A rugby career that saw its earliest steps taken on the uneven long grass of the Old Rifle Park pitches back in the late 1980s passed another massive milestone when Rory Best led Ireland out on St Patrick’s Day at Twickenham. Having matched Keith Wood’s record as Ireland’s most capped hooker against Scotland last weekend, […]
(12/03/12) 6’s Rack Up 58 Points Against CI 4’s Peter Shaw reports from Ballymacarn Park Game of the day at Ballymacarn Park had to be the return fixture of the NYE match between these two teams. It was a very close encounter finishing 29-24 to Hinch……. Today’s game was some what different with CI’s 2’s […]
League Cup Ards RFC U15 22 -v- 5 Banbridge RFC U15 Having met at the start of the season with a 1 point victory to Ards in a hard and closely contested friendly, this was a well anticipated fixture with Bann having finished second in the Ulster Elite League. From the start, Bann used their […]
Malone struggled in the first half but a spirited seconnd half saw them put an empressive run of tries with Jack MacTerr and hooker Jordan Beggs. CLICK HERE FOR the Digital Images (many thanks to David Beggs for these).
Under 13’s Celebrate League Win With Convincing 24-10 over Carrickfergus On A Day Of Mixed Fortunes Donegal Town Youth RFC welcomed Carrickfergus RFC to the Holmes on Saturday. CLICK HERE FOR 13 ACTION SHOTS COURTESY OF CLUB DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHER COLM They played out three great battles against their counterparts who had travelled from the Shores […]
Wednesday evening saw Banbridge travel to Deramore Park to play the postponed fixture in the Ulster Senior 2nd XV league. Belfast Harlequins were fielding a much changed side to the previous Saturday giving some younger players from down the club an opportunity to shine. Prior to kick off the problems that had plagued manager Barry […]
Inishowen find themselves immersed in what that famous raconteur and master of verbosity Sir Alex Ferguson calls “Squeaky Bum Time”, the stage of the season where he who holds his nerve the best will walk away with the spoils. In Inishowen’s case this refers to both a league campaign and progression to the finals of […]
Congrats to 3rd XV on their semi final win, CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES INTOUCH REQUEST – CHECK THIS OUT – THUNDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ireland Ladies Rugby I XV Are playing England this weekend and need as much support as they can get – please watch the clip below and feel free to share it, they are on […]
There was an air of confidence running through the Quins 3s dream team as they turned up one at a time, all a minimum of 20 mins late for the 3s end of season tour to Limavady. Only when everyone was on the bus did it become obvious that there were only 5 backs and […]
BANBRIDGE 5THs 31 Armagh 4ths 0 Bann Fifths played host to Armagh and the side included Kris Coleman and Rab Moorhead who have been unavailable for most of the season for one reason or another. Each made a significant contribution to the game. Bann started slowly and despite having the majority of possession were unable […]