This edition of Proptalk focuses solely on technique. As we travel around the schools and clubs this year we are going get the opinion of props across the province on the intricacies of the positions. From that we might form a picture of the shared opinions on how to prop. Perhaps some insider secrets, and […]
Name: Collie Stewart. Height: 5 10. Weight: 97KG. Tight or loose: Anywere in the front row. .Clubs: Newry rugby Club for 25 years. When did rugby begin for you? The u8s @ Newry Rugby Club. Who were the best props/teams you played against? Grosvenor RFC. They are a very well drilled and skillful side. Their […]
Name: Leslie George. Height: 1.8m. Weight: 115kg. Tight or loose: Loose but played both over the years. Clubs: Coleraine Inst & Coleraine Rugby Club for 8 years. Honours: Towns Cup champions, league championship in Q1, Ulster Rugby Schools XV & Ulster Rugby U21 XV. When did rugby begin for you? I started playing at Coleraine […]
DOUGLAS FRASER Height: 5”6 Weight: 113 kg Tight or loose: Both + Hooker Clubs: Tamworth RFC, QEMS High School in Tamworth, Barkers Butts Coventry, District Coventry & Warwickshire U18 & U19 squads, University Of Ulster Jordanstown, Civil Service NI RFC Honours: 2 x Quarter finals national colts cup with Barkers Butts as sub and […]
GLEN SINNAMON Height: 5”10 Weight: 20 Stone Tight or loose: Both Clubs: Dungannon, Drumglass High School Honours: 2nds Towns Cup winners with Dungannon, Ulster Senior Cup with I XV once against Harlequins 2003/4 and once against City Of Derry 2011, & Senior League Champions with Dungannon. When did rugby begin for you? Rugby began […]
MARK MCGRATH Height: 6″2 Weight: 18 1/2 stone Tight or loose: Both Clubs: Belfast Harlequins Honours: Played for Methody 1XV in my final year at school. When did rugby begin for you? Rugby began for me at the early age of 7 when my dad brought me down to collegians mini rugby. I loved it […]
Height: 5 9 Weight: 18 stone Clubs: Fivemiletown High School, season for Enniskillen u16s, then Clogher Valley RFC 18 years & 3 seasons with Jnr Ulster. Honours: We won the Junior Interprovincials for Ulster, 1998/99. Victories over Ballymena II XV & Dungannonn II XV at home in Bohatton lane before our new club house and […]
Height: 6 foot Weight: 17 stone 2lbs League: AIL 3 Club: Ards Honours & Victories: Won the U18s Cup. Youth Festival Of Rugby Cork U14s. To wear the Ards IXV jersey every Saturday. When did rugby begin for you? P6. Who are the best props you have played against? The big teams all have good […]