City of Derry Rugby Club travelled to Donnybrook in Dublin on Saturday last to play Bective Rangers in their All Ireland League Division 2A fixture. Derry needed a win to keep their hopes alive of finishing in second place in the league and an automatic promotion place to AIL Division 1B for next season. The […]
U17s face Ports in Ulster League Final Banbridge U17s will face Portadown in the final of the Ulster U17 Ulster League Playoffs this Saturday at Lisburn RFC. The match kicks off at 12 noon and all support is welcome, so please come and cheer on a deserving team. Bann prevail in see-saw struggle Connemara 20 […]
3rd XV vs CIYMS (7 – 7) Junior League Prior to kick off the teams observed one minute’s silence in memory of past President Pat Nelson. Two evenly matched teams played out a seven all draw. One penalty try each. As an experienced CI observer commented in the final quarter, “This game has been dominated […]
This was a very workmanlike league win with plenty of good rugby on view from both sides. Instonians were in control after a converted try by captain Cameron Williams after just 45 seconds. They kept Portadown on the back foot and won most of the important breakdowns. Instonians showed good structure and cohesion with some […]
Malone defeated Queens in their Ulster League encounter by 31-7. Both sides did not field full strength teams however Malone had way to much firepower espically upfront and Queens were always playing catch up. Malone lead at the break by 7-0 through a try by Josh Pentland which he converted. The second half saw three […]
Enniskillen 2nd XV – 31 Instonians 3rd XV – 20 Enniskillen seconds played their third league game of the season at home to Instonians last Saturday, and having lost their first two games needed a good performance. It was the visitors however who took the initiative and driven by some storming play by the evergreen […]