Ards Ladies won their first game in the Ards colours on Saturday 27th Sept, when they beat Belfast Harlequins Ladies 15 – 5 at a 7s Tournament in Belfast. The girls came 3rd overall and considering 5 of the squad had never actually played before, this was a truly amazing achievement. Well done to everybody […]
Antrim got a morale-boosting win under their belts as the season got underway at Allen Park on Saturday afternoon. In what was meant to be a league game, the team learned at kick off that Instonians had pulled from the league and that the Antrim side had already won the points regardless of the result. […]
On a perfect day for rugby, the Civil Service squad headed up to Belfast High School Former Pupils ground with a number of new faces keen to make their debuts for the club. BHS had beaten us in the corresponding fixture last year and Service were looking forward to showing the progress that had been […]
Carrickfergus RFC celebrated the formal opening of their magnificently re-furbished Clubhouse at Tom Simms Memorial Park on Saturday 3 September with a 17 points to 10 victory by the Maxol-sponsored 1st XV over local rivals Larne in the first League game of the new season. Indeed, they had begun the celebrations early when the Under […]
Cookstown RFC wrapped up its preparations for the incoming league with a very useful run out against qualifying 3 outfit Derry YM. Although the game resulted in another defeat for the team, the boys can take a lot of positives out of the performance, particularly the impact of new players; Ciaran McKenna, Denver Nugent and […]
Once again the ridiculous rule not allowing substitutes in Qualifying League Two directly influenced the result in what was frankly a very close game, with few try scoring chances created by either side. With ‘Skins numbers reduced for the best part of an hour they can justifiably hold their heads up, even in the bitter […]
This game was always going to be a test for Armagh. Last week’s convincing win against Ards was now history. Saturday’s opposition, Instonians, one of the most respected clubs in Ulster rugby promised to be a much stiffer test. They play in a league above Armagh so it was always going to throw a tremendous […]
City of Derry travelled to Deramore Park to play a very confident Harlequins outfit that had easily disposed of Malone in the first round of the Senior Ulster league. However, it was Derry who hit the ground running and after absorbing some early Quins pressure took control of the game playing some superb rugby to […]
Armagh seconds played Instonians seconds in a league game at the palace grounds on Saturday. The game started off at a frantic pace with the young Inst team showing their intentions from the kick off by running the ball at every opportunity. Inst scored a try wide out after 5 minutes through their pacy winger […]