Donaghadee 1st XV, still buoyant from their league win against CIYMS returned to Millar McCall Wylie Junior Cup action on Saturday and put in a fantastic performance coming out 30-21 winners. Donaghadee started poorly and the home side dominated the game leading 6-3 after ten minutes played. It was a fantastic tackle from a restart […]
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 […]
Randalstown chalked up an impressive victory against High School on Saturday afternoon which was hopefully sufficient to see them through to the knock out stages of the Gordon West Cup. The first score came early in the game after backs and forwards combined well and Daryl McGarry raced over the line. Then with barely 6 […]
The Ulster Ravens got their British & Irish Cup campaign off to a winning start with a 39-7 win over the Doncaster Knights at Deramore Park… The Ravens, coached by Gary Longwell, scored five tries during the course of the game to Doncaster’s one. Out-half Paddy Jackson kicked two early penalties before Ravens’ prop Adam […]
Eleven of the starting XV have played for the senior team in a competitive fixture, while the other four were all involved in pre-season friendly against Neath. Callum Black is named at loosehead prop as he continues his efforts to return to the senior squad following a neck injury earlier in the season. He is […]
Building on the successful initial two season agreement, adidas and ERC are proud to announce the extension of their partnership. The new agreement will see adidas continue as the official ball supplier to European club rugby’s elite tournaments, the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup for a further four years. Under the partnership, which will […]
George Clancy will get the 17th Heineken Cup tournament up and running when he takes charge of the match between Racing Metro 92 and Cardiff Blues at Stade Yves du Manoir on Friday, 11 November. It will be the Irish referee’s 31st tournament match with French official Jerome Garces on duty at the other opening […]
BRILLIANT! below is team sheet and scores: Starting team 1 Jarlath Carey 2 David Ferguson 3 Stephen Jefferson 4 Peter Bogle 5 Johnny Gault 6 Alex Gourley 7 Andrew Neeley 8 Stephen Dickey 9 Paul Roxbourough 10 David Andrews 11 Nial Irwin 12 Tommy Van Wyk 13 Stuart Simpson 14 Nigel Hall 15 Brian Cochrane […]
IT’S BACK – AND ALL EYES ON THE HEINEKEN CUP The rugby season is set to explode into life across Europe as the 17th Heineken Cup takes centre stage. Europe’s finest will go into battle on the weekend of 11/12/13 November chasing the biggest prize in world club rugby, with all roads leading to the […]
Ballymoney RFC 1st XV won back the Tweed Cup and 4 league points with a 25-12 home victory over neighbours Coleraine. Match Report Below. The 2nd XV without a number of regular players lost 12-0 away to Coleraine 2nd XV, which was only their second defeat of the season. The 3rd XV produced their best […]