Donaghadee Rugby Club have now confirmed the appointment of Coaches/Captains and Team Managers for the season 2010/11. Former Ulster and Irish international Jimmy McCoy will take over as 1st xv coach from Ian Martindale who is standing down after three years in charge. McCoy will bring a wealth of Club and International experience to his […]
Donaghadee began the game with the breeze diagonally behind them, and with this notional advantage they got first dibs at a penalty goal attempt. But Richard Millar’s aim was just wide. The Coleraine students came back at Donaghadee from the restart, and when the ball went to ground on halfway a desperation fly-hack flew towards […]
Saturday 27th March. Report by Harry Allen. Way back on 10 October 2009 the Donaghadee first team was narrowly beaten at Roughfort in a game where many felt the better team lost. Since that autumnal day the stories that have been filtering back to Donaghadee from south Antrim have been of a noticeable improvement in […]
Saturday 20th March. Harry Allen reports. After their great runs in both Junior and Towns’ Cups had ended, and having recently suffered a serious league defeat to CIYMS in the League, Donaghadee went to Carrickfergus last Saturday feeling like they needed a solid victory to pull their season back together. With scrum half Alastair Lockhart […]
The above scoreline may surprise many rugby pundits but Donaghadee really did deserve to win this thrilling encounter at Sandel Lodge Park, Coleraine. If the overnight loss of their player/coach Ian Martindale to illness caused some uneasiness amongst the large travelling support prior to kick off the pre-match lunch in Coleraine’s clubhouse put all those […]