On Easter Tuesday Armagh 2s played Coleraine 2s in the final of the Crawford Cup at Ravenhill. After claiming the Junior 1 league championship the previous week Armagh hoped to make it an historic league and cup double for the club. CLICK HERE FOR NEW PICTURES BY KEN REDPATH And CLICK HERE FOR 107 Action […]
Two seriously good rugby teams played the Crawford Cup Final today at Ravenhill. Professionally kitted out, with all the back up support staff and a throng of supporters eagerly awaiting the hope that their side would be bringing home the silverware. [youtube 3wfNcr_japQ] [youtube LG6F1xQLuRA] CLICK HERE FOR 135 Photos From Both Sides. Video highlights […]
Now that Armagh first fifteen have played the last game of the 2010-2011 season they have time to take store of just what lies ahead. There is a certain degree of apprehension hanging about in the Palace grounds. This is, to a degree, like a pupil starting off in a new, bigger, school. Not since […]
It was a perfect evening for running rugby and both teams did their level best to entertain the vocal support that turned up at Ravenhill. There were four tries, four yellow cards and one red card in an action packed final worthy of the occasion. The Hinch dominated the early exchanges and kept the Armagh […]
Congratulations from InTouch Rugby: Saturday saw Armagh entertain Cooke at the Palace Grounds for the final league fixture in the 2010-2011 season. The points situation was that if Armagh won or even drew the game they would be league champions and gain promotion into All Ireland senior rugby. CLICK HERE FOR 50+ Pictures From Rugby […]
This was the third time Armagh and Clogher would meet this season The away League match played early in January was a typically tight affair with Armagh coming away with a narrow 10-7 win. The Clogher Army descended on The Palace Grounds two weeks ago to play the semi-final of the Powerade towns Cup and […]
League leaders Armagh rolled into Coleraine in midweek intent on stretching their advantage at the top of the table but under the Sandel Lodge lights, they came up short, conceding 5 tries to a home XV that is currently playing some great rugby. A large and appreciative crowd witnessed a contest that was a fine […]
Armagh seconds played their Crawford cup semi final in Coleraine against the local thirds on Saturday. In sunny and warm conditions Armagh kicked off into the strong breeze. Coleraine collected the ball from the drop out and using the wind promptly dispatched it down into Armagh’s 22. With defensive kicking into the breeze very difficult, […]
Armagh made the long trip north to Limavady with a degree of tension. The whole squad knew that they had underperformed in the last two fixtures. Against Coleraine they had shown sporadic flashes of their flair but were well and truly overpowered in the closing minutes of the game. Against Clogher, however, they were humiliated […]