Belfast Harlequins Rugby Club
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AIL2B: Belfast Harlequins 38 Ballina 10
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Belfast Harlequins recorded their second win in the Energia AIL 2B with a 38 – 10 win against Ballina at Deramore Park on Saturday afternoon. Quins scored six tries in total, two in the first half to take a 14 – 3 lead into the break but they turned up the heat in the second
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Aoife McTaggart, Eva Cafolla, Khloe Miller, Lucy Denyer, Nicola Mealey, Nina Williamson, Orla Mcmahon, Sarah Madden, Sophie Hipson, Stacey Bryce, Yolanda RodalConference: Belfast Harlequins 37 Queens University II 17
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Belfast Harlequins entertained Queen’s University II’s in the Deloitte Conference on Sunday afternoon at Deramore Park with the home side recording a 37 – 17 win. Quins applied the early pressure and youngster Eva Cafolla crashed over the white wash in the first 10 minutes and speedster Stacey Bryce crossed shortly after to take the
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Aimee McNeice, Aoife McTaggart, Athanasia Lupini-Purchase, Carys Hunniford, Claire Gilmore, Khloe Miller, Lesley Winder, Melissa Traynor, Stacey BryceChampionship: Quins open Conference campaign with a win.
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Belfast Harlequins Women went straight to the top of the Deloitte Women’s Conference with an opening day win against North Down Women at Deramore Park on Sunday afternoon. Quins started the game strongly with their powerful pack taking the ball up to the North Down 22 for Carys Hunniford to force her way over, assisted
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Aidan McSwiggan, Andrew Harbinson, Andy Magrath, Caolan Mortan, Chris Lorimer, Daniel O'Neill, Finty Quinn, Lorcan QuinnSenior Cup: Belfast Harlequins 13 Rainey OB 45
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Rainey OB recorded a comprehensive 13 – 45 win at Belfast Harlequins in the second round of the Ulster Senior Cup on Saturday afternoon. The Old Boys made their intentions clear as their scrum half Lorcan Quinn scampered over in the first minute, Andy Magrath landing the difficult conversion from out wide. The visitors doubled
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Premiership: Harlequins 8 Bangor 7
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Belfast Harlequins survived a second half fight back by Bangor to take the points in the opening round of the SONI Ulster Rugby Premiership (Division 2) on Saturday afternoon at Deramore Park. Report and match gallery by Richard Owens Steven Weir scored an unconverted try for Quins and James Bovill goaled a penalty to make
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Emma Corey, Jen Winson, Khloe Miller, Lydia Fleming, Melissa Traynor, Nicole Mealey, Rejenerate Shield, Stacey BryceClub Women: Belfast Harlequins 54 North Down 5 (Rejenerate Shield)
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Belfast Harlequins Women lifted the Rejenerate Shield on Sunday afternoon with a resounding win against, the newly formed, North Down Women at Carrickfergus Rugby Club. North Down, an amalgam of Bangor, Ards and Donaghadee clubs can be proud of their efforts, despite the one sided scoreline. The team kept working and a second half try
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Callum Smyth, Kyle Adams, Malcolm Corry, Michael Shiels, Richie McKee, Ryan Clarke, Shane Kelly, Tom PattonClub: Malone 29 Belfast Harlequins 24 First Trust Senior Cup
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Malone entertained local neighbours Belfast Harlequins at Gibson Park in the first round of the First Trust Senior Cup on Saturday afternoon. The home team progressed to the second round with a 29 – 24 win outscoring their opponents by five tries to four. The Malone scorers were Tom Patton, Callum Smyth, Michael Shiels, Ryan Clarke
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AIL Playoff: Belfast Harlequins 26 Omagh Academicals 20
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We haven’t covered any of the men’s All Ireland this season but a bit of local interest from one of our photographers got us along to the promotion play off between Belfast Harlequins and omagh Academicals. Belfast Harlequins were looking to retain their place in Division 2B after finishing second from bottom and Omagh Academicals
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Crawford Cup: Belfast Harlequins III 20 Ards II 13
