Forster Cup Round 2 Draw: (3rd Jan) Armagh 3rds v Carrickfergus 3rds Ards 3rds v CIYMS 3rds Ballymena 5ths v Lisburn 3rds Cooke 3rds v Instonians 3rds or Ballymena 4ths Donaghadee 2nds v Lurgan 2nds Ballyclare 4ths v Grosvenor 3rds BYES – Monaghan 2nds, Randalstown 2nds
By Barry Coughlan Not everyone is happy the way the Munster Branch has conducted affairs in relation to the Munster Senior Cup. However, Tom Tierney, who spent much of his playing career in Limerick and Munster, believes in years to come anyone possessing a Munster Cup medal will treasure it as much as players did […]
Past winners urge Accies to savour cup final experience Thursday, 11 December 2014 Past winners urge Accies to savour cup final experience thumbnail Having celebrated their semi-final victory over Ballyclare, Omagh Accies current first team squad will be hoping to emulate their 1993 counterparts with a win over Instonians in Tuesday’s Junior Cup decider at […]
Ballynahinch (15-9): Stephen McAuley; David Nicholson, Stuart Morrow, Richard Reaney, Ross Adair; Harry McAleese (capt), Aaron Cairns; (1-8): Jonny Simpson, Jonny Murphy, Stuart Orr, James Simpson, Jonny Madden, David McGuigan, Paul Pritchard, Mike Graham; Replacements: Craig Trenier, Conor Pyper, Josh Donaldson, James McBriar, Jordan Grattan. Malone (15-9): Andy Bryans; Michael Barker, Nathan Browne, Kieran Joyce, […]
Silverware and the opportunity for Ulster AIL clubs and players to add winners medals to their personal collection are prized as such opportunities do not present themselves too often to Ulster clubs in the All Ireland league. Ulster’s number one club Ballynahinch slipped up last season at the Kingspan stadium to Queens in the Senior […]
Jonathon Sexton in action against Australia. Ireland’s current game is largely based upon the kicking tactics employed by the halfbacks, Sexton and Conor Murray. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images Will Ireland’s current kicking strategy suffice when it comes to the latter stages? Not long after the horror of the Great War, Winston Churchill said ‘battles are […]
Lack of creativity: There remains a skills divide between the two hemispheres Photo: GETTY IMAGES What European Champions Cup shows is that the basic skills are not executed with anything like the consistency necessary to survive shift up to the highest level After the heady heights of the autumn internationals it was back to the […]
Fourths get cup campaign off and running Match report by James Speers Ballmoney’s 4th XV got their McCambley Cup campaign off to a winning start with a comfortable victory over Ballynahinch. The first half saw both teams play some open, entertaining rugby. The Ballymoney backs were keen to spread the ball wide and challenge their […]
COOKSTOWN CRUSH MALONE IN THE CUP The Keystone Lintels sponsored Cookstown got their McCambley Cup campaign off to a superb start with a comprehensive away victory over Malone 4ths. Cookstown were expecting a difficult tie against last season’s Butler Shield winners but following a dominant opening half, they easily advanced to the next round of […]