Full-Time Result – 1st XV

A tough battle on the road as our boys were edged 17–14 by Newbury. Huge effort, plenty of heart, and signs of real progress 💙🖤 Proud of the group.

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🔥 UP NEXT | Senior Men’s 1st XV 🔥
Just one game for Witney RFC this weekend — so let’s make it count! 💙🖤

Our 1st XV are on the road to Newbury Blues on Saturday 6th December.

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Championship 2: Academy 49 Lisburn 23 We caught up with the second half of the Championship 2 clash at Roughfort between Academy and Lisburn on Saturday afternoon. By the time we caught up with this one Academy were leading 15 - 13 at half time, Lisburn burrowing over for a score at the end of the half.

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#championsip2

Our final match on Saturday afternon was the second half of the Championship 2 clash between #AcademyRFC and #LisburnRFC at roughfort

Regional East: Academy 3XV 31 Cooke 3XV 10 Half Time. We caught up with first half of the Regional East clash between Academy and Cooke 3rd XV's on Saturday afternoon at Roughfort. I was quite surprised to hear the final score of 76 - 10 in this one as the first half was fairly competitive. Academy had a definite edge but Cooke also had their moments.

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#regionalleagues

We caught up with the first half of the Regional East match between #AcademyRFC and #CookeRFC 3XV's at Roughfort on Saturday afternoon.

Championship 2: Carrickfergus 10 Academy 6 We caught up with this season's, opening week, Championship 2 fixture between Carrickfergus and Academy at Tom Simms Memorial Park on a damp Saturday afternoon. The constant drizzle and sometimes heavy rain together with a gusting wind ensured a scrappy start to the opening league fixture. Carrick's Ryan McGonigle powers to the line for the opening score. Carrick got their act together the quickest and David Carse came close to opening the scoring only to knock on as he trued to gather a loose ball.

#clubrugby #championship2

We also caught up with the Championship 2 opening weekend as our friends at #academyrfc travelled to #Carrickfergusrfc for another damp one!

Chester Cup: Larne 14 Randalstown 33 I caught up with the Chester Cup match between Larne and Randalstown on Saturday afternoon at the Glynn. The Larne pitch looked in excellent conditions for the annual challenge match which traditionally starts my club rugby coverage for the season but, it was a bit warm for too much running around and the match was played over four 20 minute quarters to ensure adequate refreshment.

#clubrugby #chestercup

We caught up with the Chester Cup challenge match between #LarneRFC and #RandalstownRFC at the Glynn on Saturday afternoon.

Is This The Biggest Club Rugby Game in the World? (📹@PirateRugbyPod) #Rugby #ClubRugby #Sports

👏 Thanks to all players, coaches, and supporters for an incredible season. Bring on the next one! 💪🏉

#RugbyFamily #ClubRugby #RugbyAwards #EndOfSeason #SeniorRugby #RugbyCommunity #Peacocks #PeacockFamily

Goldsborough Trophy: 2025 U21 Club Rugby Competition We caught up with the Goldsborough Trophy, the oldest U21 Club Rugby competition in Ireland, for our fourth sucessive year at Instonians RFC on Easter Monday. This years competition featured six teams who played round robin matches in two pools of three, the top two teams from each pool progressing to the knockout semi finals. Pool Standings Pool A

#clubrugby #cuprugby

We caught up with the #GoldsboroughTrophy U21 Club Competition for the fourth sucessive year at Shaws Bridge on Easter Monday.

Towns Cup: Ballynahinch 2XV 27 Dromore 17 On Easter Monday afternoon, Ravenhill hosted a double header. Second up was the Towns Cup Final clash between Co Down near neighbours and rivals Ballynahinch 2XV and Dromore. An early Harry McKeown penalty goal after 12 minutes gave Ballynahinch a 3-0 lead. Harry McCormick runs around behind the posts for Ballynahinch's 1st try They consolidated their lead with a try by Harry McCormick, beside the posts on 23 minutes.

#clubrugby #cuprugby

Action form the #TownsCup Final between #HinchRFC and #DromoreRFC at Ravehill on Easter Monday.

McCrea Cup: Ballymoney 16 Carrickfergus 10 Final On Easter Monday afternoon, Ravenhill hosted a double header. First up was the McCrea Cup Final clash between Ballymoney and Carrickfergus. An early Paddy Carson penalty goal for Ballymoney was countered by a Dan Curley penalty strike for Carrick to leave the score tied at 3-3 in a tense opening quarter. Maaty Hadden, 6, storms over for Carrick's try A clever reverse pass by scrum half, Shane Kelly, created a gap for Matty Hadden to storm over, under the posts.

#clubrugby #cuprugby

Action from the #McCreaCup Final between #BallymoneyRFC and #CarrickfergusRFC at Ravenhill on Easter Monday.

Crawford Cup: City of Armagh 3XV 16 Ballymoney 2XV 14 We caught up with the Crawford Cup Final between City of Armagh 3nd XV and Ballymoney 2nd XV at Ravenhill on Saturday evening. In a tight game Armagh were first on the scorebard with a penalty from William Hazelton just past the half hour mark. A penalty from Andrew Young was Ballymoney's only score in the first half. Ballymoney responded two minutes later with a penalty from Andrew Young but Aramgh took a 6 - 3 lead into half time after Hazelton landed a second penalty just before the break.

