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From the depths of despair at the bottom of the sand dunes to the heights of an impressive ‘friendly’ win against a very strong Harlequins team, August has been a fun, intense and intriguing month leading into the newly formed Rabo Direct Pro12 league. With the Northern Ireland golfers, Rory McIlroy (an avid Ulster Rugby […]
After a disappointing performance the previous week against Carrickfergus, Larne 1st XV knew they had a lot to prove in their first League game of the season. Incredibly Larne showed 13 player & positional changes from the successful Cup & League winning side which finished last season. A few changes to the line up with […]
Ballymoney had all 5 off their senior teams taking the field on Saturday 10th Sept. There were good wins for the 1st XV beating CIYMS 25-12 (Report Below) The 2nd XV beat a strong Ballnahinch 3rd’s 25-23 in a thrilling game The 3rd XV suffered defeat in their 1st league game against a strong Academy […]
COLERAINE Rugby Club got back into the thick of things last week with a series of matches testing the entire squad. Training and pre-season practice have left the players and coaches feeling ready for action and now they hope those long hours of dedicated work will pay dividends. Three matches in a week will be […]
Inishowen 52 – Finn Valley 10 September 10th 2011 Report by Jeremy Blackman The opening day of the 2011-2012 season is one which could be marked down in history, not because the sun shone for the whole 80 minutes, but at the start of Inishowen RFC’s 40th season, they were honoured to be the inaugural […]
The Ireland team to play the United States of America in the opening Pool C game in the Rugby World Cup will see nine of the starting team making their debuts at a Rugby World Cup tournament, with a further two possible debutants named among the replacements. Geordan Murphy is named at full back with […]
Rugby World Cup Limited has announced that USA and Ireland will commemorate the members of the Rugby community who died in 9/11 attacks at their opening Rugby World Cup 2011 Pool C Match in New Plymouth on Sunday, September 11. Ten years to the day from the events of September 11, 2001, both teams will […]
Ulster are looking for a second consecutive win to continue their early challenge at the top of the league. After an impressive opening win against Glasgow at the weekend, the Ulster squad will be confident of registering a first away win of the campaign in Italy. The Ulster management team will perhaps be disappointed that […]