Donaghadee 1st XV 5 Bangor 1st XV 25 A great atmosphere prevailed at Donaldson Park with Mini Rugby from Donaghadee and Bangor entertaining a large crowd prior to the main event – the second meeting of near neighbours Donaghadee & Bangor in this season’s Kukri Qualifying One. After both sides missed kickable penalties it was […]
Donaghadee 1st XV 22 Carrickfergus 1st XV 0 Donaghadee took a break from league action at the weekend keen to transfer their good league from into the quarter final of the Towns Cup. Beaten finalists in last year’s competition ‘The Dee’ welcomed Qualifying two side Carrickfergus to Donaldson Park who had already taken the scalp […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV lost their Towns’ Cup quarter-final when they were beaten by 22 points to nil by Donaghadee away at Donaldson Park on Saturday 14 February. Played in almost perfect conditions for rugby, this was a firecely contested game, despite the final score-line, and for the forst twenty-five minutes lt looked as […]
Back to back league wins underpin league recovery DEE TAKE BONUS POINT WIN ON THE ROAD After the stirring home win against Portadown last week the Dee travelled to Ballyclare with more confidence than they might otherwise have done but were mindful of the fact that The Cloughan has not been a happy hunting ground […]
DONAGHADEE 1st XV 41 HOLYWOOD 1st XV 17 With a host of unavailabilities and injuries to contend with coaches Paul McKenzie and John West introduced Rhys Thompson, Matthew Johnston, Paul Blewitt, Andy Cash, Andy Findlater and Blair Savage into the match-day squad with Adam Torrens making a positional change from prop to lock and Chris […]
COOKE 35 DONAGHADEE 13 Despite the wintry conditions prevailing around the province conditions were excellent at Shaws Bridge for this Qualifying One relegation battle between Cooke and Donaghadee. The Dee started strongly but Cooke broke on loose ball with five minutes played and a fluffed clearance enabled Cooke to break on the blind side to […]
Excellent game, Kukri Qualifying 1 LEague at Shaws Brodge between Cooke RFC 1st Fifteen and Donaghadee RFC 1st Fifteen, accomplished in all areas with quality athletes in all positions. Both teams have clearly assembled experienced and dedicated athletes. Exciting rugby and well worth a visit on any Saturday afternoon. WE GOT 400+ FULL SIZE HIGH […]
DONAGHADEE 7 CLOGHER VALLEY 12 This season Donaghadee have been guilty of producing performances of inconsistent levels, but the squad will have gone into Saturday’s fixture against Clogher Valley knowing that only a very good performance was likely to be enough to get anything from this particular fixture. With a swirling wind to their back […]
CIYMS 14 DONAGHADEE 24 Donaghadee arrived at Belmont to the news that blindside flanker Richard Martindale had had to cry off due to sickness and, allied to the fact that open side Chris Hamilton had not yet recovered from injury, the portents were not good for another must win game for the Dee against a […]