Malone won well at home against Bective Rangers a team they always seem to strugle to get a win against. Tries by Ryan wilson and Chris Leathem, and some excellent kicking from Josh Pentland who punshied the visitors at every opportunity left the scoreline 23-9 in favour of Malone. This was a well deserved victory […]
The IBS-sponsored Carrick Under 19s took the spoils in their encounter with local rivals Larne at Tom Simms Memorial Park on Saturday 15 October, winning a hard-fought match by 24 points to 18. The wet and breezy conditions made handling difficult and both sides found it difficult to get continuity. With the diagonal cross-wind helping […]
Reports from Sat fixtures: 2s lost narrowly at CI after promising start. Now showing they can certainly compete in this league. 3s lost heavily to a ‘freak’ bclare team brimming with ex 1sts & AIL players. By clares own admission they would prob give their 1s a game so no disgrace lads especially as we […]
Well done to the U-19’s for a fine away win to Portadown RFC. Match Report and Highlights [youtube SQMMDt6LRoY] This was a very workmanlike performance by Instonians in this midweek friendly played under floodlights at Chambers Park Portadown. It marked a huge step up in performance from other early season friendlies. Players new to Instonian […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV’s early season unbeaten run came to an abrupt end on Saturday 1 October when they were beaten by 24 points to nil at Tom Simms Memorial Park by University of Ulster, Coleraine(UUC) in the first round of the Jumior Cup. With three changes in personnel from the previous week and […]
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 […]
This pre-season friendly was played in good conditions at Larne. It was played as 3 25 minute periods. For many players this was their first outing in an Instonian jersey. The game was tight with both sides scoring 3 tries each. Inst were testing new combinations in attack and defence and they did not always […]
Awesome skills on show make for a superb spectacle fo rugby 7s and the final between Instonians & Randalstown was a brilliant game that could have gone either way. Instonians took ultimate glory. Throughout the games the skill level was very high as Malone, Instonians, Ophir, Randalstown, Carrick, Ballyclare, Larne & Inst Seahorses battled it […]