DEE TWOS MAINTAIN HOME RECORD by Jim Lyttle 2nd XV win 31-20 in an ill tempered league game at Donaldson Park – reports Kyle Morrow The 2nd XV looked to continue their unbeaten run at home with a visit from Armagh 3rd XV. There were several changes to the side that lost the previous week […]
DEE OVERCOME STUDENTS Donaghadee played UUC at Donaldson Park on Saturday with both teams going into the fixture sitting at the wrong end of the Kukri Qualifying One League Table. Recent clashes between these two teams have seen some entertaining exchanges with Donaghadee having the upper hand on results – and this one did not […]
For the first time in Donaghadee Rugby Clubs’ 128 year history Donaldson Park was the venue for a competitive ‘All Ireland’ game on Saturday as Donaghadee played Dundalk in the opening round of the All Ireland Junior Cup. Although Donaghadee progressed to the Quarter Final stage of this competition last season, all fixtures were played […]
Sat 19th Oct, 2:30pm. Kukri Qualifying 1. Clogher Valley 37 – 8 Donaghadee Wrapped up points before half time. by Bob Beatty Valley won this game before half time as Donaghadee were simply blown away with the power of the pack and pace of the backs. Valley welcomed back the Wilson brothers to the back […]
Donaghadee RFC Junior Cup DEE PROGRESS IN JUNIOR CUP Given the horrendous traffic delays in the Greater Belfast area last Saturday this Millar McCall Wylie Junior Cup Round Two game in Banbridge did well to kick off at the normal time of 2:30pm. It at first appeared that the delays the Dee side had suffered […]
KUKRI QUALIFYING ONE Donaghadee 18 Ballymoney 39 (by Jonathan Martindale) Donaghadee returned to Donaldson Park last Saturday after a fiercely battled league contest against CI at Belmont where they left taking their fair share of positives from a bonus point loss. Indeed, with a number of key personnel still missing from the forward pack it […]
CIYMS 1st XV welcomed Donaghadee to Belmont for the first home game of the season, looking to bounce back from an away defeat and under-par performance against Portadown the week before. The recent mix of downpours and sunshine meant that the Belmont playing surface was in excellent condition and a sizeable home crowd were anticipating […]
CIYMS 1st XV 18 Donaghadee 1st XV 12 Donaghadee 1st XV travelled to CIYMS last Saturday to fulfil a Kukri Qualifying One fixture against the strong Belmont side more in hope than expectation given that the Dee men were missing seven regulars (including the entire usual starting front five) due to a bizarre combination of […]