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 […]
Enniskillen – 5 Omagh – 10 A bumper crowd at Mullaghmeen saw Enniskillen narrowly lose to near neighbours Omagh in a hard fought, bruising encounter last Friday night. There was very little between the sides and the game was at a stalemate for twenty-five minutes, with little scoring opportunities, before Omagh capitalised on a ‘Skins […]
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Qualifying League Section 1 Ballymoney 36 v 5 Portadown 1 18 Feb 2012 Ballymoney got back to winning ways on Saturday with an impressive six try win over fellow top four contenders Portadown. This win leaves them firmly in third position with only one game left to play, and a win next week would surely […]
Coleraine produced a dominating display of rugby when Dromore came to town on Saturday, winning 36-9 and picking up a bonus point into the bargain. It was a reversal of the defeat in October at Dromore and Richard Kernohan’s men made no major errors as they stamped their authority on proceedings this time round. They […]
BHS hosted Carrick Grammar in a rearranged fixture due to the withdrawal of Friends. It was a very blustery day in Jordanstown which made kicking and passing a job in itself. High School started very strongly and were encamped in the Carrick half for most of the first half. As I said before kicking was […]
Saturday saw Armagh travel into Leinster for the first time to play in the Ulster Bank All Ireland League. Their opposition was NUIM Barnhall. The game was played in the National University of Ireland Maynooth campus fields. Barnhall have unique relationship with the university and carry on a tradition of playing one fixture per season […]