A superb team performance secured a famous away victory for Ards against Division 3 newcomers, Navan on Saturday. With the squad weakened by a number of injured and absent players and Navan sitting three positions above Ards in the league table, this was going to be a hard ask of the players who took to […]
LEADERS HELD BY DEFIANT RAINEY Saturday 13th February. Towns Park, Midleton. Division 3 league leaders Midleton saw their lead reduced to just one point when they were held to a 13-13 draw at Towns Park by Rainey Old Boys. The East Cork side had beaten all comers, including Queen’s, in their magnificent ten match run before […]
A rampant Queens ran in 8 tries against a very subdued Ards at Hamilton Park last Saturday, helping keep them in contention for the AIB Division 3 title against close rivals Midleton, only four points off the lead and a game in hand. Ards were caught napping in the very first minute of play when […]
This weeks fixtures kick off on Wednesday night with an all Ballynahinch encounter between their 4ths and their 5ths in a match that is too close to call! Saturday sees the 3rd Round of the Northern Bank Schools’ Cup and we’ll be following Larne Grammar School in their match against Friends School. We’ll continue to […]
Queens v Instonians 16th January 2010 Two season’s ago Queen’s promotion hopes were ended as Inst completed a smash a grab raid at Shaw’s Bridge. This season a bonus point win for the students has edged them closer to securing a place in Division Two as they outscored their Belfast neighbours by four tries to […]
This weeks highlights are the return of the ever popular Schools Cup and Towns Cup competitions in a weekend packed with fixtures. The games start on Friday night with Ulster entertaining the big spending Ospreys at Ravenhill in the Magners League. It’s another must win game for Ulster as they try and force their way […]
Queens made heavy weather in their latest AIL game and the three week lay-off was evident. Tries from Paul Karayiannis and Matthew Arneill, both converted by Ian Porter allowed the home side to lead 14 – 10 at the interval. Further tries by Paddy McGowan and Stuart Campbell produced a bonus point win but it […]