Minor League North Limavady 3rds 27 Donegal Town 2nds 24 Donegal 2nds took to the road on a lovely day to Limavady and came away empty handed in what was a real exciting game of rugby. Limavady were a big and organised team who finished runners up last year and they started the strongest and […]
CIYMS 1st XV welcomed Donaghadee to Belmont for the first home game of the season, looking to bounce back from an away defeat and under-par performance against Portadown the week before. The recent mix of downpours and sunshine meant that the Belmont playing surface was in excellent condition and a sizeable home crowd were anticipating […]
Emphatic comeback secures bonus point victory by Roger Corbett In the battle of the seaside teams, it was Bangor who looked to have left their bucket and spade at home, as Coleraine eased to a 17-0 lead. However the tide turned in Bangor’s favour as they fought back to finish with a bonus point victory […]
Sullivan Upper entertained the Cathedral School from Cairns in Australia in a midweek fixture that the Holywood team won by 51-12. The Sullivan management team was able to call upon the services of a large number of representative players for parts of the game. The Sullivan Upper team had built up a 36-0 lead at […]
Qualifying league One What an opening three weeks we have had to the league programme. UUC after two early defeats were unlucky to lose narrowly to a last minute try at Coleraine. All the teams in the league are capable of beating each other. This week we have several interesting fixtures. Ballymoney V Cooke After […]
Ulster Bank – All Ireland League. This Saturday the opening fixtures in the Ulster Bank sponsored All Ireland League take place. 52 clubs representing the four provinces will compete in four leagues. Leinster are represented by 20 teams, Munster 16 teams, Ulster 12 teams and Connacht 4 teams. Division 1A and 1B have ten teams […]
There were some midweek games played in the lead up to three Age Grade Inter-Provincial games as well as a series of school friendly games played on Saturday 21st September. Royal School, Armagh hosted Banbridge Academy in a midweek game and had to rely on the strength of their pack before they merged eventually as […]
BUSINESS FIRST ONLINE – NI Business Magazine, September Issue Editor Gavin Walker has confirmed that the Business First Online Sept Free Digital Issue will hit the download link on the 9th of September! Following on from the phenomenal 1500%+ readership growth since confirming that the Business first website was being redesigned, which was completed for […]