The Ulster High Schools U14s competition came its conclusion in February. 48 high schools entered regional qualifiers in Donegal, Omagh, Carrick, Lurgan and Ballymoney and 16 schools won through to the finals at Ballymena RFC. The 4 pools were won by Fivemiletown , Sperrin , Lurgan and Dromore. Fivemiletown College and Lurgan Junior High won […]
Magnificent 7 (wins in a row) The match started off in bright sunshine with a brisk swirling breeze. Grosvenor took initial possession and after a period of forward exchanges Matty Little aligned himself beautifully for a sweet drop goal. This prick seemed to spur the opposition into reaction and induce somnolence in Grosvenor. Queen’s spurned […]
Click HERE Many thanks to Guy McCullough for the pictures! This game took place at Chamber’s Park, home of Portadown RFC. The overhead, as well as underfoot, conditions were excellent and both teams attracted enthusiastic groups of supporters. Due to the half term break there were some players not available for selection for both teams […]
Randalstown proved on Saturday afternoon that it is possible to outrun the long arm of the law! It was the only possible way as the ‘Town team couldn’t hope to out muscle their much sturdier opponents and they stuck to the task running out deserved winners on the day. Having defeated PSNI at Neillsbrook early […]
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 […]
Coleraine seconds had the perfect start to 2012 with a superb win over current Junior league 1 champions Ballynahinch. Since being well beaten at the start of the season in the corresponding away fixture, Coleraine have matured as a team and this was the big win they needed to prove they were title contenders again. […]