Cavan 2nd XV winning team in the first round of the McCambley Cup, Who beat the PSNI on a score line of 31 – 27 after extra time (Full time score 24 – 24) in Enniskillen on Saturday 10/12/11 — with Peter Mulligan and Patch Corrigan, Shifty McDermott, Alan Brady, Shane Mc Caffrey, Ben Breslin, […]
Ophir Firsts were in action at Lansdowne Road last Saturday – no, not the brand new home of Irish Rugby, the Aviva Stadium, but the home of Ards Rugby at Hamilton Park at the top of Strangford Lough. The Mallusk team met Ards Seconds in the Ulster Bran With a strong wind behind them, Ophir […]
BUSHMILLS® Irish Whiskey today launched its new ‘BUSHMILLS Brothers – Since Way Back’ campaign with good friends, current international rugby stars Rory Best and Denis Leamy. [vimeo 32458807] Hot on the heels of their recent trip to New Zealand, Ulster’s Rory Best and Munster’s Denis Leamy were both in Belfast today sharing the story of […]
The line was drawn on Saturday, No more was the mantra, no more – this time we win! And they did it in style, finishing with Champagne rugby – but before the end and the blood sweat and tears, and the joy ….. before that was the basics. They could have lost it in the […]
Ulster U18 bounced back from last week’s loss away to Munster to defeat Connacht 10-3 at Ravenhill on Saturday afternoon… Connacht only field one team at U18 level which is a combination of their schools and youth players. By the time they arrived in Ravenhill on Saturday they had already played Ulster Schools, Munster Schools, […]
Reports are circulating of an official Over 35’s League! With Ireland riding high, maybe the old boys who have decided we’re not quite over the hill yet will take up the gauntlet once again and take to the pitches in an over 35’s league. This of course will add more credence to our criticisms of […]
A nostalgic collection of true stories about playing international rugby in the pre-professional era Product Description Voices from the Back of the Bus provides a rare behind-the-scenes look at international rugby at the height of a golden period. Recounted with genuine warmth and much humour, over a hundred players recall the scrapes, the games, the […]