[youtube UX017Naapc8] Valley come up just short in All Ireland Final losing by one point. by Bob Beatty With strong wind and at times driving rain the weather conditions did not allow a flowing game of rugby though both teams adapted well. Enniscorthy started the better and turned over Valleys first two drives. It was […]
Carrick Sevens 2014 Entries Are Open Now Save the dates MAY 2nd – 4th Bank Holiday Weekend Carrick sevens 2014 The Carrick 7s team have submitted the following flyer for the Carrick 7s 2014, a firm favourite on the Sevens calendar the event draws 600 players and 50 teams + to Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland. […]
Only one game in Qualifying One this weekend with CIYMS playing Bangor at Belmont. Bangor will look to return to third place in the league with CIYMS fighting it out with Dromore and Ballymoney to secure that all important Top four placing. In Qualifying Two Ballyclare will look to stay ahead of their nearest challengers, […]
With only eight games left for the Ulster sides in Div 1A and 1B we enter week eleven of their AIL programme. The sides in Div 2A and 2B have six games left as they enter week ten. Last weekend provided wins for Belfast Harlequins, Malone, Banbridge, Queens, Rainey, Armagh and Ards with defeats for […]
All attention maybe be focused on the opening games in this weekends opening Six Nations matches with Ireland playing Scotland at the Aviva stadium on Sunday the 2nd February with a 3.00pm ko. Nearby in West Dublin on Saturday afternoon Clogher Valley will attempt to win the Ulster Bank All Ireland Junior Cup for the […]
IRB Chairman Bernard Lapasset has predicted a stellar year for the Women’s Game as the Rugby family looks forward to Women’s Rugby World Cup 2014 in France. With the RBS Women’s 6 Nations kicking off a busy year of international Fifteens and Sevens action and global participation at an all-time high of 1.5 million, the […]
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 25th January 2014. There were recent midweek games played in the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield, Medallion Trophy, 2ndxv and 3rdxv Cup competitions. In the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Medallion Shield 3rd Round competition, Portadown College lost by 17-0 to Regent House. In the Danske Bank Ulster […]
Ulster scrumhalf, Ruan Pienaar, has been nominated on the longlist for ERC European Player of the Year for the third season in a row. Pienaar scored 54 points, including two tries, in the Province’s 100% pool stage performance. Selected by a distinguished panel of rugby experts, the longlist for one of the most prized individual […]