Cooke entered this final league game hoping to end the season positively. Cooke entered this final league game hoping to end the season positively and realising that only a miracle would prevent close rivals Clogher Valley taking Section One honours, following the Tyrone side’s fixture with lowly placed Limavady. The Belfast club started in confident […]
COLERAINE TAKE POINTS AGAINST LIMAVADY Coleraine 1st XV eased to a comfortable 33-8 home victory over Limavady, on Saturday, in the Kukri Qualifying League and in the process increased the pressure on the Roe Valley side as it continues to fight against relegation alongside fellow strugglers Academy and Dromore. The Sandel Lodge players however, will […]
Armagh seconds met Queens second in a 2nd xv encounter at the Dub in Belfast on Saturday. Captain for the day Matthew Steenson elected to play into the strong wind against a useful Queens side. After 10 minutes, with play brought into the Queen’s 22, Andy Hughes playing his first game of the season drove […]
Following their AIL victory away to Nenagh Ormonde, Armagh First Fifteen travelled to Belfast on Saturday to face Queens University in the Ulster Senior League. A number of changes on the team included starts for Simon Carlisle, Willie Hill and John Faloon, while Colin Atkinson took the opportunity to move into the back row in […]
CITY SIDE EDGE DERBY GAME While Dungannon were retaining the Stevenson Shield with a home victory over Ballynahinch,the two County Derry sides in the Ulster League were in opposition at Judges Road.City of Derry ran out 22-15 winners,but Rainey Old Boys made them nervous in the closing minutes as they encamped in the home 22′. […]
City of Derry Rugby Club kept their winning run going on Saturday kast when they defeated Rainey in the Ulster Senior League at Judges Road to claim their eight successive victories in all competitions. The game was strewn with mistakes from both sides but from Derry’s point of view this fixture gave them the opportunity […]
Ophir 1st XV sponsored by Ballyvesey Recycling Solutions kept their promotion hopes alive with a hard fought victory at a sunny Stormont on Saturday. CLICK HERE FOR THE ACTION SHOTS Ophir found themselves 7-0 down with only 30 seconds on the clock after poor reception of the kick off ball. The ball bounced kindly into […]
“Cardiac kids take it to the wire” A full bodied derby encounter played in excellent dry conditions at a breezy Mullaghmeen saw Omagh victorious by 10 points to 5 with the “Cardiac Kids” pulling out all the stops in a final 20 minutes which seemed like an eternity on the sidelines. This was due to […]