A superbly entertaining game, added to by its derby significance for both sides. This fierce contested game was a superb encounter from sides with a healthy compliment of seasoned campaigners and fresh recruits. Donegal Town went behind early in the game by atleast 3 scores. They would not lie down and not only brought the […]
Junior League. A reasonable performance that could have brought a lot more points but for a number of variables, not all of which were under the control of the blue and white players. The game was played in glorious sunshine at Cherryvale with a slight breeze on the backs of the CI team which brought […]
Cooke 2nds suffer another defeat at the hands of a very strong Ballynahinch side. Cooke 2nds suffered another defeat at the hands of a very strong Ballynahinch side.The Cooke pack was depleted due to the puzzling non availability of a large number of players.This meant that 2 backs had to play in the back row […]
With the 1sts, 2nds and 3rds all recording wins in their respective leagues, Saturday was a highly successful day for the club. While the 1sts had a close encounter with Lisburn, and winning with the last kick of the match, the 2nds and 3rds posted much more comfortable wins against Lisburn 3rds and Academy 4ths […]
Malone rugby Club I XV 34 v ARMAGH Rugby Club I XV23 Following their narrow defeat against Ballymena on Wednesday evening, Armagh travelled to Gibson Park on Saturday to play their first away fixture in the Ulster League. Armagh, having won only one of their Ulster League fixtures were, nevertheless, confident of putting on a […]
City of Derry 2nd’s progressed to the next round of the Junior Cup and maintained their unbeaten start to the season with 37-7 win over Larne 1sts at Judges Road on Saturday. Larne started the game well with the strong breeze behind them and pressurised the home defence. This pressure eventually lead to 2 kickable […]
2 tries each for Donal O’Sullivan & Stuart Thompson, also on the scoreboard were Alex Bell, Matt Creighton, Lord Cruickshank and Ian Scott. Matt Creighton was named man of the match. Great effort in defence, superb discipline and communication to keep Banbridge scoreless! The attacking structures are getting there. 1. John Balmer 2. Stuart Thompson […]
Bann’s second string travelled to Magherafelt on Saturday, hoping to use last week’s home win to get back on track in the 2nd XV League. This they duly achieved by a comfortable margin after an early second half blitz had steamrollered the Rainey resistance. Bann started enthusiastically, as the backs and forwards stamped their authority […]