City of Derry Rugby Club will be hoping to continue their recent run of Cup successes when they return to Ravenhill on Thursday night to play Dungannon in the First Trust Senior Cup Final, Kick-off; 7.30pm. This will be Derry’s third appearance in a Senior Cup Final having been beaten by Collegians in 1983 and […]
Ballymena II XV did not let themselves down, they played good rugby and are a very good side. Ballynahinch II Xv where quite simply awesome, and thoroughly deserved the victory at Ballymacarn Park on Sat 11th December. Ballymena arrived at 12 and within half an hour where running through their game plan on the training […]
The McCambley Cup is one of the bastions of grass roots rugby. Youngsters, die hards, veterans, up and coming youth, you will meet them all in a McCambley Cup Tie.Fiercely competitive, the draw each year is a major event in this very old competition which brings the finalists to Ravenhill and grass roots glory. Our […]
Armagh /Monaghan under 19s maintained their unbeaten record this year with a hard fought 19-3 victory over their nearest rivals Virginia at the Palace Grounds. There hadn’t been a match for 3 weeks due to the poor weather and it showed in the team’s first half performance. They had all the ball and territory, but […]
Ever since the final whistle blew two weeks ago in Sligo signalling Armagh’s demise from the All-Ireland Junior Cup the snow had not let up. Not to be beaten the Armagh grounds team took the decision that if the pitch was cleared of snow the Palace Grounds would be fit for rugby. So the services […]
The thaw set in on Wednesday and grounds men across Ulster inspected the pitches. As the hours progressed the signals came in that games where going ahead. Not all unfortunately but lots and we readied ourselves for the battles to come. A quick look at the fixtures highlighting an excellent game to cover – Wellington […]
Come back of the season: Just found this video of Wananenburgs Try via the Ulster Rugby facebook page via by the UAFC. Superb and setting the guys up for the come back. Just click on the video below to watch it. CLICK HERE for images from Colin Hayburn CLICK HERE for Pedrie Wannenburgs Facebook Page […]
The Ulster Rugby team to play Bath in Round 3 of the Heineken Cup at Ravenhill this Saturday, 11th December kick off 1.30pm has been named. With Rory Best ruled out having sustained a fractured cheekbone during the international period, Johann Muller will captain the side. Ulster, who did the double over Bath home and […]
WHO ARE THEY: Established in 2004, Advanced Cryo Care is a sports injury treatment and rehabilitation clinic based in Donaghmore, Dungannon Co. Tyrone on a new purpose built site. WHAT DO THEY DO: They are the first, and only, sports injury clinic in Ireland to provide whole body cryotherapy treatment at -150 degrees centigrade. Combined […]
Earlier in the week Ulster rugby fans took to the pitch at Ravenhill with shovels and trailers and lots of helping hands to clear several inches of snow off the completely frozen ground at Ravenhill This was the scene from last week until wednesday of this week. A big thank you goes out to all […]