Grosvenor entertained close neighbours Holywood at Civil Service in near perfect conditions and on one of the finest playing surfaces in Ulster rugby. The ‘home’ side started brightly and scored a try after ten minutes when flanker Dee McLaughlin picked up from the base of a scrum on Holywood’s 22 and barged his way to […]
In a game regularly punctuated with mistakes and penalties, Bangor took the lead on two occasions, but fell victim to the successful boot of the Grosvenor out-half who kicked all of Grosvenor’s points to snatch the win by 9 points to Bangor’s 8. Having suffered two defeats in a row, Bangor were anxious to stop […]
Often the margin between winning and losing can be agonisingly close as Grosvenor found to their cost yesterday. Due to injuries and player unavailability there were five changes in personnel from last weeks victorious team but Chubbs, Chris Cahoon, James Bowman, Jack Adams and Teesy all slotted in seamlessly and played extremely well in what […]
Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 3rd December 2011. The Rainey Endowed School 1st and 2nd xv’s have returned recently from a successful tour, playing games in Dublin and Manchester. On Wednesday 23rd November the ‘P Keenan Road Surfacing’ sponsored Rainey Endowed School Senior Rugby squads left on their annual rugby tour. They left […]
The weather was wet, cold and very blustery and Larne opted to play with the wind advantage in the first half. Grosvenor initially soaked up the early pressure and then worked their way upfield with some great forward charges from Stoopsy, Kells and Pearce and great support from the rest of the pack. After fifteen […]
Nothing like a Halloween Fancy Dress party to kick start the winter festivities. Lots of ulster Clubs had Halloween parties including Enniskillen, Finn Valley, Newry, Armoy, Lurgan, Dungannon, Donaghadee, Clogher Valley, Bangor & Ballymoney. So far we have found pictures from Grosvenor, Dungannon & Clogher Valley Below are links to the pictures and scroll down […]
Grosvenor 4th XV took on Malone 5th XV on the hallowed turf of the big pitch at Belmont. A deluge just before kick-off made conditions slippy underfoot and a strong wind was blowing behind Grosvenor. The home side started well and scored after five minutes when Phil Egner gathered a loose clearance kick, drew the […]
There was one midweek game played when Banbridge Academy hosted Loretto College from Edinburgh. The visitors started the game strongly, running in a try after just minutes on the clock. The try was converted to give the Edinburgh School an early 7-0 lead. The Banbridge team responded positively to this setback and threatened the Loretto […]
The match of the weekend involved the meeting at Pirrie Park of Methodist College and Royal Belfast Academical Institution. Rudolph Benade landed a penalty to put the home side into a 3-0 lead. Royal Belfast Academical Institution came back strongly and enjoyed the majority of territorial possession for the remainder of the first half with […]