saturday looking to maintain their excellent form of 2011. Coleraine hosted Donaghadee in a re-match of the Junior Cup Final and it was the Bannsiders who came out on top in this exciting league clash. Donaghadee enjoyed a bright start, Nigel Barker slicing through the Coleraine […]