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Holywood and Strabane went head to head on Saturday afternoon in this Ulster rugby Championship D3 match with Strabane coming out on top 14 – 24 despite the visitors receiving two yellow cards and a red. Holywood started strongly but failed to take advantage of their early chances with centre Jordy De’Pledge unlucky to see […]
Cooke Women consolidated their top four placing in the Women’s All Ireland League with a convincing 34 – 5 win against Highfield Women at Shaws Bridge on Sunday afternoon. The home side’s tries came from Ilse van Staden (2), Emma Jordan, Vicky Irwin and Dolores Hughes with Jemma Jackson adding three first half penalties. Highfield […]
A rampant Railway Union ran in eleven tries against Highfield to claim top spot in the Women’s All Ireland League after Round 9. Leinster starlet Aimee Clarke stole the show with the bustling winger claiming four scores. Youngsters Rachel Healy, Daisy Earle and Meaghan Kenny were amongst the scorers with Susan Vaughan also crossing as well as adding six […]
It was another exciting week in the Women’s All Ireland League with Belfast outfit Cooke Women RFC returning to winning ways with a hard fought win in Cork on Sunday afternoon. Cooke fullback Teah Maguire crossed for the only try of the game and Jemma Jackson converted to give Cooke a 0 – 7 win […]
Our final match of the weekend featured a nine hour return drive from Larne to Cork as we covered the game between Highfield and Cooke, and this one probably caused the greatest disappointment with Cooke slipping to their third successive defeat. Highfield 14 Cooke 7 The game started in a bit of a farce with no referee […]
Cooke Ladies league campaign took a set back with a 3 – 14 defeat by Highfield Ladies in a hard fought game at Shaws Bridge on Sunday afternoon. The home side went into an early lead with a penalty from Grace Davitt but the first half was largely stalemate with both defences on top with […]