Ballymoney 1st XV back to Winning Ways On Saturday, Ballymoney 1st XV played hosts to Queen’s University, Belfast 2nd XV, in a Conference League match – and in wet and windy conditions won comfortably by 28-10, writes Uel McDowell. The home side welcomed back Aidy Graham to the second row to play alongside Matthew Blair, […]
Ophir not so Civil at Stormont Ophir first XV, sponsored by Biffa and MCW Properties travelled across Belfast to take on Civil Service for the first time in 2 years. Bolstered by the return of a number of key players, a strong Ophir team took to the impeccable Stormont pitches ably lead by club captain, […]
A dirty afternoon it was but Letterkenny RFC managed to whitewash Strabane 0 FOUR TRIES GAVE Letterkenny RFC a bonus point win over Strabane at Dave Gallaher Memorial Park in the Kukri Qualifying League 3 this afternoon. Letterkenny RFC 26-0 Strabane The home side went about their business in a first half blighted by wretched […]
NARROW LOSS IN THE CUP Twos just miss out to Ballymoney counterparts in wintry conditions at Donaldson Park reports John West TwitterFacebookMore After what has been a hard start to their league campaign Dee 2s got a break in the form of a Crawford Cup match at home to Ballymoney 2s. Both teams had already […]
Clinical Coleraine Dominate in Dungannon Following last week’s heroics against MCB, Coleraine Grammar School 1st XV were on the road again to County Tyrone to take on Royal School Dungannon. On a cold, wet and blustery morning, it was the Coleraine men who started strongest. Excellent game management from scrum-half Ryan Gillan and accurate kicking […]
Seapoint RFC 18pts, City of Derry RFC 20pts City of Derry 1st XV travelled to Kilbogget Park in South Dublin on Saturday last and eked out a hard fought victory against bottom of the league Seapoint. The game was in the balance until the final whistle as the Dubliners belied their lowly league position with […]
Carrick scrape home at Lisburn to remain unbeaten in league Top of the table Carrick 1st XV just about scraped home, by 20 points to 17, in their away fixture with bottom club Lisburn on Saturday 21st November to maintain their unbeaten League record and stay at the top of Section 2 of the Kukri […]
Hard fought win sees Bangor reach the Junior Cup Final A well-deserved 3-13 win against Clogher Valley at the Cran sees Bangor go through to the Junior Cup Final at the Kingspan Stadium. TwitterFacebookMore On a cold and wet Saturday afternoon, Bangor travelled to Fivemiletown for their semi-final match against 2013/14 cup winners Clogher Valley. […]
Good win in the wet 2nd XV come strong in the second half to win a tough encounter On a day that started relatively brightly in Donaghadee, Ballymoney looked to kick off their Crawford Cup campaign in style, at a ground where they had won comfortably at the start of the year. But the elements […]
At the end of a rain swept game Ballymena still retained their second place in Division 1B, but it was a difficult struggle against a committed UL Bohs side who started the day just one place in the league table above bottom side, Harlequins. The rain relented for the first part of the game, so […]