City of Derry hosted a tag blitz on Wednesday 26th February which saw 203 kids from six local Primary Schools from the North West taking part. In the Foyle area, Community Rugby Coach, David Funston, has been delivering tag rugby to schools for six week periods. Teams are 8 aside with 2 girls required to […]
Irish 7s champions City Of Derry RFC have named a strong team for the AIL game for Galwegians in Crowley Park All Ireland League Division 2A Saturday 1st March 2014 Head Coach Mark Nicholl Coaches Ashley Blair Simon Logue Full Back Ryan Campbell Right Wing David Funston (c) Centre Adam Bratton Centre Josh Lewis Left […]
Old Wesley 24pts, City of Derry RFC 25pts Match Report by; Moss Dineen City of Derry Rugby Club got back to winning ways in Dublin last Saturday when they defeated Old Wesley by the narrowest of margins in their All Ireland League Fixture. There was an early 6.30am pitch inspection at Donnybrook on Saturday morning […]
CITY OF DERRY U-19s 0 BANBRIDGE U-19s 21 Banbridge maintained their 100% record in the Ulster Under-19 Play-Offs by coming away from City of Derry with a hard-fought win. Coaches Willie Kirkwood and Marc Eadie were delighted to be able to include Richard Graham in their starting line-up, the flanker having made a return from […]
On a wet, stormy Friday evening Armagh entertained Belfast Harlequins under lights at the Palace grounds; Armagh kicked off with the elements in their favour and immediately put pressure on the Quinns line. On 6 minutes a charge down kick led to a try by Armagh No. 8 Darryl Morton. Reaney steeped up and slotted […]
Armagh 4th XV 10 Cavan 2nd XV 29 Armagh 4ths entertained Cavan 2nd XV in the rain, darkness and mud. A youthful side took the field against a strong visitor’s side. Not having played much rugby together, Armagh appeared very rusty and started slowly making simple mistakes and gifting the opposition possession. Indeed the visitors […]
[youtube 78KQ31-BDH0] How many times did Irish rugby fans rely on the formidable sight of front row forward, Reggie Gorrigan, hold up the scrums of the Irish rugby team? In the past he has been a stalwart international star but to see he was coach for the Greystones team was, to say the least, worrying […]
[youtube 78KQ31-BDH0] City of Derry RFC 14pts, Highfield 17pts Match Report by; Moss Dineen City of Derry Rugby Club crashed to their second All Ireland League Division 2A defeat in a row on Saturday last at home to Highfield from Cork having been beaten away to Banbridge in their previous game. These two setbacks in […]