The 2013/14 women’s rugby season in Ulster is underway, with significant changes to both leagues and the development section. ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE The AIL 2N league this season consists of 5 teams – Belfast Harlequins, Cooke, Enniskillen, Sligo and Queens. Belfast Harelquins finished second in the league for the second year running last season and AIL […]
First match under their belts by Philip Anderson Today saw the first match played by a Civil Service U17xv for many years. The visitors were near neighbours Ards. Marc McClay made his debut, Chris Gardiner made his first appearance of 2013. Jonny Kennedy captained the side with his usual bravery and enthusiasm, Chris Stone led […]
Sat past saw the u17s travel to coleraine for a round robin tournament involving the host club plus Limavady & ballymoney. Larne were hampered by unavailability & injury but still travelled with optimism of competing well. First match was against the home side coleraine who are a premier league team & this was proven in […]
Ulster Rugby clubs’ Bangor Grammar School played the Ulster Clubs’ U18 team in a midweek floodlit fixture. The U18s had lost recent games against Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Royal School, Armagh. They recorded an impressive 26-7 victory against the Bangor Grammar School team in a game that proved to be ideal in terms of […]
Minis Perform Well Against Armagh A Primary 7 group of players from the Rainey Mini Rugby Club started off the season in style with a match against City of Armagh on Saturday 7th September at Hatrick Park. The game was played, with a lunchtime kick-off, as a ‘curtain raiser’ to the Rainey Old Boys Ulster […]
Cumnock RFC return to Ards RFC. Youth rugby at Ards continues on Wednesday evening from 7 – 830pm. Ards is the only club in the Ards Borough to run youth rugby throughout the whole season and play competitive matches. New players are always welcome and all they have to do is turn up on Wednesday […]