Wednesday night saw the first Quarter Final match take place in this years Floodlit Nutty Krust Tournament .at chambers Park . The draw for the first match in this round saw Carrick play Enniskillen . Carrick kicked off the proceedings on a perfect evening for rugby and had the early pressure and nearly opened the […]
Last week Enniskillen Community Rugby Officer Rob Watson ran his final major rugby event of the season. Primary schools from across Fermanagh were invited to take part in the Fermanagh Spring Tag rugby Extravaganza. In all 15 Primary schools took part, each school having at least 2 teams, 1 boys and 1 girls’ team, and […]
England beat Australia 15-10 in a breathless final at the Hong Kong Stadium to take the second IRB Women’s Sevens Challenge Cup title. Inspired by two tries from captain Michaela Staniford, England beat the defending women’s Hong Kong champions Canada in their semi final and then beat Australia, who had themselves overpowered USA in the […]
THERE was late drama at the Palace Grounds on Saturday as Armagh snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against Suttonians in the All-Ireland League in the fourth minute of injury time. This wasn’t a vintage performance from Armagh – far from it in fact – but they turned things around in the second half […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV produced probably their best, and certainly their most committed, display of the season in beating Enniskillen by 24 points to nil at Tom Simms Memorial Park on Saturday 24 March. The win earned them their first winning bonus point of the season.The young Carrick team tore into their opponents from […]
Letterkenny’s under-thirteen squad continued their Cup campagain in emphatic fashion on Saturday in a powerful home display at Dave Gallagher Park. Any fears that a week’s rest since the sucessful encounter with Malone might have slowed momentum were soon dispelled when captain Lewi Carson crashed over the line for the first of four first half […]
The previous meeting at Lisburn had been a close affair with Bangor winning with the last kick of the match – today’s encounter saw Lisburn return the compliment. In perfect playing conditions, and with a good crowd of supporters, Bangor hosted Lisburn at Upritchard Park. In a game where the lead see-sawed between the two […]
All roads lead to Ravenhill this Easter. The 2nd XV rounded off a good season on Saturday when they beat Dungannon 3”s in the semi-final of the Crawford Cup. In a nervous semi-final they came out winners 8 – 16. Ballymoney took the lead after 10 minutes with Sturat Nevin converted try and then a […]
City of Derry Rugby Club travelled to Donnybrook in Dublin on Saturday last to play Bective Rangers in their All Ireland League Division 2A fixture. Derry needed a win to keep their hopes alive of finishing in second place in the league and an automatic promotion place to AIL Division 1B for next season. The […]