City of Derry Rugby Club travelled to College Park, Trinity College on Saturday last and suffered their fifth defeat from seven games in All Ireland League Division 2A where Dublin University outscored them by four trys to three. Derry struggled all through the first half to compete with the pace and physicality of the students. […]
Cookstown made the short trip down the M1 on Saturday 26 November to take on a strong Portadown side at Chambers Park. With a gale force wind blowing down one end of the pitch, the outcome of the game was decided by which team could adapt to the conditions. A superb defensive display resulted in […]
Enniskillen’s 3rd Battalion got a well-deserved first league win at the fourth time of asking against a very determined and dogged Rainey team who to their credit played the whole game with thirteen men and gave a very respectable performance. ‘Skins started frantically and after several phases in the Rainey half of the field were […]
Armagh 2nd’s played Banbridge 2nd’s in a league fixture at Banbridge on Saturday. Playing with the stiff breeze in sunny conditions, Armagh were keen to move the ball from deep. Stout defence from Banbridge kept play in the Armagh half for the first fifteen minutes. After some prompting from the sideline, outhalf Simon Cuttle and […]
THIRDS WIN LEAGUE GAME Ballyclare Thirds had their second game of the season and fielded a strong side at the Cloughan against Grosvenor 2nds. It was particularly good to see J.J.Baird returned from America and also David Crawford both backs could soon challenge for 1st XV places. The Thirds dominated from the start and by […]
This game was always going to be a test for Armagh. Last week’s convincing win against Ards was now history. Saturday’s opposition, Instonians, one of the most respected clubs in Ulster rugby promised to be a much stiffer test. They play in a league above Armagh so it was always going to throw a tremendous […]