The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV travelled to Letterkenny on Saturday 10 September and came away with an 18 points to 14 victory to take them to the top of the League table. At Tom Simms Memorial Park, the 2nd XV survived a last quarter fight-back by Ballyclare II to win by 25 points to 19. […]
Ballymena Academy entertained Wallace High School on Saturday morning with both teams missing several players involved with representative squads. From start to finish, the game was completely dominated by the referee’s whistle, with neither side able to establish any sort of pattern or dominance. Not surprisingly, it was a penalty that led to the opening […]
With the recent visit to Armagh in the Ulster League and the defeat of 47 points to 13 still fresh in their memory the Ards team must have had some serious sessions on the training field and some very strong words from their coach, Mervyn Tweed. From the kick-off the visitors played with a vigour […]
Ulster produced a stuttering performance in the sweltering heat at Stadio Zaffanella, but came away with a second consecutive victory in the RaboDirect PRO12. Outhalves Naas Olivier and Ian Humphreys were given early chances to get on the scoreboard but both players missed with penalty attempts from relatively straightforward positions. Ulster were intent on playing […]
First Trust Ulster Senior Cup Cup holders, Dungannon opened their defence of the trophy in fine style at Hatrick Park but they had to endure a shaky start against a very plucky Rainey outfit. Gavin Martin missed a penalty, albeit against the wind, in the first minute before David Egner was forced to retreat in […]
It was evident from the outset that there was only ever going to be one winner in this contest. The Armoy pack were bigger, stronger and better organised than there opponents, the latter point being due to new coach Ian Caldwell who has taken everything back to basics in his training and this was evident […]
Ulster Schools v Connacht Schools on Wednesday 7th September 2011 at Stevenson Park (Dungannon RFC) Kick off 2.00pm Ulster Schools Team 15. Rob Haldane (Campbell College) 14. Neil Burns (Foyle & Londonderry College) 13. John McClure (RBAI) 12. Nathan Brown (RBAI) 11. David Busby (Portadown College) 10. Justin Rea (Down HS) 9. Conor Wright (RS […]