Jack Kyle was one of the stars of the Ireland team of 1948: (pic Paul Faith/PA) It’s the year that still defines Irish rugby, a date repeated so frequently in the last month and so urgently in the last week that it seems to have raced from history into the present. 1948, when Ireland last […]
Just found this story on the www.scrumqueens.com website “The remarkable Emily Valentine John Birch tells us more on our quest to uncover the hidden history of women’s rugby. John follows up on the news story today which details the discovery of the earliest every record of a female playing rugby, the Irish-born Emily Valentine who […]
Ulster Bank All Ireland League This was a terrific performance by Dungannon as they ran in five tries against the men from the west. The bonus point win puts us one point behind Belfast Harlequins. With two games to play we must maintain the form as we strive for that one automatic promotion place. Dungannon […]
Downshire School 1 vs Craigavon SHS 1 – Was a very very closely fought combat. The close quarters war raged! Broken only by some end to end action. Sterling defences by both sides we will be presenting special edition vid highlights asap. The sunshine and lack of wind made for perfect conditions and the two […]
Coming from an excellent corporate lunch sponsored by Stevenson-Reid Plumbing Supplies hosted by Mr.Billy Stevenson,a large crowd were treated to an afternoon of tremendous end-to-end open running rugby when Donegal visited ‘Fortress Neillsbrook’ ! Randalstown with a reformed front row allowing John Adair back from injury and Paul Laverty, standing in for an injured John […]
With the 1sts, 2nds and 3rds all recording wins in their respective leagues, Saturday was a highly successful day for the club. While the 1sts had a close encounter with Lisburn, and winning with the last kick of the match, the 2nds and 3rds posted much more comfortable wins against Lisburn 3rds and Academy 4ths […]
Womens Rugby @ County Cavan Rugby Club is in very good shape. The ladies have been playing for 4 years and numbers are looking very strong with various players achieving Ulster Rugby I XV status in an ever growing provincial standard that looks set to compete for the top status of the four provinces. We […]
WillPower’s fundraising page Fundraisers: michael gilmer, Ben Scott, Kyle McFarlane, Gareth James, andrew gilmer, Jonny Patterson, Peter Purcell, Chris Wood, Gareth James, Matty McErlane My page: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/Willpower Will’s Story Will Doggart is an an extraordinary young man with a big heart. Paralyzed from the chest down at 18 years old he has fought a personal […]