#clubrugby #cuprugby

We caught up with the #CrawfordCup Final between #CityofArmaghRFC 3nd XV and #BallymoneyRFC 2nd XV at Ravenhill on Saturday evening.

Forster Cup: CIYMS 2XV 34 Ballynahinch 4XV 23 We caught up with the Forster Cup Final between CIYMS 2nd XV and Ballynahinch 4th XV at Ravenhill on Saturda afternoon. Ballynahinch were first on the scoreboard with a penalty from Justin Rea for a 0 - 3 lead. CIYMS tied the game if minutes late as a penalty from Ewan Nelson took the score to 3 - 3.

#clubrugby #cuprugby

We caught up with the #ForsterCup Final between #CIYMSRFC 2nd XV and #BallynahinchRFC 4th XV at Ravenhill on Saturda afternoon.

McCambley Cup: Omagh Academicals 4XV 16 Ballynahinch 5XV 23 We caught up with the MCCambley Cup final between Omagh Academicals 4th XV and Ballynahinch 5th XV in the MCCambley Cup Final at Ravenhill on Saturday afternoon. Hinch were first on the scoreboard with a 4th minute try from Robin Harte, converted by James Briar, for a 0 - 7 lead. Briar extended the lead to 0 - 10 two minutes later with a sucessful penalty.

#clubrugby #cuprugby

We caught up with the McCambley Cup final between #OmaghAccieRFC 4XV and #HinchRugby 5XV at Ravenhill on Saturday.

👇🏼 This is an excellent watch regarding South African Club Rugby, exposure at this level is paramount. Being a Pirates old boy it means it’s even closer to my heart. Pirates Rugby has done superbly over recent years, long may it continue, grassroots is key #SARugby #ClubRugby @brendennel.bsky.social

AIL 2A: Instonians 92 Buccaneers 21 Bottom placed club, Buccaneers, were the visitors to Shawsbridge on a sunny Saturday afternoon, to face Instonians, already crowned AIL2A champions. A cold breeze blew down the pitch, initially in Buccaneers favour. David Whitten opened the scoring for Inst Instonians opened the scoring after only 2 minutes when David Whitten score. Josh Eagleson’s conversion made it 7-0. They doubled their score on 4 minutes through a James Clark try and Josh Eagleson conversion to go 14-0 up.

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#InstoniansRFC finished off their league season in some style with a big win against #BuccaneersRFC in #AIL2A

Club U16 Plate: Carrickfergus 7 Instonians 12 We took in the 2nd games of a triple header at Meadowbank Arena, Magherafelt, when Carrick played Instonians in the Under 16 Plate Final. A large crowd watched the game in ideal sunny conditions. Aidan Notorantonio opened the scoring for Inst It was a free flowing 1st half, with attacks not frightened to throw the ball about. Defences were on top until moments before halftime, when Aidan Notorantonio crashed over for the opening score.

#clubrugby #cuprugby

We caught up with the club #U16PlateFinal between #InstoniansRFC and #CarrickfergusRFC at Meadowbank on Saturday morning.

Club Rugby: Academy Host U16 Club School Blitz. I caught up with the School/Club Window U16 Blitz at Academy RFC, Roughfort, early Saturday morning. The competition featured Teams from Academy (2), Ards, Belfast Harlequins, BHSFP, CIYMS, Lisburn and Randalstown which was broken down into 2 pools of four teams for the pool round robin stage. There was a final playoff round where 1A played 1B, 2A played 2B etc.

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We caught up with the U16 Club School blitz at #AcademyRFC on Saturday morning at Roughfort.
#ArdsRFC #CIYMSRFC, #BelfastHarlequinsRFC, #RandalstownRFC

Hawke's Bay Club Rugby - Saturday 5 April 2025

Starting this weekend:
* Premier Women's (Marsh Cup)
* Town Grade (Jack Swain Cup)
* Country Grade (Arthur Bowman Cup)
* Division 3 (Maury Coady Cup)
* Colts (Arthur Brown Cup)

Wishing everyone a great season!

🧵 2/2 #clubrugby

Hawke's Bay Club Rugby - Saturday 5 April 2025

Premiers (Nash Cup)

Draw week 3:

Napier Pirate v Taradale
Hastings v Aotea
Clive v MAC
Havelock North v Napier OB Marist
Central HB v Napier Tech

All Nash Cup games start at 3.00pm.

🧵 1/2 #clubrugby

Junior Cup: Dromore 16 Enniskillen 23 Final Initially it was grey and overcast, but at least the rain had stopped for the second game of the double header, on Saturday, at the Kingspan Stadium for the Junior Cup Final between Dromore and Enniskillen. A bitingly cold crosswind blew across the pitch. Eddie Keys added 2 conversions and 3 penalty goals for Enniskillen Enniskillen opened the scoring in the 7th minute, when Eddie Keys landed a penalty goal for a 3-0 lead.

