World Rugby anticipating compelling, competitive and record-breaking Rugby World Cup With one month to go until Rugby World Cup 2015 kicks off, tournament owners World Rugby are anticipating a compelling, competitive and record-breaking celebration of rugby that has teams and fans at heart. With global excitement building and teams well into their final preparations, more […]
Heineken Cup bares its competitive teeth 18 clubs still in the running for European silverware As many as 18 Heineken Cup clubs are still in contention for European silverware following a pulsating weekend of Round 5 action. Please see attached a table of how the Heineken Cup clubs stand going into Round 6 Reigning champions, […]
BACK TO BASICS: With the average player putting in anything between 20-40 tackles per match it is no surprise that the injury rate is 3 times higher than that of football, with the top 4 injury areas including head, shoulders, knees…and hands!! Research shows most injuries occur in the initial few months of the season […]
On Saturday 27 August Cookstown Rugby Club took part in the annual Randalstown RFC tournament. The team were drawn in a tough group which included hosts Randalstown RFC, Ophir RFC and Ballymena 3rd XV. Given that each of these teams competes in leagues several levels above Cookstown and that ten of the 1stXV were unavailable, […]