Ulster U20 15 Leinster U20 18 John Dickson reports from Ravenhill It was a disappointing result for the Ulster U20 side as they slumped to a 15-18 defeat at Ravenhill having been the only side in the contest through the first quarter. Ulster started well with flanker Dominic Gallagher and number 8 David McGuigan powering […]
After being defeated by Instonians this resurgent Ulster U20 side were very good indeed! I don’t know how many times they stole ball from Hinch. The pace of their counter rucking was like lightning. Bodes well for next weeks games August 23 (mon) Ulster v Yorkshire 1.00pm @ Campbell College & August 25 (weds) Ulster […]
We ran a 10’s rugby tournament on Saturday with 6 sides in the main competition and 4 Vets teams. The event was held at Rainey Old Boys RFC in Magherafelt. The main competition involved 3 Rainey teams along with Bangor RFC, Cookstown RFC and Deviance, a team managed by a former Rainey man Wilbert Leacock […]
There has been much talk of late from Ulster Rugby headquarters about how the youth game is to be developed to ensure a continual supply to the senior side so we popped along to Eaton Park, Ballymena on Saturday to have a look at the up and coming youngsters in the Ulster U20 set up. […]
Wednesday 17th March. Report and pictures by John McMurtry. Ballymena Academy ran out deserved winners in the Northern Bank Schools Cup Final at a packed Ravenhill on Wednesday afternoon by the score 10 – 7. BRA opened the scoring with a try by Jordan Buchanan, converted by David Cartmill but Ballymena hit back late in […]