Pythons Victorious at Eaton Park The 3s travelled to Ballymena on Saturday with some trepidation as no trip to the Braidmen is ever easy. With serious injury problems and absentees up the club many of the 4th XV were asked to step up to the mark and stake a claim for a regular berth on […]
Bonus point win over Omagh Grosvenor hadn’t played in three weeks and their rustiness was evident in the opening quarter with some uncharacteristic errors being made in both attack and defence. Omagh took the lead from a penalty after Chris Culbert was rather harshly penalised while trying to crawl away from the back of a […]
2s set Belmont alight Portadown 2s were the opposition at Belmont on a beautiful day for running rugby. The visitors were physically much bigger than Grosvenor who had in their ranks a handful of players who were playing schools rugby last year. Chris Cahoon scored a great try which was converted by Teesy while the […]
Bucks Return to Winners Enclosure For anyone who has a long link with rugby and Grosvenor in particular you can mark down the date of Saturday 29 September 2012 as the day that Grosvenor went back to playing the type of rugby usually associated with Rab Weir, Gordy Duff and Stan Cromie. Thanks in no […]
Lord Carson displayed a distinct lack of foresight when he organised the signing of the Ulster Covenant during the rugby season. This year’s 100th anniversary brought traffic chaos to East Belfast and meant that many Grosvenor players missed the pre-match warm up at Dungannon. This lack of preparation was evident in the opening minutes of […]
Grosvenor RFC were one of the lucky winners in the UK wide AEG Grassroots Rugby competition, winning an AEG washing machine and a new Canterbury playing kit. The winning teams are compiling video diaries at the moment which will be uploaded on the AEG website on 5 November. The team with the video attracting the […]
Victory for 1st XV in league opener For pictures from this game and a link to Grosvenor Club Excellence Report CLICK HERE In bright breezy conditions at Belmont Larne had the wind advantage in the first half. The opening ten minutes were fairly evenly contested but Grosveor began to take control of the match through […]
“3rd XV Struggle Away to Carrick I sat down tonight to write a match report based on todays game but as I gathered my thought rumours started to circulate of a tragic accident in County Down. Quickly the rumours of deaths in a farming accident were confirmed. Shortly after that several sources suggested and then […]