Ulster Rugby Head Coach, Mark Anscombe, has named a panel of 27 players for tomorrow night’s pre-season friendly against Leinster, the first match to be played in the new look Ravenhill (kick-off 19.30). James McKinney, who returned to the club from Rotherham this summer, starts at out-half with Michael Heaney named at scrum-half. Chris Farrell, […]
RUGBY – BRENT “Cowboy” Ingram wrote himself into Ngati Porou East Coast and New Zealand rugby history when he scored a try in yesterday’s Ranfurly Shield challenge against Waikato. The Sky Blues lost 63-10 at Whakarua Park in Ruatoria but that did not matter to the majority of the 2000-strong crowd who got what they […]
The Dunbia Group sponsored Royal School, Dungannon Rugby and Hockey teams have recently returned home following a successful tour to New Zealand and Australia.The young rugby development side played five matches with three victories being recorded while the hockey team won five of their six fixtures. The team played its first match in Auckland against […]
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Fans wishing to follow all the action this week from the IRB Tbilisi Cup, IRB Nations Cup, IRB Pacific Nations Cup and IRB Junior World Championship will be able to see every pass, kick and try LIVE and FREE via www.irb.com/live/video.html. Thursday: IRB Junior World Championship: (5 matches) starting 16:45 local time/14:45 GMT (on IRB […]
Afoa to have surgery in New Zealand All Black Prop John Afoa will today undergo surgery in Auckland to repair a torn tricep tendon in his left arm. The injury was sustained in the RaboDirect PRO12 Final against Leinster and will require a recovery period of 10-12 weeks. Afoa, who made 26 appearances for the […]
Transfer deadline day! Newcomers at Ards next season and some returning home! The management team has worked hard over the past weeks to secure signatures of players WANTING to play rugby for Ards next season. Stuart Paul and Alan Crawford have returned from Ballynahinch, Mark McClean returns from CIYMS. New players include a further 8 […]