Belfast Harlequins Rugby Club
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Charlie Beattie, Chris Taylor, Evan Kenny, Finn McNulty, Gareth Kilkelly, Jack Conway, James Nicholson, Joel Dundas, Will GilbyAIL 2B: Belfast Harlequins 20 Galway Corinthians 28
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Belfast Harlequins welcomed third-placed Corinthians to Deramore for an AIL 2B match on Saturday afternoon. Harlequins started strongly, counter-attacking against the quick ball movement of their opponents. However, it was Corinthians who scored first, with fullback James Nicholson touching down near the posts, for Jack Conway to convert to take the score to 0 –
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Crawford Cup: Belfast Harlequins II 17 Dungannon II 26
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Belfast Harlequins 2nd XV welcomed Dungannon 2nd XV to Deramore Park on Saturday afternoon for a Crawford Cup quarter final. In this highly competitive match, the home team started off strongly and only good defending by Dungannon held them at bay. However, the visitors were first on the score sheet with Andy Weir going over
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Brendan Cunningham, Brian West, Charlie Beattie, Henry Boyle, Hubert Gilvarry, Johnny McCracken, Julian Leszczy?skito, Philip CarterAIL 2B: Belfast Harlequins 17 Sligo 22
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An entertaining match saw Sligo emerge victorious after a close battle with Harlequins in this AIL 2B match at Deramore Park on Saturday afternoon. Both teams started strong, with early indiscipline costing the visitors a yellow card. Harlequins’ Johnny McCracken capitalized on this by scoring the first try in the corner for a 5 –
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Alan Davidson, Ben Dewhurst, Charlie Campalani, Jack Johnston, Johnny Sloan, Ken McKenzie, Matty Reid, Thomas O’Callaghan, Tom DavisForster Cup: Academy II 31 Belfast Harlequins III 12
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I caught up with the re-arranged Forster Cup match between Academy 2nd XV and Belfast Harlequins 3rd XV as my final match at Roughfort on Saturday afternoon. The game was an absolute cracker from start to finish featuring two evenly matched teams determined to test themselves and play rugby as it should be played. It
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Alan Whitten, Ben Power, Bradley McNamara, Charlie Beattie, Cole Blyde, Joel Dundas, Johnny McCracken, Mark Glover, Oli Clarke, Simon McMasterAIL2B: Belfast Harlequins 26 Instonians 32
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My 3rd game on Saturday was the AIL2B game, between Belfast Harlequins and Instonians at Deramore Park. This a was reverse fixture to the one that I had covered, before Christmas. The crisp sunny morning had now given way to a grey, overcast Saturday afternoon. Caolin Blade opened the scoring for Quins in less than 2
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Charlie Beattie, Chris Larmour, David Whitten, Ian Whitten, Mark Glover, Max Preston, Oli Clarke, Ritchie McMaster, Ruairi O'Farrell, Schalk van der MerweAIL2B: Instonians 63 Belfast Harlequins 22
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It was still grey and overcast, for the AIL2B game between Instonians and near neighbours Belfast Harlequins, at Shaw’s Bridge. Instonians were 8 from 8, with 8 try bonus points, while Belfast Harlequins languished in 8thplace. David Whitten grabbed a brace of tries for Instonians A break and pass to David Whitten opened the scoring
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AIL 2B: Belfast Harlequins 12 Wanderers 41
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Thoroughly cold and wet after the hockey at Deramore I squelched over to the rugby pitch for the All Ireland 2B encounter between Quins and Wanderers with Quins looking for a win to halt a disappointing run of results. Unfortunately the match didn’t go their way with the home teams defence exposed pretty much from
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Cheryl Wilson, Colleen McCance, Donna Redmond, Emily Sands, Kirsty Hawkes, Kirsty Miskimmons, Naomi Dunwoody, Rebecca Todd, Stephanie LynchWomen’s Premiership: Belfast Harlequins 5 Dungannon 55
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On Sunday afternoon Dungannon were the visitors to Deramore Park to face Belfast Harlequins in a Women’s Premiership fixture. Quins celebrate an early lead Quins moved into the attack from kick off and took the lead after 7 minutes, when Emily Sands crossed for a 5-0 lead. It took a while for Dungannon to settle,
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Ben Power, Charlie Beattie, Cormac Devlin, Ethan Canavan, Mark Lee, Moli Faiva, Scott McClean, Tom O’HaganAIL2B: Belfast Harlequins 7 Rainey 29
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At Deramore, the hockey and rugby pitches must be in different weather zones. As I walked up to the rugby pitch the sun went in and it became grey, overcast and cold for the AIL2B match between Belfast Harlequins and Rainey. As befitted the weather, the game became a hard slog in the opening quarter
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Premier Women: Belfast Harlequins 0 Malone 63
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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. Jill Stephens, Malone’ Player of the Match, scored 5 tries In the early clashes Malone dominated possession but it took until the 11th minute to register their
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Benji Neill, Charlie Beattie, Cole Blyde, Darragh McEnaney, Joel Dundas, Kevin McGrath, Mark Glover, Peter O’Neill, Ronan MulcahyAIL2B: Belfast Harlequins 30 Skerries 30
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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. Mark Glover cut back inside to open
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Charlie Beattie, Dan Hayes, Dave Feenan, Dave O’Halloran, Eddie Gorrod, Kieran Tomlinson, Mark O’Brien, Ross BinghamAIL 2B: Belfast Harlequins 30 Malahide 27
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Belfast Harlequins welcomed Malahide to Deramore Park on Saturday afternoon for their opening match in this season’s AIL 2B league campaign. This opening match saw both teams hyped up from the start. It didn’t take long for the home team to earn a penalty in front of Malahide’s post which was dispatched by No 10,
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Premier Women: Belfast Harlequins 5 Ballynahinch 39
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I nipped over from The Dub to Deramore Park on Sunday for my seventh game of the weekend which featured Belfast Harlequins against Ballynahinch in a Ulster women’s Premiership match. I must say this was one of my favourites of the weekend thanks largely to Hinch’s Paige Smyth who exploded into action with a quick
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Provincial Premier: City of Armagh III 5 Belfast Harlequins II 19
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My second game at City of Armagh rugby Club on Saturday with the Provincial Premier D1 match between Armagh 3rd XV and Belfast Harlequins 2nd XV. I arrived over for the second half with the score at 5 – 7 in Quins favour. Armagh’s points came form a William Coleman try, Quins responding through a
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Ulster Premiership: Belfast Harlequins 39 Bangor 19
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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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Abby Sheridan, Ally Mcilwaine, Aoife McCormack, Emma McArdle, Kaitlyn Graham, Rachael McIlroy, Rebecca Deans, Rebecca MannWomen’s Premiership: Belfast Harlequins 0 Queen’s University 60
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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. Rebecca Mann opened the scoring for