Armagh Did Offaly ‘Well – A Fan’s View Offaly’s Tullamore, Cork’s Well -Sundays Well that is – and Wicklow’s Greystones were all intent on turning Armagh’s promotion dream into a nightmare. The burden of expectation, the fear of failure and a Tullamore team who had amassed 315 points and 8 try scoring bonus points in […]
‘No Hope” Armagh win promotion into re-structure League All the players,supporters & fans of the Armagh rugby side knew that they had under performed in those crucial Ulster Bank All-Ireland League games earlier in the 2014-15 season. They had appeared to fail to ‘turn up’ against Wanderers. They let poorest sides such as Bruff and […]
ARDS 0 ARMAGHrugby 27 Armagh travelled to Hamilton Park to play Ards in the Ulster league knowing they needed a bonus point win to keep the pressure on league leaders Ballynahinch and after a clinical display emerged victorious by 27pts to nil Ards kicked off with the slight breeze behind them but were immediately put […]
The Ireland U 19 team emulated the success of their U18 counterparts when they recorded a hard earned, but justified, 13-10 win against the equivalent French team at the French headquarters at Marcoussis. The Ireland team took some time to settle into the game and it difficult to stamp their authority on the first half […]
On a bright but cool day some could say there would be no better conditions in which to play…however there was a slight 40 -300 mph wind breezing gently across the stormont grounds as service lined up to face the visiting cavan. Once the initial confusion over who would be kicking off was cleared cavan […]
GROSVENOR 1st XV 17 ENNISKILLEN 1stXV 40 With this year’s season drawing quickly to a close Enniskillen coach Norman Richmond had, at the beginning of March, targeted the final five league fixtures as matches that had the potential to deliver maximum league points, and as a consequence help to secure a top four finish. Having […]