Lisburn fall to the ‘Dee CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES At Blaris last Saturday the Corus sponsored Lisburn fell in the final quarter to a strong finishing Donaghadee challenge which saw them rack up three tries to claim the points in this entertaining and hard-fought Qualifying 2 League game. The Dee pressed hard from the opening […]
ENNISKILLEN 12 – DONAGHADEE 13 “Team sports are great for character building!” Anyone reading this must have heard this old chestnut. There are times when it is said a little too glibly, but last Saturday at Mullaghmeen the entire Donaghadee First XV Qualifying League side in their crucial game against Enniskillen demonstrated to the large […]
Explosive rugby from both sides. Two proud clubs determined not to be beaten. The game was good to watch as the well drilled sides went into action. End to end stuff with a high degree of experience made for some well worked scores. Pictures link below and video highlights from both sides. CLICK HERE FOR […]
CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES OF ENNISKILLEN RUGBY II XV V CARRICKFERGUS RUGBY II XV CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES OF ENNISKILLEN RUGBY I XV V DONAGHADEE RUGBY I XV Enniskillen 1st XV-12 v Donaghadee 1st XV-13 Whether the referee was right to overrule the two touch judges and disallow the Enniskillen sides penalty in the first […]
GROSVENOR 22 – DONAGHADEE 17 Last Saturday Donaghadee went to Belmont for their return League game against a Grosvenor team that they had demolished 49-10 in October. Almost from the kick-off it seemed that the memories of losing to Ballymoney in the Towns’ Cup in the final seconds after being the better side all day […]
The scene was set for a good game. Conditions where perfect for running rugby in this clash between Grosvenor and Donagadee. Donagadee coming into the match unbeaten and full of confidence against a Grosvenor side who had not had the same success as their last season. The odds were stacked against them. Grosvenor started well […]
Ballyclare 1st XV produced a powerful performance on Saturday at the Palace Grounds against Armagh in the second round of the Towns Cup and were actually ahead with eight minutes remaining only to go down narrowly 20-17. Considering that Armagh have only lost oncethis season (to Portadown) and are one of three sides in Qualifying […]
What a change in a week at Donaldson Park. The bitter cold weather gone, hopefully for a few weeks at least, and two healthy rugby teams rarin’ to take on Carrick and Clogher Valley at Donaldson Park. The only blight was that the Martindale brothers, Ian and Richard, had both developed injury problems at mid-week […]