What a game. The ball retention by both sides and consequently the defensive efforts, were immense. But both sides were capable of up setting the other both defensively and in attack with lots of scores. Strategically both were excellent but BRA pipped it in the end and with an ecstatic roar from the large assembled […]
Heaney puts the boot into Buccs! After a week to forget Buccaneers were dealt another blow by a determined Belfast Harlequins side in what could be only described as very difficult conditions. It was a well taken try by Rory Scholes and the boot of Michael Heaney steered the home side to victory. CLICK HERE […]
Following on from last weeks hughely successful session coach Alasdair McKee held session 2 at Cooke Rugby Club last night and an excellent turnout of players travelled from far and wide to attend. With Ulster Rugby Clubs on the up all over the province most obvious at the AIL Level where we get to compete […]
Great Q & A with pour very own Andrew Trimble on national rugby website Talking Rugby Union – CHECK IT OUT 1. How do you think Ulster did last season? We had our best season in terms of the Heineken cup performance in years. Best since 1999 in fact. 2. It was a great achievement […]
Clean sweep for 1’s 2’s and 3’s Cooke enjoyed a clean sweep on Saturday 19th November with the 1st’s winning 62-3 at home against Dromore, the 2nd’s enjoyed a 15-5 away win against Portadown 2nd’s and the 3rd’s had a convincing 33-7 home win against Ards 3rd’s. Congratulations to all 3 sides. FEATURE ON II […]
The training session included a select list of players joined by Cookstown RFC I XV who relished the opportunity to play against some of the best players around. To view the pictures on the night CLICK HERE (pictures and interview compiled by Daron Patterson Photography) & the coaches interview is below: bring on the training […]
The line was drawn on Saturday, No more was the mantra, no more – this time we win! And they did it in style, finishing with Champagne rugby – but before the end and the blood sweat and tears, and the joy ….. before that was the basics. They could have lost it in the […]
The soil was dry, the pitch perfectly cut, as the solid crowd of supporters assembled to watch their club. They are smarting from retirement, injury and with 5 guys taking to the field for the first or second game ever the club dug deep and produced some spectacular rugby. Phases, aggressive counter rucking, dynamite crash […]
The sun shone beautifully as the RS Armagh I & II XV took to the fields of battle to progress their development toward the various campaigns. These games are critically important to all the schools as they embed new moves, set pieces and perfect their team moving into the business end of the season. The […]
Two brilliant games at Sullivan Upper on Saturday. The unbeaten II XV & The School I XV sides were in action against Royal School Armagh. The action was superb with excellent rugby from all the teams. Sullivan II XV will be happy with there win against a good side and the I XV will be […]