Building on the enormous success of previous years this band of brothers are living the dream. A young side with nothing to lose and growing in strength and ability with every game. They work for each other and it shows! The recent game against Portadown College was sheer testament to pride in their game as […]
the name of the school says it all. An outgoing and positive atmosphere surrounds all those associated and boy do they love their rugby! Check out the highlights below of the II XV & medallion playing last Saturday. Mark Henderson interview the next toime we see you – link also to 48 pictures – Enjoy […]
Friends’ School Senior Rugby squad headed to Scotland recently for a two match tour which was slightly disrupted due to difficult weather conditions… The 1st XV played Morrison’s Academy in their opening game and started the game strongly through their domination of the set pieces. Peter Ferguson broke through Morrison’s defensive line and was hauled […]
A number of teams played midweek games in the lead up to the fixtures played on Saturday 15th October. Belfast Royal Academy hosted a very spirited Larne Grammar School team in a midweek fixture at Roughfort. The home team enjoyed long periods of possession and territory which brought the best out of the committed Larne […]
A number of midweek games were played prior to a full list of Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ fixtures on Saturday 8th October. Methodist College hosted a very spirited Down High School team at Pirrie Park on Wednesday afternoon. Due to other school commitments the Methodist College team was missing a number of frontline players including […]
With two Ulster U19 teams away to Limerick to compete in the U19 Inter Provincial Championship, a number of schools were missing front line players when a full list of schools’ fixtures was played on Saturday 17th September. The Ulster U19 “A” team travelled to Limerick to play Munster U19 “A”s in a game that […]
With two U19 Inter Provincial games being played against Leinster U19’s at Dungannon Rugby Club a number of schools were without some front line players when their teams took the field on Saturday 10th. The U19 “A” team lost by 36-6 to a strong Leinster team despite the best efforts of players such as Stuart […]
The Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ season got underway on Saturday 3rd September with a number of teams involved in tournaments, some teams played controlled game scenarios whilst others played full games. At Grosvenor Grammar School the I H Graham Invitation Tournament took place with Grosvenor Grammar School, Banbridge Academy, Rainey Endowed School and Campbell College […]
I was rudely awoken by my alarm clock at 6:30am on Monday 20th June. In a dazed desperation I turned it off and then remembered – it was the first day of pre-season training and I had to get up, get breakfast and get on the road. Four weeks of holidays came to an abrupt […]
1. How did you get into rugby? My dad encouraged me to play as he played himself and thought I was getting too big for football 2. When you were growing up, who was your rugby idol? Martin Johnson 3. This is your second spell back with Ulster, how do you think the season went […]