In a floodlight game last Wed night – many thanks to Dale Loughbridge for the pictures of two awesome teams battling it out – CLICK HERE for the Action Shots (3rd row down)
Cooke I XV got back to winning ways on Saturday but were made to work extremely hard in an anxious encounter with top four contenders Ballymoney. The Belfast side started the game against the wind in confident form but it was Ballymoney who registered the first points with an easy McCartney penalty after 12 minutes. […]
Cooke Rugby Club 35 v Portadown 3 The Belfast side got a rude awakening when Portadown commenced the game in determined fashion. Clever kicking by the visitors out-half Dawson saw Cooke play the opening quarter of the game largely in their own half. It was the same player who opened the scoring with a penalty […]
Cooke had a break in their Qualifying One campaign and travelled to Ballynahinch for a tightly contested match in the Conference League. The game commenced at a lively pace with the visiting pack demonstrating their intentions from the outset. Surging drives from prop Hunter and flanker McMurray brought play into the ‘hinch 22 and when […]
We arrived at Pirrie Park in near perfect conditions save a particularly troublesome wind blowing left to right across the pitch making for some issue in passing which both teams coped with superbly. The standard was very high indeed with players missing the Campbell found themselves in a position to try out some alternative game […]
Clean sweep for 1’s 2’s and 3’s Cooke enjoyed a clean sweep on Saturday 19th November with the 1st’s winning 62-3 at home against Dromore, the 2nd’s enjoyed a 15-5 away win against Portadown 2nd’s and the 3rd’s had a convincing 33-7 home win against Ards 3rd’s. Congratulations to all 3 sides. FEATURE ON II […]
Ballymena 2nd XV booked a place in the Junior Cup semi finals on Saturday with a hard fought victory over the previously unbeaten Cooke team. Training throughout the week was excellent with some key players in the squad becoming available after injury. The feeling in the camp was excellent all week and the boys knew […]