The Youth section started last season and currently fields an U15 side. In just over 12 months we have grown from 6 players to 26 registered players. Currently the coaching team comprises Graham Kitchen, Roy Lawton, Stevie Moore and Philip Anderson, along with some specialist sessions with Davy Cochran. Michael Curran will also be moving […]
Service Victory in Virginia – Virginia 7 v 22 NICS 1st XV After a brief but energetic warm up to help get the journey out of the ‘travellers’ legs, the match started perfectly with Service receiving the kick and driving back up the pitch for Chris Burns to crash over the line for the opening […]
The Colts hosted their first school side of the season at Stormont on Saturday, when Grosvenor GS Medallion side paid a visit and put on an excellent display of entertaining running rugby. This was billed as a friendly and gave Service an opportunity to up their game against stronger opposition in preparation of this Saturdays […]
Armoy 10 v 14 NICS 1st XV Service started well despite the conditions – a boggy pitch and wind sweeping across the field making things difficult, but they took on a big team at their own game and came out on top. The set pieces were erratic for both sides, Service struggled to get clean […]
Civil Service Rugby Club Notes Colts 17 v 26 Malone Service Colts hosted near neighbours Malone, at Stormont on Saturday, in one of only a handful of fixtures to be played across Ulster due to the continuing poor weather. Peter Buckley made a welcome return to the side with his first start of 2013. The […]
Minis Cooke Match Report – 26th January 2013 Minis versus South Belfast rivals P4 Report Following the euphoria of the Ards result the P4’s (and their coaches) were brought down to earth with a very large bump by a stronger, well drilled Cooke side who had a few boys that would not be out of […]
A cold afternoon at Service but a performance to warm the heart. Service took the field against Londonderry YM looking to get back on track after some poor results of late. The pre-match talk among the fans was centred around the loss of Service’s Openside Flanker Moore Holmes Jnr. who was sidelined with ankle trouble. […]
1st XV win 46-10 over L’derry YM. Highlights included a hat trick of tries from Chris Burns, later dubbed the slowest wing ever by the spectators!! Full match report to follow on our website… http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/civilservicenirfc/ And remember.. IT’S GOT TO BE…. SERVICE!!
Colts win against Ophir Off the back of the narrow defeat to Ards last week the Colts welcomed Ophir to Stormont today. Unfortunately Ophir arrived short numbered. Credit is due to the visitors for fulfilling the fixture and credit is due to the Civil Service 21 who gamely took turns in donning the Ophir jersey […]
So close against Ards The 2 sides had already met this season, with Ards having scored an aggregate 80 points to the Colts 10. It was going to be a tough encounter. Honours were even for the first fifteen minutes, then Ards scored an unconverted try followed by a penalty to lead 8-0. The Colts […]