The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV made it two away wins in a row(and three in total) when they beat Limavady by 24 points to 15 on Saturday 6 October. While there were too many unforced errors for this to be regarded as a vintage performance, the young Carrick team showed great resolve to wrest back […]
Team Opponent Result H/A Under 17 Letterkenny 78-0 A Under 15 Letterkenny 5-0 A Under 13 Letterkenny 12-22 A Red Letterkenny Day Carrickfergus RFC U17s -78 Letterkenny RFC U17s – 0 On a journey into the unknown Carrick U17s unshackled themselves from rugby convention & played with an abandon & freedom which yielded them a […]
Team Opponent Result H/A Under 17 B’Hinch 29-0 Home Under 15 B’Hinch 41-29 Home Under 13 B’Hinch 7-34 Home Hinch U13s too strong for Carrick! Carrick u13s welcomed Ballynahinch to the Tomm Simms Memorial Park on a bright Saturday morning were conditions were near perfect. On the back of a great win over Malone the […]
It was totally appropriate that when two of Ulster & Irish rugby oldest clubs met at a sun kissed Cherryvale that they stood united in a minutes silence tribute to Nevin Spence his brother Graham & father Noel who so tragically died in a horrific farm accident last weekend. The rugby community in Ulster is […]
The Carrick 2nd XV lost by 20 points to 5 to Coleraine II at Tom Simms Memorial Park on Saturday 22 September. The home team seemed to interpret their role as “hosts” too literally and, through a mixture of unneccessary penalties, butchered scoring opportunities and poor defending, made a gift of the game to their […]
The final score of 37 points to 24 to the visitors perhaps suggests a harder fought game than it really was. In truth, Randalstown, down to fourteen men after thirty minutes because of an injury to one of their centres, dominated for long periods and in most aspects of the game.Carrick’s brief flurry in the […]
Carrick U17’s lived up for their second outing of the year missing two of their most of their influential players in Matty Fisher and back line supremo Sam Wallace are both out injured. Such is the strength of the squad that neither omission fazed this successful side. Portadown in Royal blue travelled with confidence to […]
Under 17 Ballyclare 61-0 Under 15 Ballyclare 47-12 Under 13 Ballyclare 53-10 Saturday saw Carrickfergus RFC Youth start their build up to the start of their league campaign with friendly fixtures at home against local East Antrim neighbours Ballyclare. The youth, once again sponsored by local company Nk Fencing Ltd where eager to get started […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV got their League campaign off to a great start with a 22 points to 16 victory over Larne at the Glynn on Saturday 1 September. On a day on which a strong cross-wind affected just about every facet of the game, Larne appeared to have adapted better to the conditions […]
This player had an absolutely superb tourno. The Ophir 7s was very much a chance for Carrick to blow out the pre season cob webs as they build now relemntlessely towards the new season with a constantly devleoping player base. Apologies to the player as we did not ask his name which means during the […]