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Our second Crawford Cup match on Saturday afternoon was the entertaining tussle between Belfast Harlequins 3rds and Ards 2nds at Deramore Park. We’re still waiting for details for our match report but, at the moment, suffice to say that Harlequins came out on top 20 – 13 in a hard fought match. We’ll add more
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Championship Women : Queens University 0 Belfast Harlequins 27
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On a soggy Sunday at the Dub, Queens women hosted neighbours Belfast Harlequins in the Ulster Women’s Development League! Both sides looking to build on recent wins, this game was to be a tense affair with bonus points proving to make the difference in a league that is tight behind runaway leaders Malone. Report by
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Alex Clyde, Alex Hutchinson, Dennis Leith, Emma Morrow, Erin Bennett, Jen Goodall, Laura Johnston, Leigh Mallon, Mollie Copeland, Shel LaffinJunior Shield: Belfast Harlequins 13 Randalstown 0
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On a damp, soggy Sunday afternoon, Belfast Harlequins, sponsored by Charles Hurst Citroën, hosted Randalstown for the inaugural fixture in the newly branded ReJenerate Cup! Report courtesy of Jen Goodall (Belfast Harlequins) In a tit-for-tat affair with both sides camped in between the 22s for the first 20 minutes, this game was never going to
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Alanagh Chipperfield, Aoife Walsh, Catherine Mallon, Claire McLaughlin, Colette Broome, Dayna Joost, Grace Cole, Grace Davitt, Imogen Porter, Jemma Farrell, Kimberly Gillies, Lauren Day, Rachael Fleming, Stacey Lea Kennedy, Teah MaguireCarrick 10s: Queen’s University retain title
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Queen’s University RFC retain the Women’s Carrick 10’s title on Sunday 5th May at Carrickfergus RFC. The students kicked off their defence with a 63 – 0 win against Ballymoney The tries for the Front Row Union sponsored team came from Claire McLaughlin (2), Aoife Walsh (2), Kimberly Gillies, Imogen Porter, Dayna Joost, Catherine Mallon
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Ashleigh Baxter, Bronagh McClenaghan, Dani Boyd, Jolene Cloughey, Kelly Holmes, Nikki Caughey, Stacey Lea Kennedy, Zoe TempletonWomen AIL: Belfast Harlequins 43 City of Derry 0 WAIL 2N
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The Women’s All Ireland League kicked off this on Sunday with four Ulster sides involved in the opening day fixtures. Our featured match was an all Ulster affair with Belfast Harlequins beating City of Derry 43 – 0 in the AIL2N at Deramore Park. Quins started the game strongly running in two quick tries from Zoe Templeton
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Alanagh Chipperfield, Aoife Walsh, Betsy Bissonnette, Brenda Brogan, Caroline O’Reilly, Catherine Mallon, Catherine McCollum, Cathy Craig, Collette McMorrow, Deirdre O'Reilly, Eliza Downey, Gemma McCutcheon, Helen Carleton, Imogen Porter, Jackie O'Halloran, Jen Goodall, Kelly Holmes, Laura Nichol, Laura Stewart, Lauren Day, Lizzie Ballentine, Marianne Qvistgaard Hansen, Nikita Armstrong, Nikki Caughey, Noreen Nethercott, Stacey Lea Kennedy, Zoe TempletonRosie Stewart: Ulster Women’s Cup Finals
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It was a feast of rugby on Sunday afternoon as the Ulster Women’s Cup competitions reached their climax. With the teams competing in the Pool stages over the last six weeks the newly introduced Finals Day consisted off The Rosie Stewart Bowl Final plus three positional play off matches. 7th Place: Cavan 24 Carrick 0
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Provincial Women: Natalie Bryant on the women’s game.
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Ulster Women’s Rugby and Belfast Harlequins Ladies lost their Team Manager at the end of 2011 when Natalie Bryant returned to Australia after four and a half years in the Province. We caught up with Natalie before she left to find out how things have changes in the Women’s game in Ulster during that time. What brought you over
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Sevens Rugby: IRFU Club 7’s Finals
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Belfast Harlequins Ladies represented Ulster with some distinction in the All Ireland Finals of the inaugural IRFU Club 7’s with the Quins outfit beating Highfield and Blackrock to lift the Plate competition. Feisty flier Zoe Templeton and U19 Development player Emma Jordan were the stars of the show bagging three tries apiece on their way to the final. Nikki Caughey chipped in with