Quins II 43-13 City of Derry II Quins II 43 City of Derry II 13 By Mark Henderson Saturday 10th December Quins 2’s returned to the Senior 2nd XV league after three weeks of Conference league fixtures which saw two of those games being postponed due to pitches being unplayable. City of Derry travelled to […]
With the All Ireland League taking a break until late January, Banbridge now turn their attention to the imminent trip to Ravenhill for the Ulster Senior Cup Final against Ballymena. Ravenhill appearances were a regular occurrence for Banbridge’s 1st XV in the late 80’s and 90’s when they dominated Junior rugby in Ulster. However, promotion […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV lost by 21 points to 15 away to Larne on Saturday 10 December. In what is now becoming a familiar pattern, Carrick dominated possession and territory in the first half ,but did not take their chances , and then allowed Larne to totally dominate the second half. Although there were […]
In a game regularly punctuated with mistakes and penalties, Bangor took the lead on two occasions, but fell victim to the successful boot of the Grosvenor out-half who kicked all of Grosvenor’s points to snatch the win by 9 points to Bangor’s 8. Having suffered two defeats in a row, Bangor were anxious to stop […]
Having recorded a comfortable win against Donaghadee earlier in the league, hopes were high for this 1st round match. However, they surpassed their previous effort, winning by 57 points to 3. Bangor had high hopes for this 1st round clash in the McCambley Cup against local rivals Donaghadee, given their earlier meeting in the league […]