#clubrugby #cuprugby

Our final game on Saturday was the #JuniorCup Final between this seasons rivals #DromoreRFC and #EnniskillenRFC at Ravenhill/

AIL 1B: Queen’s University 26 Naas 15 Sixth placed, Naas were the visitors to The Dub on Saturday to play seventh placed Queens, in an AIL1B fixture. Both sides needed a win and for results to go their way if they were to make the Play Offs. A strong, cold diagonal wind blew across the pitch, initially in Queens favour. Naas kicked off and when Queens couldn’t clear their lines, camped in the Queens 22.

#clubrugby #allirelandrugby

We caught up with the #AIL1B match between #QUBRFC and #NassRFC at the Dub on Saturday afternoon.

Club U18 Bowl: Carrickfergus 12 Clogher Omagh 12 Final The last game at Meadowbank on Saturday was the Club U18 Bowl Final between Carrickfergus and a combined Clogher Valley and Omagh Academicals side. Yet again it as another extremely close match with both teams giving their all. I missed the opening exchanges but the combined Clogher and Omagh side opened the scoring about 15 minutes in when Oisin Hone scooped up a lose pass to battle over the line.

#clubrugby #cuprugby

The last game at Meadowbank on Saturday was the Club #U18Bowl Final between #CarrickfergusRFC and a combined #ClogherValleyRFC and #OmaghAcademicalsRFC side.

Junior Shield: Ards 13 Carrickfergus 17 Final It was grey, overcast, cold and windy, at the Kingspan Stadium on Saturday for the first game in a doubleheader, the Junior Shield Final between Ards and Carrickfergus. A cold crosswind blew across the pitch. Ards found themselves under pressure but cleared their lines and lost an early scoring chance with a missed penalty.

#clubrugby #cuprugby

We have action from Saturday's #JuniorShield final between #ArdsRFC and #CarrickfergusRFC at Ravenhill.

Club U16 Bowl: Ballymoney 8 Cavan 5 Final. Our second match at Meadowbank on Saturday morning was the Club U16 Bowl Final between Ballymoney and Co Cavan. Action from the Club U16 Bowl final between Ballymoney and Cavan at Meadowbank Sports Arena on Saturday 29th March 2025 This was another close fought game as the reams battled away for most of the first half without troubling the scoreboard. …

#clubrugby #cuprugby

Our second match at Meadowbank on Saturday morning was the Club #U16Bowl Final between #BallymoneyRFC and #CoCavanRFC

Club U14 Bowl: Monaghan 18 Ballymena 12 Final. We caught up with the Club U14 Bowl Final between Monaghan and Ballymena on a cold and damp Saturday morning at Meadowbank Arena. Monaghan got of to a flying start with a successful penalty, after 2 minutes, from their No. 8 Conan Murphy. 3 - 0. In an even game the teams battled it out over the next 20 minutes before Monaghan's center Nathan McGuinness broke clear on the left for the opening try and a 8 - 0 lead.

#clubrugby #cuprugby

We caught up with the Club #U14Bowl Final between #MonaghanRFC and #BallymenaRFC on a cold and damp Saturday morning at Meadowbank Arena.

AIL 2A: Instonians 38 Greystones 22 We caught up with the AIL 2A league match between Instonians and Greystones on Saturday afternoon at Shaws Bridge with Instonians looking fir a win to secure promotion for a remarkable fourth consecutive season. In mixed weather conditions, a big crowd were treated to a super exhibition of rugby. The visitors were the first to get on the scoreboard with a forward maul taking them across the line with No 3, Conor Pearse getting up with the ball for a 0 - 5 lead.

#ClubRugby

Congratulations to #InstoniansRFC.

#TeamoftheDecade

Suzanne Fleming Cup: Clogher Valley 65 Ballymena 5 Final We caught up with the Suzanne Flemming Cup Final between Clogher Valley and Ballymena at Ravenhill late Saturday afternoon. In a one-sided game, a very experienced Clogher Valley squad took on Ballymena and overwhelmed them in the first half with tries from Marie Traynor, Shauna O’Hagan, Katie Hetherington, Victoria Bothwell, Alex Bothwell and Chloe Somerville, backed up with conversions by Chloe Donaghy (2) and Sinead Sheerin.

#clubrugby #cuprugby

We caught up with the #SuzanneFlemingCup Final between #CloghervalleyRFC and #BallymenaRFC at Ravenhill on Saturday afternoon.

Gordon West Cup: Omagh Academicals 2XV 26 Donaghadee 18 Final We caught up with the Gordon West Cup Final between Omagh Academicals 2XV and Donaghadee at Ravenhill on Saturday afternoon. An early penalty converted by Alistair Lockhart put Donaghadee ahead and this was followed by a burst through the middle by No 11, Aaron McKee to increase that lead, to 8 - 0, with a fine try.

#clubrugby #cuprugby

We caught up with th3 #GordonWestCup final between #OmaghAcciesRFC and #DonaghadeeRFC at Ravenhill on Saturday afternoon.