Category: Club Rugby
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Premier Women: Belfast Harlequins 0 Malone 63
On Sunday afternoon Malone made the short journey to Deramore Park to play Belfast Harlequins in a Women’s Premiership fixture. Unbeaten Malone lay 1st in the table, Quins 6th. In the early clashes Malone dominated possession but it took until the 11th minute to register their first try, when Jill Stephens sniped over far out, on…
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AIL2B: Belfast Harlequins 30 Skerries 30
On Saturday afternoon it was a short walk from the hockey pitch to the rugby pitch for the AIL2B league game between Belfast Harlequins and Skerries from north Co Dublin. A well struck long range penalty goal by Ronan Mulcahy gave Skerries a 3-0 lead after 8 minutes. Quins responded when Mark Glover cut back…
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Championship 2: Academy 18 Randalstown 20
We caught up with our Championship 2 featured team, Academy, for a top of the table clash against current leaders Randalstown at roughfort on Saturday afternoon. In atrocious conditions both teams produced some nice rugby and it was the visitors who opened the scoring when No 11, Paul McLean went over in the corner for…
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Championship Women: Queen’s University II 27 North Down 24
On a sunny, autumnal Sunday afternoon Queens 2 hosted North Down at The Dub in a Women’s Championship B fixture. From kick off it was a forward dominated game, with both packs crashing into each other in an attempt to gain ground. There was little opportunity for backs show their pace. On 18 minutes Kate…
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Women AIL: Cooke 0 Suttonians 44
I finished off my Saturday with a trip to Shaw’s Bridge for the All Ireland Women’s match between Cooke and Suttonians. Unfortunately for the home team it was pretty much one way traffic on the scoreboard as Suttonians wrapped up the bonus point before half time. The visitors went over for the first try after…
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Championship 1: CIYMS 29 Dromore 16
I caught up with the Championship 1 match between CIYMs and Dromore at Belmont Park on Saturday afternoon. Dromore applied the early pressure in the first ten minutes but CIYMS gradually worked their way into the game and it was the home team that opened the scoring 16 minutes in with Max Shannon stretching for…
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AIL1B: Queens 41 Garryowen 32
On Saturday Garryowen had the long drive from Limerick to face Queens in an AIL1B league fixture at The Dub. Queens took the lead, in this high scoring game, when Jonny Hunter crossed, on the right, after 14 minutes. A James Humphreys penalty goal, on 16 minutes, put Queens 8-0 up. Queens rather lost their…
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Premier Women: Queen’s University 7 Malone 32
We caught up with the Top Four Clash in the Women’s Premiership, on Sunday afternoon at the Dub, both teams going into the game with three bonus point wins from three games. I was expecting this to be a close and exciting match but Malone took control early in a disappointing error ridden game as…
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Championship 2: Academy 38 Letterkenny 10
I caught up with the Championship 2 match between Academy and Letterkenny at Roughfort on Saturday afternoon. With my previous fixture running over and a bit of traffic between the two venues I didn’t arrive at Roughfort until the end of the first half. Academy were leading 5 – 3 at my arrival, Stuart Martin…
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AIL2B: Instonians 26 Galway Corinthians 21
After a dash round the outer ring, I made Shaw’s Bridge in time for kick off for Instonians home AIL2B fixture against visitors Galway Corinthians. Corinthians looked the more composed putting together series of phases. On 4 minutes they won a penalty, dispatched by Sean Naughton, for a 3-0 lead. An Instonians attack petered out…