It was a brace of well taken first half tries by Rory Scholes and the reliable kicking of Owen McMurray and Michael Heaney that won this battle of Ulster League heavy weights. Ballymena could have done better, but their first up kicker John Semple was having a bit of a ‘Brock James’ day at the […]
Randalstown chalked up an impressive victory against High School on Saturday afternoon which was hopefully sufficient to see them through to the knock out stages of the Gordon West Cup. The first score came early in the game after backs and forwards combined well and Daryl McGarry raced over the line. Then with barely 6 […]
New Zealand World Cup winner John Afoa will arrive in Belfast this week (Wednesday). Ulster Rugby announced last March that Afoa would be joining the club on a two and a half year contract following the conclusion of the Rugby World Cup and will be included in the Ulster match day squad for this Saturday’s […]
The Quins Ladies had an impressive win against newcomers to AIL 2N, NUIM Barnhall. It was a fantastic day for rugby with the Quins Ladies making the most of the excellent conditions to run in 13 tries. Ilse van Staden and Collette Broome were impressive on debut with Lucy Woodhouse, Michele Laffin and Alannah Fowley […]
1st XV vs BELFAST HARLEQUINS (27 – 15) Ulster Bank All Ireland League CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES A clinical display by Dungannon put their Ulster Bank All Ireland League campaign back on the rails with a deserved bonus point win over Belfast Harlequins at Deramore Park. Dungannon were a delight to watch in the opening […]
4’s Edge a Tough Encounter at Deramore Four penalties from the boot of Mark Scott, two in each half, proved to be just enough to defeat a very competitive and determined Civil Service side proving that there really are no easy games in this league. The Referee was delayed resulting in the kick off being […]
A much weakened Belfast Harlequins 2nd XV from last week took to the field at Deremore Park on Saturday to play Lurgan 1st XV in the Conference league. Quins knew they would have a tough match ahead as Lurgan are unbeaten this season The game started well for the home side with Andy Pollock running […]