Solid win for 2nd XV Free scoring Ballymoney steam roll Donaghadee On a glorious day for rugby, Ballymoney took the field against Donaghadee looking to take more of their chances than in the two away fixtures at Donaghadee this year, which both resulted in narrow wins despite largely dominating play over both games. With the […]
DONAGHADEE 1st XV 33 ENNISKILLEN 1st XV 7 After a very disappointing day in Coleraine last weekend Donaghadee were looking to reinvigorate their season with a home game against Enniskillen who had heretofore claimed some notable scalps in their own league campaign. Once injury & unavailability robbed the Dee of a clutch of players including […]
COLERAINE 43 DONAGHADEE 8 The Dee’s selection woes continued on Saturday with Mark Cooper unable to play in the centre due to an injury picked up against Lisburn last week, Andy McGrugan unavailable and then on, the morning of the game, influential back rower Chris Hamilton succumbed to sickness. Jack Cooke moved into the back […]
DONAGHADEE 1st XV 15 LISBURN 1st XV 20 Donaghadee welcomed Lisburn to Donaldson Park with conditions wet and windy & the pitch soft underfoot but very playable – testament to the efforts of the ground staff over the past few weeks. The home side rang the changes again with a couple of unavailabilities meaning Davy […]
IMPROVING TWOS BATTLE IT OUT IN LISBURN Young side make their mark in perplexing circumstances – reports John West TwitterFacebookMore Coming off the back of an improving performance last week in the Cup the Dee 2s travelled to their Lisburn counterparts. This season has proved a testing challenge for the 2nd XV after gaining promotion […]
NARROW LOSS IN THE CUP Twos just miss out to Ballymoney counterparts in wintry conditions at Donaldson Park reports John West TwitterFacebookMore After what has been a hard start to their league campaign Dee 2s got a break in the form of a Crawford Cup match at home to Ballymoney 2s. Both teams had already […]
CARRICKFERGUS 1st XV 25 DONAGHADEE 1st xv 13 The Dee made the trip around Belfast Lough to meet league pacesetters Carrick on an extremely wet November afternoon. The side had lost talismanic pack leader Jack Cooke during the week with an injury picked up during training and scrum-half Chade Gelderman in similar circumstances. To compound […]
PORTADOWN 2nd XV 53 DONAGHADEE 2nd XV 14 The Dee 2nd XV headed to Portadown with a very young side sprinkled with just a couple of older heads. Unfortunately Portadown took a very early lead after an exit kick was charged down and touched down for the first score. However, displaying the character this team […]