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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Saturday 24th September was the last weekend of the age grade Interprovincial series of games involving schoolboy players. Quite a number of schools were missing their Inter Pro players but this did not prevent their teams from putting on good performances. Grosvenor Grammar School and Royal School, Dungannon both had players away with age grade […]
With two Ulster U19 teams away to Limerick to compete in the U19 Inter Provincial Championship, a number of schools were missing front line players when a full list of schools’ fixtures was played on Saturday 17th September. The Ulster U19 “A” team travelled to Limerick to play Munster U19 “A”s in a game that […]
With two U19 Inter Provincial games being played against Leinster U19’s at Dungannon Rugby Club a number of schools were without some front line players when their teams took the field on Saturday 10th. The U19 “A” team lost by 36-6 to a strong Leinster team despite the best efforts of players such as Stuart […]