Category: Club Rugby
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2 XV League: City of Armagh II 21 Instonians II 14
I continued my day trip to the Orchard County by visiting City of Armagh RFC for a couple of games. I caught the first half of the eagerly anticipated 2nd XV League match between City of Armagh IIs and Instonian IIs. Unfortunately the conditions made this game more of a battle of attrition than the…
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Senior Cup: Malone 8 City of Armagh 19
Malone hosted City of Derry in an Ulster Senior Cup Quarter final at Gibson Park on Saturday afternoon. Malone started well, picking up an early penalty from Rory Campbell to take a 3 – 0 lead. Unfortunately Campbell had to leave the field shortly after and Armagh came storming back only to be held up…
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Senior Cup: Queen’s University 40 Rainey 24
On Saturday afternoon Queens faced Rainey in the Ulster Senior Cup at The Dub, Upper Malone. Rainey opened the scoring in the 9th Minute, Scott McClean converting a penalty goal for a 3-0 lead. Queens replied with a Ben Gibson try on 11 minutes to lead 5-3. Slowly but surely the bigger Rainey pack began to…
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Championship 2: Academy 39 Donaghadee 5
I caught up with Academy and Donaghadee at Roughfort on Saturday afternoon in an Ulster Rugby Championship 2 match. I had covered these two teams at the start of the season in a Junior Shield match where Academy had run out comfortable winners. This game was a much stiffer challenge for the home team as…
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Ulster Premiership: Belfast Harlequins 39 Bangor 19
I got to Deramore Park, as the whistle sounded for the start of the 2nd half. Belfast Harlequins led 27-7 at the break. Andrew Shaw contributed a try for Bangor, converted by Gareth Millar. Unfortunately, we don’t have the 1st half scorers for Quins. Quins increased their 1st half lead, when Cole Blyde scored under the posts for…
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Women’s Premiership: Belfast Harlequins 0 Queen’s University 60
We caught up with Belfast Harlequins and Queen’s University Women’s sides in a Premiership match at Deramore Park early on Sunday afternoon. We used the match as a training match for one of our trainee photographers and the teams produced plenty of action for our photographer to work with. Queen’s were quick out of the…
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Ulster Premiership: Queens 43 Dungannon 7
On Saturday afternoon Queens faced Dungannon in Ulster Premiership Division One, as the 2nd part of a double header at The Dub, Upper Malone. A shower midway through the game was pleasant refreshment for players and spectators, from a very hot sun. Queens opened the scoring, after 11 minutes, when Ryan Street went over in…
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Provincial Premier 1: Carrickfergus II 7 Belfast Harlequins II 33
I caught up with the Provincial Premier 1 match between Carrickfergus and Belfast Harlequins 2nd XV’s in an early kick off at the Tom Simms Memorial Park on Saturday afternoon. It was a real war of attrition in the first 15 minutes as Quins kept Carrick pinned in their own half. The home defence was…
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2nd XV League: Queen’s University II 29 Banbridge II 7
On Saturday lunchtime Queen’s University II entertained Banbridge II in the 2nd XV League, as the 1st part of a double header at The Dub, Upper Malone. Queens took an early 4th minute lead, through a Harry McKibben try, in the left corner for a 5-0 lead. In the 15th minute they doubled their lead when Matthew Curry cantered…
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Junior Friendly: Cooke II 26 Academy II 31
Our trip to Shaw’s Bridge on Saturday gave us the chance to catch up with another of our featured clubs as Academy 2nd XV made the trip to play Cooke 2nd XV in a junior friendly match. It was another high scoring game with 9 tries though this one evenly contested. Cooke took an early…