POWERADE TOWNS CUP FINAL PREVIEW It is fifty six years since Donaghadee last appeared in the Towns Cup Final and ninety since they won it. In 1924 the Dee defeated Dungannon 4-3 and in 1958 they were themselves defeated 11-3 by Lurgan. A long time to wait then for a return to Ravenhill for a […]
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Final preview 17th March 2014. Thirty one teams started out on the adventure of the 2013/14 Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup when the draw for the Round 1 games was made in November. Twenty nine Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup games have been played with game number thirty scheduled to […]
The second Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Semi-Final will see Sullivan Upper take on Coleraine Academical Institution at the Queen’s University playing fields on Thursday 6th March. The Sullivan Upper team will play in the Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Semi-Final aware of the fact that no Sullivan Upper team has ever graced a Schools’ Cup […]
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Semi-Final Previews March 2014 The Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Semi-Finalists are known, the draws made and pitches found for the games which will take place on Tuesday 4th and Thursday 6th March. GAME 1: Methodist College will meet Wallace High School in the first semi-final on Tuesday 4th March at […]
With several weeks remaining in this pulsating All Ireland League season; we have to congratulate the Ireland Club XV; made up from players in the AIL league on their two recent wins over Scotland and England. These performances indicate the strength of the All Ireland league and how players with aspirations to play professional rugby […]
Interesting weekend coming up for the Four Qualifying leagues with only three Ulster sides Limavady, Strabane and BHSFP not playing. The Qual clubs will be watching closely the results of Instonians 1st XV in the AIL with the potential to effect promotion and relegation issues throughout the four Qualifying leagues. Qual One clubs apart from […]
Stay Calm, breath in, breath out, feel the moment, on the pitch, focused on each second, each tackle, each ruck, each scrum, cross each barrier, arrive at the game mentally and physically prepared, getting more and more into the physicality, man on man, wearing them down, making the game ours, taking the opportunities, playing the […]
Four interesting ties with the four Ulster Senior second xv sides capable of winning these games. Current Cup holders CIYMS have a tricky match at the Dub against the undefeated Queens seconds. Beaten finalists Cooke face a difficult game at Deramore against Quins second xv. With Quins first xv having no match this weekend, Cooke […]
There are only four Qualifying league games being played in Q 2,3 and 4 this weekend. In Qual Two, league leaders Ballyclare have the opportunity to open up a fourteen point league on second place Omagh, before the two sides meet at Omagh on the 1st March. In Qual Three league leaders Holywood can open […]
Rearranged fixtures in the AIL have reduced the playing programme in the Ulster Senior league this weekend to three fixtures between Malone v Armagh, Ballynahinch v Ballymena and Dungannon v Queens. The stand out game is the meeting of the top two sides Ballynahinch and Ballymena at Ballymacarn Park. Both sides are locked on forty […]