1st XV lose 15-34 Home to City of Derry in Ulster League. The performance was a step up from that earlier in the week away to Malone. The starting pack contained only 3 players from last year and as a unit they are still getting to know each other. Progress made but plenty more to […]
Junior League. A reasonable performance that could have brought a lot more points but for a number of variables, not all of which were under the control of the blue and white players. The game was played in glorious sunshine at Cherryvale with a slight breeze on the backs of the CI team which brought […]
Cooke 2nds suffer another defeat at the hands of a very strong Ballynahinch side. Cooke 2nds suffered another defeat at the hands of a very strong Ballynahinch side.The Cooke pack was depleted due to the puzzling non availability of a large number of players.This meant that 2 backs had to play in the back row […]
Belfast Harlequins I XV 60 v Rainey Old Boys I XV 17 Ulster Championship League Playing in their new strip, Quins chose to defend the Castlereagh Hills and scored 10 sumptuous tries. In the 1st half, at 1, 3 6, 12, 26, 31 and 35 min: Mark Roberts, Rory BlakeKnox, Andy Pollock, Michael Allen , […]
The Maxol sponsored Carrick 1st XV maintained their unbeaten League record, and stayed top of the Table, with a hard-fought 19-14 away win over Ballyclare on Saturday 17th September. The breezy and, in the second half, damp conditions were not conducive to flowing rugby and both sides made a lot of handling errors. The foundations […]
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 […]
In their first home match of the season Ballymena Under 15s enjoyed an emphatic victory over local rivals Randalstown. With the heavy showers relenting the boys took full advantage of the good conditions to produce an excellent display of open running rugby. The 15s got off to a superb start when Randalstown having secured the […]
Ards 1st and 2nds both lose out to Banbridge opposition. Great turnout at Ireland v Australia RWC Breakfast (Super result) This Weeks Fixtures Ards 1st and 2nds both host Instonians at Hamilton Park. 3rds and 4ths on the road to Carrick and Grosvenor respectively. Banbridge 34 v 7 Ards Ards 2nd XV’s season continued on […]
Randalstown 1st XV 25 PSNI 1st XV 13 The first outing in the league this year for Randalstown 1sts was always going to be a tight encounter and indeed PSNI had the advantage in the early stages going ahead 10 – 6. Gradually though ‘Town got into their stride and encouraged by a large home […]
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