Saturday saw Armagh entertain Dungannon at the Palace Grounds to play their eleventh game in the Ulster Senior League. By this stage Dungannon, with their unbeaten record, had secured the league title and were obviously keen to retain their unbeaten record. So far this season Armagh had won only four games from ten and, to […]
Magners Junior League Another good performance by a IVs team that showed seven changes from Saturday as they beat Clogher Valley IIIs 48-5 at Stevenson Park. The first half belonged to Philip Hall and Richard Fletcher who weighed in with a brace of tries a piece. Cormac Convery successfully converted three of his kicks. 26 […]
1st XV vs Armagh (20 – 21) Ulster Senior League Dungannon’s hopes of completing the Ulster League programme undefeated were dashed in the final minute of this close encounter at the Palace Grounds. Armagh trailed 18-20 going into the final minute until a huge drop goal from out-half, James McBriar left the Armagh supporters singing […]
1st XV vs Ballynahinch (24 – 5) Ulster Senior League Dungannon were celebrating their first ever back to back Ulster Senior League wins when they beat Ballynahinch to get the points needed to retain the Stevenson Shield. Playing with the advantage of a very stiff breeze Dungannon were first to draw blood. Following a Hinch […]
Bucks Sink Larne Ferry With your correspondent having partaken of a significant number of corporate ales at the Ulster match on Friday night the recollections of Saturday’s game may be somewhat woolly at best. Firstly, lets get the facts and figures out of the way. The Bucks triumphed over Larne 3s 73-12, scoring 11 tries […]
4th XV vs Grosvenor (27 – 10) Magners Junior League Dungannon and Grosvenor produced an excellent contest in this Magners Junior League 5 top of the table clash. Gannon got on top early and kept ahead for the eighty minutes. Grosvenor played neat rugby and although second best up front their backs always held the […]
Ulster Bank All Ireland League Dungannon shot back into contention for Ulster Bank League honours with this superb bonus point win over UCC at the Mardyke. It all started with an early try from leading try scorer, Chris Cochrane who took a long pass from Paul McKenzie before gliding in at the corner. Michael Lawton, […]
Armagh Rugby 19 Belfast Harlequins 12 The conditions could not have been better for open rugby as the game kicked off at The Palace Grounds on Friday evening. After strangely mild weather the playing surface at Armagh had firmed up following the horrendous conditions last Saturday when Armagh soundly defeated Ards in the AIL League. […]
1st XV vs Banbridge (45 – 14) Ulster Senior League With two games to play, Dungannon are now just one point short of retaining the Stevenson Shield. For the eighth time in nine outings Dungannon lifted a full compliment of points in their 45-14 win over Banbridge at Rifle Park. With Armagh doing their near […]
Emphatic victory takes U17s into League Final CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES BANBRIDGE U17s 33 Instonians 0 February 25, 2012 CLICK HERE for pictures Banbridge U17s overcame Instonians 33-0 at Rifle Park to set up a League Final contest against Portadown. Report to follow. CLICK HERE TO KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE BANBRIDGE RFC WEBSITE […]