A number of teams played midweek games in the lead up to the fixtures played on Saturday 15th October. Belfast Royal Academy hosted a very spirited Larne Grammar School team in a midweek fixture at Roughfort. The home team enjoyed long periods of possession and territory which brought the best out of the committed Larne […]
A number of midweek games were played prior to a full list of Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ fixtures on Saturday 8th October. Methodist College hosted a very spirited Down High School team at Pirrie Park on Wednesday afternoon. Due to other school commitments the Methodist College team was missing a number of frontline players including […]
Saturday 24th September was the last weekend of the age grade Interprovincial series of games involving schoolboy players. Quite a number of schools were missing their Inter Pro players but this did not prevent their teams from putting on good performances. Grosvenor Grammar School and Royal School, Dungannon both had players away with age grade […]
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 […]
The Inter Provincial game involving Ulster Schools’ and Leinster Schools’ U18 teams was played in near perfect overhead conditions in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Ravenhill on Wednesday afternoon the 14th September 2011. With both teams relishing the opportunity of playing on a well-manicured pitch the game was eagerly anticipated by everyone present. Leinster […]
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 […]
The Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ season got underway on Saturday 3rd September with a number of teams involved in tournaments, some teams played controlled game scenarios whilst others played full games. At Grosvenor Grammar School the I H Graham Invitation Tournament took place with Grosvenor Grammar School, Banbridge Academy, Rainey Endowed School and Campbell College […]
Ulster Bank Junior Cup Draw For immediate release: Wednesday 24th August 2011 Issued on behalf of The Irish Rugby Football Union The draw for the first round of the Ulster Bank Junior Cup was made by IRFU President John Hussey and Chairman of the Domestic Game Stephen Hilditch in the IRFU offices on Lansdowne Road […]
Northern Bank Ulster U18 Schools Tour Squad 11 – 13 August 2011 CName SName School Ross Adair Sullivan Upper Ben Alexander* RBAI Paddy Anderson RBAI Mark Best* Campbell College Nathan Brown RBAI Neil Burns* Foyle & L’Derry Coll David Busby Portadown College Marc Campbell Methodist College Jack Cooke* Campbell College Jonny Craig Ballyclare HS Jonny […]
The new look Ulster Bank League will kick off in October with some top class club rugby action in store for the season ahead. Champions Old Belvedere will start their title defence with a daunting trip to Young Munster while last season’s beaten finalists Cork Constitution make the trip to Lansdowne on the opening day. […]