Bruff 19pts, City of Derry RFC 29pts Match Report by; Moss Dineen The Lumiere weekend may have been on the Banks of the Foyle last weekend but the City created their own Festival of Light in the Golden Vale of Munster. Their young rugby stars came out to shine and set the place alight on […]
Ballynahinch sat in mid table and faced struggling Galwegians in their final game of the season at Ballymacarn Park, the Galway side needing a bonus point to keep them safe from the drop. The game started in warm sunshine, the Hinch playing towards the clubhouse in the first half started with a bang. In the […]
The much maligned Conference League arrived at Donaldson Park yesterday with the local side taking on Ballynahinch IIs. The Dee took the opportunity to field an experimental side with only seven of the normal starting line-up playing and both sides served up an extremely entertaining afternoon’s rugby with the home side running out victors by […]
1st XV vs Banbridge (45 – 14) Ulster Senior League With two games to play, Dungannon are now just one point short of retaining the Stevenson Shield. For the eighth time in nine outings Dungannon lifted a full compliment of points in their 45-14 win over Banbridge at Rifle Park. With Armagh doing their near […]
The visitors got off to an impressive start from the kick off and retained possession for three minutes. And when Armagh were penalises inside their 22, it look inevitable that the visitors would kick a simple three points. However they elected to kick the ball from the corner and when Tinus Van Wyk stole the […]
SENIORS: Ballyshannon R.F.C.’s training continues this week. This Tuesday and Thursday the senior men will be training at 7.00pm at the lakeside centre in Ballyshannon. The senior ladies will also be training this coming week, their sessions will be held on Wednesday and Friday at 7.00pm at the lakeside centre in Ballyshannon. There was no […]
The Tata Steel sponsored Lisburn kicked off this Qualifying League 2 match but it was Carrick who gathered and immediately attacked upfield into the Lisburn half. A driving run from the visitor’s No 5 saw him offload to his No 7 who dropped the ball when he appeared to have a clear run to the […]
Antrim were hosts to Larne 3rds on Saturday and with a strong win against the PSNI the perivous week it was important to keep the morale alive as they host Bangor 3rds in the next round of the McCambley cup this weekend. From the kick off both teams were going to find it hard with […]
Dungannon were worthy winners of this top of the table clash at Stevenson Park. An impressive performance saw Gannon claim the winning bonus point after fifty-five minutes and then shut up shop despite Quins best efforts to get on the scoreboard. Playing with the wind at their backs Harlequins were first to have the opportunity […]
1st XV vs Rainey OB (29 – 17) Ulster Senior League Although conditions were heavy underfoot at Hatrick Park the rain stayed away for the duration of the game. Both teams were keen to attack but Dungannon’s greater experience and more clinical finishing counted in the end as they achieved the bonus league point when […]