The 2nds welcomed Coleraine to Belmont for the 1st Round of this year’s Crawford Cup… High winds and driving rain greeted both sides for the warm up, with the latter settling down just in time for the kick off. The previous league encounter between the two sides has been a tight affair and this pattern […]
Sat 14th Dec, 2:00pm. Skibbereen 9 – 20 Clogher Valley RFC Valley reach the All Ireland Junior Cup Final with victory at Skibbereen. by Bob Beatty Valley wrote another chapter in their short but impressive history when they emerged as 20-9 winners at Skibbereen to reach their first ever All Ireland Junior cup final. The […]
Sat 14th Dec, 2:30pm. Larne 50 – 8 Lurgan Clinical performance in atrocious weather for Larne men by Stephen Johnston AMNEXDAY sponsored Larne 1st XV entertained Lurgan on Sat in their Qualifying 3 campaign. Larne ran out winners 50-8. After a weeks rest Larne made several changes to their team. Sam McWhirter came in to […]
McCambley Cup First Round Antrim RFC 15 – 5 Enniskillen After last week’s hard fought victory over the unbeaten Ballynahinch side, the Antrim squad faced a highly physical Enniskillen in the opening round of the McCambley Cup. Enniskillen came into the fixture topping the Minor League West on an equally rich vein of form. Tries […]
ARMAGH rugby 29 Sligo 13 Sligo saw the Sligo team arrive at the Palace Grounds two hours prior to kick-off time with a certain confidence in their whole team psyche. They arrived in Armagh after two away wins, one home win, and a creditable draw against Thomond under their belt. Armagh, on the other hand, […]
Ballynahinch managed to secure their first victory in Division 1A in what turned out to be a tense fought encounter with Garryowen at Ballymacarn Park. Hinch played towards the clubhouse in the first half, but it was the visitors from Limerick who made the better start, a scrum infringement gifting a penalty which out half […]
Armagh entertained Skerries at the Palace grounds on Saturday afternoon as they played their fifth game of the season in the Ulster Bank All-Ireland League. It was always going to be a tight game as skerries were lying just two places above Armagh in the League table. Taking this into account skerries had scored almost […]
McKINSTRY TRY GIVES CLARE WIN IN KEY GAME Ballyclare Rugby Club 1st XV moved well clear at the top of Qualifying 2 with a significant 21-16 win over probably the closest league challengers Omagh at the Cloughan on Saturday. Clare coach Bob Young again had to make changes following injuries bringing in a new centre […]