The first opportunity Donaghadee had to test the mettle of their opponents came early, and gave players and spectators an idea of what was to come. A clean line-out possession became a rolling maul that gave clear indication to spectators, players and referee that Donaghadee’s pack is a very formidable unit as they took their […]
League title secured at Virginia! Grosvenor travelled to Virginia knowing that victory would secure the Qualifying 3 title. The visitors started in determined fashion and David Burke followed up his penalty with a converted try to make it 10-0 after seven minutes. Grosvenor then stole a Virginia line-out fifteen metres out and drove over, Chris […]
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 […]
When Donaghadee visited Blaris last Saturday the day was mild and by this winter’s standards fairly dry and the pitch looked quite green. The day continued much the same but the pitch gradually took on a browner colour and a top surface that discouraged any fancy running. Donaghadee did mount a couple of dangerous runs […]
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 […]
Dave Gallagher Park was the venue for Letterkenny’s last league game of the season and while the stormy conditions may have contributed to some degree the general standard of rugby served up was not the best seen there this season. Short quite a number of players through either long or short term injury they welcomed […]
Saturday 27th March. Report by Andrew Smallwoods. Enniskillen slumped to defeat in their final match of the 2009/10 season and now must face up to the real possibility of relegation, as bottom side Coleraine upset the odds to win at Dromore and are now only two points adrift, with two games left to play. The […]
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 […]
Saturday 20th March. Report from Dave Watson. On Saturday Ballymoney 1st XV played their penultimate game in the League against a Dromore side who have turned their club around since last season’s near relegation. The men from the toon were going to be under pressure from the start with a number of injuries and illnesses […]
City of Derry and Armagh clash again, this time for the Kukri Qualifying League’s top prize. As a result of both sides finishing in joint top spot in the Kukri Qualifying League 1, Armagh will play City of Derry tonight (Monday 22nd March), at Shaw’s Bridge (KO 7.45pm) to decide on which side will represent Ulster in the AIL […]