The sun shone beautifully as the RS Armagh I & II XV took to the fields of battle to progress their development toward the various campaigns. These games are critically important to all the schools as they embed new moves, set pieces and perfect their team moving into the business end of the season. The […]
Saturday saw Armagh make the long trip deep into Connacht to play their fifth game in the Ulster Bank League against Connemara in Clifden. Armagh’s form has slipped into a somewhat mediocre form recently. They headed west with two defeats from Banbridge and the ‘skin of their teeth’ win against Sligo still fresh in the […]
ARMAGH 20 SLIGO 14 Having lost two of the recent three games played against neighbouring Banbridge Armagh were keen to make amends and score some league points from this fixture especially when the home venue gave them a slight edge. It was at Strandhill last season that Sligo narrowly beat Armagh in the All Ireland […]
There was one midweek game played when Banbridge Academy hosted Loretto College from Edinburgh. The visitors started the game strongly, running in a try after just minutes on the clock. The try was converted to give the Edinburgh School an early 7-0 lead. The Banbridge team responded positively to this setback and threatened the Loretto […]
The match of the weekend involved the meeting at Pirrie Park of Methodist College and Royal Belfast Academical Institution. Rudolph Benade landed a penalty to put the home side into a 3-0 lead. Royal Belfast Academical Institution came back strongly and enjoyed the majority of territorial possession for the remainder of the first half with […]
For the second consecutive Saturday Armagh made the trek to Rifle Park to play their neibours, Banbridge. This time it was the Ulster Senior Cup, Quarterfinal that drew the Armagh team to the wet, windy, environs of Banbridge. Armagh were still sore from the narrow defeat last Saturday when they played the wet & untidy […]
Banbridge 20 Armagh16 Saturday saw Armagh travelled to Rifle Park to play Banbridge in the Ulster Bank League. They will have to make the same journey next week to play Banbridge in the quarter final of the Senior Cup. Coincidentally the club’s seconds were playing on the adjoining pitch in the second round of the […]