On Saturday 27 August Cookstown Rugby Club took part in the annual Randalstown RFC tournament. The team were drawn in a tough group which included hosts Randalstown RFC, Ophir RFC and Ballymena 3rd XV. Given that each of these teams competes in leagues several levels above Cookstown and that ten of the 1stXV were unavailable, […]
Quins flexed their muscles and pace at Gibson Pk to produce a convincing win. The weather provided a good afternoon for August rugby and a reasonable crowd had gathered on the clubhouse balcony and stand. The first fifteen minutes saw two fairly nervy teams feel each other out, but Quins started to look the stronger […]
Donaghadee 34 – 3 Bangor Fixture: Rodney Gray Cup Date: Saturday 27th August 2011 KO: 12:30 Bangor lose out in Rodney Gray Cup Despite the encouraging performance last week against CIYMS, Bangor were soundly beaten by local adversaries Donaghadee for the Rodney Gray Cup. Donaghadee’s dominant forward play combined with a variety of errors by […]
The new rugby season kicked off at Ballymacarn Park on Wednesday evening when a Ballynahinch XV played and Invitation XV in memory of Capt. Mark Hale who was killed in action in Afghanistan. The Hinch side made up from players representing the 2’s 3’s and 4’s faced a powerful looking 2 Rifle’s outfit which featured […]
The Ulster Senior League got underway on Saturday with the Hinch travelling to the Dub in Belfast with only four regulars in their starting line-up. The Hinch side made a poor start, Queens enjoying most of the possession and converting two penalty goals through the boot of David Kenny for an early 6-point lead. In […]
1stXV beat Letterkenny Letterkenny 1XV 0 v 22 Ballymoney Ballymoney travelled to Letterkenny on Friday night to play their final friendly of the season and in a competitive fixture, they beat Letterkenny 22-0. On a new pitch and with excellent weather it was the perfect conditions for running rugby. The match started at a high […]
It was a successful day at the PowerNI-Randalstown tournament for the home side as they got their hands on the cup for the first time, at the 39th time of asking, albeit that they had to share the spoils with Grosvenor. THIS FIRST CLIP IS THE FINAL BETWEEN RANDALSTOWN & GROSVENOR [youtube GqH2Ga76VxM] Randalstown kicked […]
Hatrick Park was bathed in warm sunshine for Rainey Old Boys’ Ulster League opener against neighbours Ballymena,who made the most of their numerical advantage late in the first half to build up a comfortable lead which they had little trouble holding on to.Rainey battled gamely to claw their way back into the contest,but it was […]
Last Saturday Donaghadee hosted Bangor in the Rodney Gray Cup which would be the last warm up game for both teams before the start of the new season’s league action. Although these two teams have met frequently in recent seasons this was the first in which Donaghadee would have been considered favourites to win, if […]
City of Derry started their competitive season in style when they comprehensively defeated Banbridge in their Ulster League fixture on Saturday last at Judges Road by three try’s to one. Banbridge had narrowly missed out on promotion to All Ireland League Division 2A along with Derry last season when they were narrowly beaten in a […]