Instonians won a hard fought league game against Larne at Shaw’s Bridge under floodlight on Wednesday night (15 th December). The first half was a scrappy affair with both sides struggling with the cold conditions and the long layoff because of the weather. At half time Instonians led by 9-6 through three Andrew Keane penalties […]
AIL RUGBY CAMPAIGNS ARE IN FULL SWING WITH 10 ULSTER CLUBS COMPETING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL: Here we meet the teams and cover them all, video interviews with coaches, clips from games, table standings. As the season progresses we will capture the action; already battle is well underway, the intensity of match day is covered […]
Train for success, put the effort in and you can be the best. Thats just what Instonians U17s are doing. Training conditions are trecherous and not feasible in this terrible weather we are beset by. Instonians U17s management team have not let this affect them and with the buy in of the entire team, training […]
Match Reports And Scores 1st XV v Rainey Old Boys – Game Postponed 2nd XV – Virginia – Game Postponed 3rd XV – Clogher Valley – Game Postponed 4th XV v Shorts – Game Postponed (Possible walkover to Ards) U19s – Portadown – Game Postponed U17s – Instonians – Game Postponed The white stuff accompanied […]
For AIL league Division 3 clubs like ourselves and Rainey, the Ulster League gives us both excellent opportunity to blood young players and give “bench” players game time. Another feature of the Ulster league this year is the rolling sub system where you can make 12 changes to the team. This enhances a coach’s ability […]
Instonians continued their winning ways with a lively league win against Ophir on 20 November. Played on a fine day, but with a muddy pitch following the heavy rain mid-week, both side showed good skills to provide entertaining rugby. When the two sides met in the league earlier in the season Inst had a fairly […]
Portadown met Dungannon 2’s under lights at Chambers Park on Friday night in wet and windy conditions that did little for the game as a spectacle. The Blues started well and in the opening exchanges bossed territory and possession, several penalty kicks pointed to the home sides dominance in the first fifteen minutes but they […]
Enniskillen 2nds welcomed Instonians on Saturday, still seeking their first win of the season, and having lost narrowly to them earlier in the season, this was a match that t’Skins wanted to target for two vital points. The early exchanges were positive and it soon became clear that ‘Skins were focused on the task at […]