With two Ulster U19 teams away to Limerick to compete in the U19 Inter Provincial Championship, a number of schools were missing front line players when a full list of schools’ fixtures was played on Saturday 17th September. The Ulster U19 “A” team travelled to Limerick to play Munster U19 “A”s in a game that […]
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Right as far as we can tell these are two cool options for RWC2011. The Ask a player a question which you can do below immediately and results (only the BEST questions will be selected and receive a video response) in the player recording a video answer which is then watchable through the 2nd innovation […]
On Saturday 10 September Cookstown RFC commenced their Minor league programme against a spirited and youthful Ballynahinch side in front of a sizeable crowd at the Mid Ulster Sports Arena. Played in sunny conditions, Cookstown elected to play the first half with the strong wind on their backs. Straight from the kickoff, some forceful running […]
From the depths of despair at the bottom of the sand dunes to the heights of an impressive ‘friendly’ win against a very strong Harlequins team, August has been a fun, intense and intriguing month leading into the newly formed Rabo Direct Pro12 league. With the Northern Ireland golfers, Rory McIlroy (an avid Ulster Rugby […]
Ballynahinch 31pts Rainey Old Boys 10pts For the second week in a row a young and relatively inexperienced Ballynahinch team came from behind to secure a bounus point victory over the Rainey Old Boys. Hinch started slowly and perhaps the exertions of Tuesday nights match against Ulster U20 XV had taken its toll as they […]
This eagerly anticipated event was without doubt one of the best social nights Upritchard Park has seen in recent times. As the opener in a series of social events planned throughout the coming season, Paddy Robinson’s brainchild seemed straightforward enough. Get a pig, roast it, and gather some mates round to eat it. The organisational […]
5s win 6-3…..4s beat 17-15…3s win 43-13……1s beat@hinch Malone lose heavily in Senior Cup encounter with Ballynahinch The 1st XV lost heavily away to Ballynahinch in the 1st Round of this years Senior Cup going down by a scoreline of 49-8. The Vikings however make it two in a row against CIYMS 2’s Carrying on […]
With two U19 Inter Provincial games being played against Leinster U19’s at Dungannon Rugby Club a number of schools were without some front line players when their teams took the field on Saturday 10th. The U19 “A” team lost by 36-6 to a strong Leinster team despite the best efforts of players such as Stuart […]