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Interprovincial Friendly: Ulster U18 0 Connacht U18 29
I made the trip to Enniskillen on Saturday to catch the U18 Girls Interprovincial friendly between Ulster and Connacht as the teams get ready for the Interpro Series starting this Saturday. The match was played over 3 periods of 25 minutes immediately after a heavy downpour. Ulster were slow out of the blocks in the…
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Junior Friendly: Academy 5 Grosvenor 19
I caught up with the junior friendly at Roughfort between several Academy sides and Grosvenor on Friday evening. The match was played over three 25 minute periods with Academy fielding a different side for each period as they gave their firsts, seconds and thirds squads an early season hit out. Grosvenor played the same tem…
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EUROHOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP II MEN: Scotland 4 Italy 1 3rd Place Play Off
Saturday’s finals at the National Sports Centre saw an entertaining match between Scotland, ranked 21st in the world, and Italy, the 24th ranked team, for 3rd place at the EuroHockey Men’s Championship II. Report and images by Paul Harvey. Italy had taken the honours in the pool game between these side and it looked like…
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EUROHOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP II MEN: Ireland 5 Ukraine 2 Final
We caught up with the Final of the 2023 Men’s EuroHockey Championship II held at The National Sports Centre, Dublin on Saturday. It was a hugely successful tournament for the Irish side who ended the competition as undefeated champions. Ireland Results Pool A Ireland 9 0 Czech Republic Pool A Ukraine 0 7 Ireland Pool…
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PROVINCIAL FRIENDLY: ULSTER U18 5 EIRA U18 36
Ulster welcomed Eagle Impact Rugby Academy on Friday. The girls played at Queen’s Sports while the boys played at Newforge. I caught up with the games at Queen’s with the U18 Girls the closing match on the old 1st XV pitch at The Dub, the game played over two 35 minute halves. It was a…
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Provincial Friendly: Ulster U16 7 EIRA U16 55
Ulster welcomed Eagle Impact Rugby Academy on Friday. The girls played at Queen’s Sports while the boys played at Newforge. I caught up with the games at Queen’s with the U16 Girls kicking things off on the old 1st XV pitch at The Dub. The game was played over three periods of 20 minutes. The…
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U19 Interprovincial: Ulster 26 IQ Rugby 26
Ulster U19 hosted Irish Qualified Rugby U19 at Newforge Country Club in an U19 Interprovincial fixture on a damp Wednesday afternoon. It was a typical early season match, where new teams faced each other in an interpro game. Both sides showed a little rustiness in a start-stop game, but their was plenty of energy and…
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Provincial Friendly: Ulster U18 Girls 65 Scottish Midlands U18 Girls 0
Ulster U18 and U16 sides welcomed their Scottish midlands counterparts to Larne Rugby Club on Saturday afternoon for the first of two preseason hit outs over the weekend. I caught up with the U18 sides on Saturday for their first game which took part over three 20 minute periods. The Ulster side was pretty much…
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Uniphar U21 Series: Ireland 1 Scotland 0
I caught up with the first game in a four match series at Ulster University Jordanstown between Ireland and Scotland U21 Women’s sides on Monday afternoon. There is not a great deal of information available on the squads though I did recognise an Elk and a Queen’s player. Hopefully we’ll get more info as the…