Ulster Rugby 39 v Cardiff Blues Rugby 21
The 2013/14 women’s rugby season in Ulster is underway, with significant changes to both leagues and the development section. ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE The AIL 2N league this season consists of 5 teams – Belfast Harlequins, Cooke, Enniskillen, Sligo and Queens. Belfast Harelquins finished second in the league for the second year running last season and AIL […]
The end of the 2011/12 RaboDirect PRO12 season is fast approaching, and the first team to claim a place in the Play-Offs has been confirmed; Leinster, with an unassailable lead of 73 points, have booked themselves a home slot and number 1 seeding. Their opponents are still undecided, and with just seven points separating the […]
Saturday saw Armagh entertain Dungannon at the Palace Grounds to play their eleventh game in the Ulster Senior League. By this stage Dungannon, with their unbeaten record, had secured the league title and were obviously keen to retain their unbeaten record. So far this season Armagh had won only four games from ten and, to […]
Armagh seconds met Queens second in a 2nd xv encounter at the Dub in Belfast on Saturday. Captain for the day Matthew Steenson elected to play into the strong wind against a useful Queens side. After 10 minutes, with play brought into the Queen’s 22, Andy Hughes playing his first game of the season drove […]
Last Saturday Enniskillen travelled to face Banbridge 2nds in a potentially difficult Towns Cup quarter final and they made a slow start, committing a high number of basic errors in the first quarter. Such errors and the concession of a number of penalties allowed Banbridge to enjoy the better of the territory in the opening […]
After a couple of weeks of cup fever in Donaghadee and the Junior Cup Final success at the end of 2011, cup action returned to Donaldson Park in the form of the 1st Round of the Towns Cup. Portadown were Donaghadee’s first round opposition and after two previous visits to the Dee this season including […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV lost by 21 points to 15 away to Larne on Saturday 10 December. In what is now becoming a familiar pattern, Carrick dominated possession and territory in the first half ,but did not take their chances , and then allowed Larne to totally dominate the second half. Although there were […]