Academy Rugby Football Club

Next up for the senior squad is a short trip to Greenisland to take on BHSFP. With the season a week away for both teams one last friendly will serve well to fine tune their preparations. Kick off at Greenisland is 2.30pm and all support is welcome. #WNBY🦉

A bumper day of rugby kicked off the 2022-23 season for our Senior Teams. At a sun drenched Glynn the 1st XV squad beat Larne 1st XV squad 24-5. Whilst in the 2nd XV squad game the hosts came out on top 34-7. Simultaneously, an under 25s select XV travelled to UUJ for the 7s.…

After a short and productive pre-season rugby returns with a bang this weekend! Our senior mens squad travel to play Larne in 2 friendly fixtures. Matches at The Glynn kick off at 1.30pm and 3.30pm. We also have our Under 22 development squad heading to play in the Senior Mens Ophir 7s at UUJ. Matches…

Our Senior squad have been busy putting the hard yards in since early May. Here’s a snap shot of Academy RFC seniors’ pre season so far. In April this year the club committee invested in a new state of the art VEO camera system and subscription. This new asset is further investment to support our…

Youth rugby starts back on Wednesday 10th August (U12 & U14) Monday 15th August (U16 & U18), Roughfort at 7.15pm. Contact details for lead coaches below.

The 1st XV fixtures have been announced with the 1st XV kicking the season off against Ballymoney at The Fort. A full fixture list will be published in due course. Director of Rugby Gareth Lynn commented, ‘it’s great to have the fixtures on paper now as the excitement ahead of the new season has been…

📸Snaps from the past weeks Summer Camp! Great fun had by all. Thank you to all who came along and the coaches. The weather was an added bonus.

The following Youth Section players have been selected to represent Ulster at various age groups. Oliver Smyth – U18s Frank Davis – U18s Josh Manson – U18s Aaron Caldwell – U17s Schools Jack McNeilly – U17s Schools Good luck lads and play well!

Big Congratulations to Alan O’Neill who represented NIFRS at the WP&F Games. The team won gold in the 7s rugby beating Toronto PD in the final. Alan also competed in the Olympic Triathlon and 5k cross country.

All welcome to join our pre-season sessions. For more info contact Stewart Martin or Gareth Lynn