LARNE 1st XV 32 DONAGHADEE 1st XV 15 Donaghadee travelled to The Glynn last Saturday afternoon to play their first away league game of the season against Larne. With the sun on their backs and playing “up the hill” the Dee started strongly up front with Jack Cooke, Chris Good and Chris Hamilton all making […]
DONAGHADEE 1st XV 19 GROSVENOR 1st XV 17 As the Indian Summer in the Province continued Donaghadee 1st XV welcomed Grosvenor to Donaldson Park for what was the home side’s first league game of the season in Kukri Qualifying Two. With Chris Good, Billy Allen & Dicky Bailey unavailable and Johnny Quigg injured the Dee […]
MALONE II 12 DONAGHADEE 29 Donaghadee 1st XV completed their Conference League programme with a visit to Gibson Park where they met Malone II who boasted ex. Dee man Stephen Adams amongst their ranks. Injury and unavailability deprived the Dee of a number of players who had started against Banbridge two weeks earlier but the […]
RODNEY GRAY CUP STAYS AT BANGOR Bangor arrived at Donaldson Park on the back of an impressive 40-17 win over AIL side Dungannon last week and, last season’s All Ireland Junior Cup finalists, having recruited heavily over the summer months, showed great intent from the kick-off in their efforts to retain the Rodney Gray Cup […]
Pic Credit Peter Bennett >> https://www.facebook.com/peterbennett9?fref=ts ASPIRING 1st XV PLAYERS GET A RUN OUT Donaghadee’s season opened when they welcomed Limavady to Donaldson Park for a 4 x 20 minutes training game. With the new season starting so early there were quite a few unavailabilities and this fact, plus a couple of minor injuries to […]
CCRO IN OPERATION AT DONAGHADEE ONCE AGAIN THIS SEASON Donaghadee RFC are delighted to announce that they have once again secured the support of the IRFU (Ulster Branch) in the provision of a Club & Community Rugby Officer (CCRO) for the incoming season. Guy McManus will fill the post once more and is keen to […]
NEW SEASON AWAITS The 2015/16 season opens at Donaldson Park on Saturday 15th August 2015 when we welcome Limavady 1st & 2nd XVs to Donaghadee for two “pre-season” friendlies. The following week Bangor will be the visitors when the two 1st XVs meet to challenge each other for the Rodney Gray Cup and the 2nd […]
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CLUB AND TEAM CAPTAINS – SEASON 2015/16 Club and 1st XV Captain – Nigel Barker Nigel has been playing at the Dee for the past eight years and operates in the centre and out-half although he is a more than useful 9 or 15 when the situation demands. In what will be a hugely popular […]
The Club is delighted to announce that Graham Cloke has been appointed as Head Coach of Donaghadee RFC. Graham played senior rugby with Academy RFC in the 1980s and NICFC (now part of Harlequins RFC) in the early 1990s. After finishing his competitive playing career he went on to play vets rugby and also turned […]