Ballyclare Rugby Club had three games against opposition from Grosvenor F.P. and came out on top in each one. At the Cloughan on Wednesday night the Clare Fourths-a very experienced team racked up a 55-3 win over Grosvenor 4ths and on Saturday the Thirds had a welcome 32-10 win against Grosvenor 2nds but at Belmont […]
Armoy captain Gareth Christie had to make 5 changes from last weeks team that scored 12 trys. Wing forwards Daniel Ramage and Kyle Greenlaw were missing due to work commitments and No 8 Ian Caldwell was not risked due to his impending nuptuals next week. In the backs winger Mark McConaghie who has showed some […]
In the second leg of a two match series with Ballynahinch which was played this week at Tom Simms Memorial Park, Carrick once again inflicted a comprehensive defeat on their Co Down rivals. Not that Hinch were a walkover far from it they remained competitive throughout & even at the late stages of the game […]
Ulster outhalf Ian Humphreys has been forced to withdraw from the starting team to face the Ospreys tomorrow at the Liberty Stadium after he suffered a recurrence of a shoulder injury picked up against Cardiff last week. As a result, Paddy Jackson is promoted to start in the number 10 jersey and development player James […]
The Ireland team and replacements for the Rugby World Cup Pool C match against Russia in Rotorua International Stadium on Sunday (kick-off 6.00 pm local time/6:00am Irish time) has been announced and shows ten changes, one of which is a positional switch, to the starting XV from Ireland’s game against Australia. Fergus McFadden makes his […]
Ulster Schools v Munster Schools on Saturday 24th September 2011 at Thomond Park, Limerick Kick off 3.00pm Ulster Schools Team 15. Ross Adair (Sullivan Upper) 14. David Busby (Portadown College) 13. John McClure (RBAI) 12. Mark Best (Campbell College) 11. Neil Burns (Foyle & Londonderry College) 10. Justin Rea (Down HS) 9. Peter Weir (Wallace […]
Santos gives Dee a platform for Victory Donaghadee continued their unbeaten run taking four points from their visit to Roughfort on Saturday afternoon. However the win was not just as comfortable as the 26-10 score line suggests. Academy took the lead from a penalty in the opening five minutes however this lead was short lived […]