On Saturday 22 October, the Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV drew 14 points apiece with Grosvenor at Tom Simms Memorial Park. This was a game Carrick could, and probably should, have won but they were not helped by persistent handling problems. In addition, the home side will feel that the referee did them no favours, letting […]
President Eddie Briggs receives the new 3rd XV kit from Barrie Megarry and Alan Egner. Our thanks go to kit sponsors Power NI (the new name for NIE Energy), Laverys Bar and Restaurant, Megarry Associates and The Mortgage Shop. First XV defeat Larne Grosvenor started this league encounter in determined fashion and immediately set about […]
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 […]
1st XV leave Omagh empty-handed Grosvenor made the long journey to Omagh hoping to add to their tally of league points but left empty handed after a rather lack lustre second half performance. They started with purpose and two well-struck penalties by Andrew McConville gave them an early lead. But after fifteen minutes poor defending […]
Civil Service (NI) RFC 26 Ballyshannon 6 Tries from Danny Ansell Try, Moore Holmes Try, Jonny Armstrong 2Conversions & 4 Penalties Ben Scott had taken over captaincy duties from Richard Griffen (injury), and he has led Civil Service to some immense victories in the Gordon west Cup against rivals Lurgan and in the league. Against […]
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 […]
Lisburn 3rds XV –v- Grosvenor 2nds CLICK HERE FOR I XV PICTURES Once the referee found his spare whistle the Section 3 Junior League match between Lisburn 3rds and Grosvenor got under way. It was a miserable start for Lisburn both in terms of the weather and the penalty count, with five penalty’s awarded to […]
Sat 1st October 2011. Ballymena win in Cork In atrocious conditions in Cork, Ballymena defeated the University side by the narrowest of margins.8 points to 6. Away points in the AIL are always hard to come by. so this is a great start to the season for the team. Seconds defeat Grosvenor in Junior Cup […]
League defeat by Ballyclare Grosvenor started with a stiff breeze behind them but it was the vistors who enjoyed the lion’s share of possession and territory in the opening quarter. Both sides were guilty of fairly scrappy play and basic mistakes and Ballyclare managed to punish Grosvenor with two early penalties. 6-0. Grosvenor’s influential second-row […]
THIRDS WIN LEAGUE GAME Ballyclare Thirds had their second game of the season and fielded a strong side at the Cloughan against Grosvenor 2nds. It was particularly good to see J.J.Baird returned from America and also David Crawford both backs could soon challenge for 1st XV places. The Thirds dominated from the start and by […]