Danske Bank Schools’ Cup 3rd Round Previews!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 16 Teams / 8 Games / 8 Going Through!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! By Barney McGonigle – Coleraine AI v Omagh A, Portadown C v Bangor GS, Belfast RA v Carrickfergus GS, Grosvenor GS v Dalriada, Dungannon RS v Belfast HS, Foyle & Londonderry C v Down HS, Regent House v Rainey Endowed + Friends’ v Limavady GS

There are Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup 3rd Round games scheduled for Saturday 26th January. Coleraine Academical Institution will meet Omagh Academy at the Castlerock Road venue. The Coleraine AI team had a slow start to the season losing a number of games, including one against the young Omagh Academy team. The Coleraine AI team, […]

RaboDirect PRO12 Round 22 Previews: Connacht, Munster, Ulster, Leinster, Glasgow Warriors, Newport Gwent Dragons, Benetton Treviso, Scarlets, Cardiff Blues, Ospreys, Aironi: Includes 12 Page Pullout Stats Supplement!!

The RaboDirect PRO12 champions, in line with all other professional rugby union tournaments throughout the world, will be decided by a Play-Off. The competition is one of the latest tournaments to adopt this method of choosing their champions – South Africa’s Currie Cup final was first contested in 1939, whilst the French can trace their […]

RaboDirect PRO12 Round 21 Previews: Connacht, Ulster, Munster, Leinster, Glasgow Warriors, Newport Gwent Dragons, Benetton Treviso, Scarlets, Cardiff Blues, Ospreys, Aironi: Includes 12 Page Preview

The end of the 2011/12 RaboDirect PRO12 season is fast approaching, and the first team to claim a place in the Play-Offs has been confirmed; Leinster, with an unassailable lead of 73 points, have booked themselves a home slot and number 1 seeding. Their opponents are still undecided, and with just seven points separating the […]

RaboDirect PRO12 Round 20 Previews: Connacht, Ulster, Munster, Leinster, Glasgow Warriors, Newport Gwent Dragons, Benetton Treviso, Scarlets, Cardiff Blues, Ospreys, Aironi: Includes 12 Page Preview

The pick of the round must be the game at Musgrave Park on Saturday night, when third place Munster take on fourth placed Glasgow Warriors. Both teams are level in the table on 56 points, defeat for either could leave the way open for fifth placed Ulster, just one point behind on 55, to leapfrog […]

RaboDirect PRO12 Round 19 Previews: Connacht, Ulster, Munster, Leinster, Glasgow Warriors, Newport Gwent Dragons, Benetton Treviso, Scarlets, Cardiff Blues, Ospreys, Aironi: Includes 12 Page Preview

The top of the table clash between Munster and Leinster must be the pick of this weekend’s Rabodirect PRO12 Round 19 games. Having lost their impressive unbeaten run to Ospreys last week, Leinster will want to avoid a second defeat that could cut their lead at the top of the table and potentially affect their […]

Nutty Krust Floodlit U19 Tournament TV: Barney McGonigle Previews Ballymena v Rainey Old Boys – KO 1945 TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[youtube FoMJsHoaKyQ] 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 the verge of a great VICTORY & with Ulster representation! [youtube […]