The most successful touring side from Ulster schools to South Africa in as far as anybody can remember Limavady GS played with passion, pride and the sheer love of the game producing sublime rugby to take the series 5-0. Thats 5 wins out of 5 games. We caught up with captain Stuart Hull for a […]
Many thanks Mr Cardwell for the shots of a massively successful tour – shots below Captain Matthewe Clarke winning the lineout against aSaskatchewan U19 Select. Despite the heavier opposition in every game the scrum never wentback, with loose-head Michael Hoey outstanding. The U17’s in action in Edmonton with Nigel Simpson totally dominant in the lineout. […]
On the 30th June, a group of 35 players and 4 staff left Royal School, Armagh destined for Regina in Canada, to everybody’s delight there was no issues with our transport and we arrived at 10pm at the University of Regina. The next day saw a light training session at Regina RFC in 26 oc […]
The Royal School, Armagh team finished their successful tour to Canada with an impressive victory against the Calgary Irish U19 team at the Calgary Irish Athletics Grounds on Saturday 14th July. Team captain, Matthew Clarke, lead his team superbly well against a very spirited Calgary Irish side, However, there was little the hosts could do […]
The Royal School, Armagh teams continued their unbeaten run of games by recording two victories when they played against two Edmonton Clansman teams on Tuesday 10th July. The 1st xv had a shaky start to their game but once they got into their stride there was little the very physical opposition could do to hinder […]
The tour party left Saskatoon and moved to Edmonton where they played one game against the Edmonton Barbarians U18 team. Royal School, Armagh coach, Kenny Hooks, decided to give the younger members of his squad an opportunity to play together as an U17 team. They did not disappoint with their performance against the Edmonton team. […]
The Royal School, Armagh teams recorded the 2nd victories of their Canadian Tour when they played teams representing the Saskatoon All Stars. The 1st xv put on a performance, described by the RS Armagh coach, Kenny Hooks, as the most clinical RS Armagh performance for years. Man of the Match, Ali Wright, controlled the game […]
The Royal School, Armagh teams had a successful outcome to the opening games of their Canadian Tour. The 1st and 2nd xv’s took on the Regina All Stars U19 teams having had little time to recover from their long journey from Armagh. The pack laid the foundations for the 1st xv win with Matthew Clarke […]
We aim to start our season in style with a short tour to Limerick to take up the challenge from the Limerick Leprechauns. Tour Leader Is Geoff Goldsbrough We have arranged our tour match for Saturday 22 September 2012 and need a strong turnout of players and supporters. To enable all the plans to be […]
Don’t forget the tour quiz for Bangor RFC is this friday night at the club, bring everyone along for 7pm, we hope to have a good crowd so may be opening both sides of the bar for teams, it is £4 per head. More info HERE