Perennials v Carrick/Larne Invitation XV – 06 October 2013 On an historic day when flags protests were suspended, the East Antrim boroughs of Carrick and Larne became one, the sun shone, the crowds came, unfortunately the Perennials buckled under the pressure and the size of the opposition and came up short on the final score […]
Mini Blitz in Tir Choniall October 8, 2013 at 8:49pm On Saturday 5th October Inishowen’s Under 8’s 10’s and 12’s travelled to Annagry in West Donegal to take part in their first blitz of the new season. There were four other clubs at the blitz – Donegal Town, Letterkenny, Ballyshannon and the hosts Tir Chonaill. […]
Cooke snatch a late draw against Larne 2’s.by Stephen Johnston Saturday 5th October saw Larne 2nds travel to Cooke in fairly contested 18-18 draw. Both sides opened the game with early penalty chances with Cooke converting 1 of 2 chances to take a 3-0 lead and Larne missing 2 chances to level or lead the […]
KUKRI QUALIFYING ONE Donaghadee 18 Ballymoney 39 (by Jonathan Martindale) Donaghadee returned to Donaldson Park last Saturday after a fiercely battled league contest against CI at Belmont where they left taking their fair share of positives from a bonus point loss. Indeed, with a number of key personnel still missing from the forward pack it […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV travelled to Lisburn on Saturday 5th October and lost by 25 points to 22, the home side’s winning points coming with the last kick of the game. In an entertaining match, it was hard to decide at the end whether Lisburn’s last minute winning penalty was harsh on Carrick or […]
Armagh travelled to Musgrave Park in Cork to play Sundays Well in AIL2B hoping to continue their excellent start to their league campaign and after an extremely physical match which produced five yellow cards , four of which were awarded against the home side, Armagh deservedly won by 23pts to12. Armagh kicked off into the […]
Local derby at the Palace grounds. Armagh seconds played their Dungannon counterparts in a 2nd xv league game at the Palace grounds last Thursday night. With the ground conditions being very wet, and even though handling was difficult, this was to prove to be a very entertaining game. Shortly after the kick off, Armagh lost […]
BHSFP 0 v 36 Service by Roy Lawton Service made it two wins from two in the league on Saturday when they travelled to Upper Road, Greenisland to take on Belfast High School Former Pupils. High School, now coached by well-established South African, Rhys Botha, looked fanciful enough in the opening exchanges when the game […]