The traditional St Patrick’s Day Final of what is the second oldest rugby competition in the world after The Hospitals Cup, is one of the great occasions in the rugby calendar and eagerly anticipated by all followers of the game. The preliminary rounds of the 2010-11 Northern Bank Schools’ Cup competition have concluded, with Wellington […]
The I.R.F.U. (Ulster Branch) in consultation with the PSNI, who have appealed that only essential traffic movement should take place due to adverse weather conditions, have taken the decision that there will be no rugby played under the auspices of the Ulster Branch on Friday 17th, Saturday 18th or Sunday 19th December 2010. This will […]
Monaghan travelled to Stormont to face Civil Service on a surprisingly warm and sunny afternoon after the prolonged wintery weather that had looked like ruling the pitches unplayable for another week. After a fantastic result against Lurgan Monaghan, a team whos exploits dont always recieve the recognotion they deserve, came to Stormont confident of another […]
City of Derry Rugby Club had the ideal preparation for their Ulster Senior Cup Final on Thursday when they defeated a lively Queens outfit at Judges Road on Saturday last. The inclement weather meant that Derry were without a game for the last two weeks and going to Ravenhill to play Dungannon in a repeat […]
Randalstown 3rds recent good form continued with a well deserved 35 – 7 win at Civil Service in the first round of the McCambley cup. Tommy McCann’s men savoured the victory even more due to the fact that they played the entire game with 14 men following a last minute emergency cry off. Spurred on […]
The fixtures scheduled for Saturday 18th December 2010 will be subject to weather conditions allowing the games to be played. With the approach of the end of term, schools with fixtures will hope to play to enable their players to get some game time, something that has been difficult to achieve in recent weeks due […]
Semi-tropical Donaghadee had almost no snow throughout what some newspapers called the disastrous weather period. But it was cold, and the pitches were sometimes too hard for contact sports, so a few degrees of warmth last week made for a welcome return to live rugby at Donaldson Park. The Donaghadee club Firsts were denied a […]
Clogher Valley 1XV – 45 versus Bangor 1XV – 7 Clogher Valley 1XV – 7 tries, 5 conversions, 0 penalties, 0 drop goals. Bangor 1XV – 1 tries, 1 conversions, 0 penalties, 0 drop goals. Comprehensive Home Victory The Clogher Valley supporters could have been forgiven for thinking that the team would be “rusty” after […]
An excellent day for Carrickfergus U19s as they entertained Ballymena at home on Sat 11th Dec 2010. This fiercely competitive U19s league is being contested right to the wire with Carrickfergus convinced they can win the league on bonus points. they have set their sights on bonus points and achived this against Ballymena at the […]