Ireland is not only the Worlds number 3 nation because of our doggedness and skill, we also have 13 year olds who are over 6 foot tall! Fact, period! A player was spotted at the weekend who is an u14 and is over 6 foot tall. People say its not possible, its not possible, just […]
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 29th November 2014. There was one game played on Friday 28th November before a list of fixtures played on Saturday 29th. Banbridge Academy played Grosvenor Grammar School under the floodlights at Banbridge Rugby Club on Friday 28th. A good crowd of enthusiastic supporters watched a game, in which […]
Results have been coming in across the week with 282+ teams taking to the field mostly on the busy Saturday in the province of Ulster! On Saturday morning we went to Cavan RFC where they entertained City Of Derry U16s and U18s. The games were played simultaneously and both games were solid games! In the […]
A simply fantastic week of rugby! We attended on Saturday morning the Portadown v Dromore youth systems, 3 games at 18/16 and 14, then in the afternoon we attended the Gordon West Cup fixture between Lurgan & Newry. Images and Videos + Interviews to follow from these games. The morning games at Portadown RFC were […]
One of the worlds leading manufacturers of carpets is the sponsor of Ulster Youth Rugby – Quite an honour! This week we attended the Donegal Town v Omagh Rugby Youth systems and were astounded by the professional, developed and always developing structures in place in both clubs. Omagh rugby club had commissioned a 60 seater […]
230+ teams in action this week. The majority of games have been played at this stage of the competitive week although a number of games will be played on Sunday the 9th of November in the Womens AIL Div 2 North, Ulster Womens SNR League, and Ulster womens Qualifying league. Having attended in the morning […]
Not a single minute of this season’s European Champions Cup is available on terrestrial television. Photograph: Andrew Redington/Getty Images Rugby union has a problem which is not going away. How is a sport supposed to grow long-term if the majority of the UK population are unable to watch it regularly on television? How do you […]
Brilliant morning at Ballyshannon rugby Club at the fantastic lakeside centre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (great place to park up the caravan on holidays advbebture sports, electric enbled carvan berths etc) THE MINI RUGBY PLAYERS WERE full on focused practicing their rugby skills, pasing of both hands, steps, line breaks, pasing, WOW WE GOT FULL SIZE SHOTS FOR TOTALLY […]