After a welcome week’s break, Donaghadee’s First XV resumed their Qualifying League Two programme last Saturday (6 Nov). The players had been looking forward to the visit of Omagh, although they were well aware that the men from County Tyrone were sitting close behind them in their League. For the home side their only real […]
Enniskillen suffered something of a front row crisis prior to the match at Omagh, but unlike the Ospreys in the professional game, who refused to play citing health and safety issues, the match went ahead. Such were the problems that ‘Skins took to the field with only one recognised prop on show, veteran Garry Law, […]
The University of Ulster Coleraine travelled to Omagh RFC to play them for the second time in a week, this time for league points. UUC fought hard for the 80 minutes but Omagh came out on top this week, winning 12:9. UUC started strongly against a different Omagh team. Lee Murphy made Omagh pay for […]
The University of Ulster, Coleraine RFC welcomed Omagh RFC to Cromore Road for their First Round Junior Cup match. This was UUC’s first flurry in the cup and they progressed to the Second Round with a hard fought 21-9 victory. Both teams wanted to get off to good start but it was UUC who started […]
Despite all the euphoria from the good form shown in the pre-season friendlies Ballyclare 1st XV suffered a shock defeat in the opening Qual.2 league match at the Cloughan on Saturday against a well prepared Omagh team. With a good crowd at both the match and the pre-game lunch everyone was anticipating a home win […]
Dungannon took the honours on Saturday with style defeating a heavy antipodean influenced Wanderers side by 50 points to 12 in a one sided final to claim the Campbell Cup at the Omagh Sevens in association with Omagh District council and sponsors Dalriadan Inc. Two Omagh based sides lifted the other two trophies on offer, […]
Saturday saw Ballymoney play their first Towns Cup game of the 2009-10 Season. From a frosty morning the sun had come out and made for perfect conditions for playing a fast paced, flowing rugby game. This was not to be the case against the Qualifying 2 side Omagh, who meant business from the start of […]