On Saturday 17th December Quins 2’s travelled to Hamilton Park to play Ards 2’s in the Ulster Senior 2nd XV League hoping to continue their winning form coming into the Christmas break. The conditions were not good for clinical handling and most supporters thought the game was going to be forward orientated from both sides […]
Latest from Tir Chonaill 13th Dec… Referee Report: The club were delighted with the report written by referee Billy O’Gorman of his experiences of travelling to Carrickfin from Newry to referee the senior game between Tir Chonaill and Inishowen in September. There has been tremendous positive feedback about this, and it was great publicity for […]
Ulster Coach Brian McLaughlin has named a 34 man squad ahead of this weekend’s trip to Italy where Ulster will face Aironi in Round 4 of the Heineken Cup in Monza. Ulster secured the a vital five points from last week’s encounter with the Italians at Ravenhill with tries for Adam D’Arcy, Stephen Ferris, Andrew […]
Virginia RFC under 13’s notch up 40+ points for the second week in a row. Virginia RFC U13’s 42 Portadown RFC U13’s 0 Virginia rugby Under 13’s continued their winning streak with another convincing win, scoring 42 points without reply in this one sided game. This is their second 40 plus point victory in a […]
A Heineken Cup Pool match is set to attract a crowd of more than 40,000 for the second successive Saturday when defending champions Leinster and Bath Rugby clash at the Aviva Stadium in a key Pool 3 match as the tournament moves into the second half of the group stages. There were 41,063 fans at […]
With the All Ireland League taking a break until late January, Banbridge now turn their attention to the imminent trip to Ravenhill for the Ulster Senior Cup Final against Ballymena. Ravenhill appearances were a regular occurrence for Banbridge’s 1st XV in the late 80’s and 90’s when they dominated Junior rugby in Ulster. However, promotion […]
A game of two halves for Virginia’s under 15’s. Virginia RFC – 26 Portadown RFC – 0 Virginia U15’s played Portadown at home on Saturday last December 3rd on a very cold morning. Portadown were a much changed team from the previous fixture causing Virginia plenty of problems in the early stages of the game […]