Hatrick Park was bathed in warm sunshine for Rainey Old Boys’ Ulster League opener against neighbours Ballymena,who made the most of their numerical advantage late in the first half to build up a comfortable lead which they had little trouble holding on to.Rainey battled gamely to claw their way back into the contest,but it was […]
Last Saturday Donaghadee hosted Bangor in the Rodney Gray Cup which would be the last warm up game for both teams before the start of the new season’s league action. Although these two teams have met frequently in recent seasons this was the first in which Donaghadee would have been considered favourites to win, if […]
City of Derry started their competitive season in style when they comprehensively defeated Banbridge in their Ulster League fixture on Saturday last at Judges Road by three try’s to one. Banbridge had narrowly missed out on promotion to All Ireland League Division 2A along with Derry last season when they were narrowly beaten in a […]
Dungannon opened the defence of the Stevenson Shield with a 58-17 nine try win over Instonians at a balmy Shaw’s Bridge. Dungannon attacked from the start and gained their first try on five minutes when Jason Bloomfield fed the white booted Adam Duhig who crashed over. 0 – 5 Two minutes later former Banbridge starlet […]
CLogher Valley entertained Rainey old Boys in what has become an annual fixture in memory of one of th ekey founders of Clogher Valley Rugby Club Derek Lee. Click Here for the pictures & big thank you to Stephen Hetherington – Clogher Valley Photography. MAIN PICTURE: Wilfred Bothwell hands over the ‘Derek Lee’ Memorial Trophy […]
The George Tees Cup will commenced at 12.30pm @ Judges Road with ten teams ~ Armoy RFC, Ballyshannon RFC, Ballymoney RFC, Clogher Valley RFC, Innishowen RFC, Omagh RFC, Rainey RFC, UUC RFC, City of Derry RFC and a Peter Tees’ XV. The last 3 years champions University Of Ulster Coleraine Rugby Club retained the cup […]
Donegal’s sun drenched west coast provided a scenic location to the recent Ulster Rugby Summercamps. Based in the village of Maghery outside Dungloe the weeklong camp was run in conjunction with Tir Chonaill RFC. The kids ranging from 6 to 12 took part in rugby skills and fun activities culminating with the visit of Ulster’s […]