With only eight games left for the Ulster sides in Div 1A and 1B we enter week eleven of their AIL programme. The sides in Div 2A and 2B have six games left as they enter week ten. Last weekend provided wins for Belfast Harlequins, Malone, Banbridge, Queens, Rainey, Armagh and Ards with defeats for […]
All attention maybe be focused on the opening games in this weekends opening Six Nations matches with Ireland playing Scotland at the Aviva stadium on Sunday the 2nd February with a 3.00pm ko. Nearby in West Dublin on Saturday afternoon Clogher Valley will attempt to win the Ulster Bank All Ireland Junior Cup for the […]
In the February edition of HSBC’s Lions Monthly, a regular summary of all the news and views in the build-up to The British & Irish Lions Tour to Australia 2013, we hear from some of rugby’s all-time greats as the 6 Nations plays out in the Northern Hemisphere, the count-down to the Tour continues and […]
There were four Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Quarter-Final games, three Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Subsidiary Shield Quarter-Final games and two Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Subsidiary Shield Semi-Final games played on Saturday 25th February. Wallace High School entertained Bangor Grammar School in a Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Quarter-Final tie in Lisburn. CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES […]
It is said in life what comes around, goes around. This can also be true in terms of life in rugby football. In a Schools’ Cup Semi-Final game played in 1992 featuring Wallace High School and Methodist College, quite a few of the players on that occasion are still involved in Rugby Football in a […]
With schools enjoying a well-deserved mid-term break, there were not many rugby games played at 1stxv level on Saturday 18th February. The exception was the remaining Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Bowl game featuring Portadown College and Down High School which had been postponed on Saturday 11th. This game took place at Chamber’s Park, home of […]
There were eight Northern Bank Ulster Schools Cup Round 4 games, three Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Trophy Quarter-Final games as well as two Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Trophy Semi Finals played on Saturday 11th February. The Tie of the 4th Round Ulster Schools’ Cup games took place at Ballyclare High School when the home team […]
The “Big 8” enter the Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup on Saturday 11th February and the 4th Round draw has thrown up some intriguing encounters. The potential tie of the round is the meeting involving Ballyclare High School and the Royal School, Armagh at the Rashee Road venue in Ballyclare. Both teams have had an […]
There was one remaining Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Round 3 game played on Wednesday 1st February. The Cambridge House v Wellington College game had been postponed due to frost on Saturday 28th January but the game was re-organised quickly in line with the regulations of the competition. The Cambridge House team started the game […]