Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 3rd December 2011. The Rainey Endowed School 1st and 2nd xv’s have returned recently from a successful tour, playing games in Dublin and Manchester. On Wednesday 23rd November the ‘P Keenan Road Surfacing’ sponsored Rainey Endowed School Senior Rugby squads left on their annual rugby tour. They left […]
A number of teams played midweek games in the lead up to a full list of fixtures on Saturday 26th November. Portadown College travelled to play Banbridge Academy and came away with a resounding midweek victory. The Portadown team scored two first half tries with Ben Matchett and Nathan Montgomery getting the scores. The conversions […]
Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 19th November 2011. Once again a few midweek games were played midweek before a full list of fixtures on Saturday 19th November. Regent House continued their recent run of good form when they hosted a very committed Bangor Grammar School team on Wednesday 16th. Regent House played into […]
A number of midweek games took place on Wednesday 9th November because of transfer tests being hosted at schools on Saturday 12th November. Regent House hosted Sullivan Upper at the Circular Road venue in Newtownards. Before the game all players took part in a Minutes Silence in memory of Ben Reid, the Regent House pupil […]
Ballyshannon under 13’s recorded a great 22-15 over Dungannon at the Lakeside Centre on Saturday morning. In a hugely entertaining game watched and supported by plenty of parents the tries came from James Cleary, Niall Carr (2) and Cillian Murphy with Niall Carr converting the last try. A great all round team performance with lads […]
There was one midweek game played when Banbridge Academy hosted Loretto College from Edinburgh. The visitors started the game strongly, running in a try after just minutes on the clock. The try was converted to give the Edinburgh School an early 7-0 lead. The Banbridge team responded positively to this setback and threatened the Loretto […]
Scorers: Irvine(4*Conv), Montgomery(1*Try), Davis(1*Try), Donnelly (2*Try), Campbell(1*Try) Rainey III XV picked up another two points away to Coleraine in a high tempo game, played in wet and windy conditions. With Rainey struggling to find a front row before the game, they let Coleraine dominate opening proceedings, several last ditch tackles keeping their rivals out. They […]
1st XV have dramatic win 28-26 at Queens in quarter final of senior cup Head coach after the game Bruce Corneillius said “the performance was more important than the result”. Hopefully the team can now see the potential when things we plan to do happen: The penalty count was down The scrum much improved Players […]