Ulster Carpets North U18 League 4th February 2017
Scorers: Smyth(1*Try), Layden(1*Try), Hall(1*Try), McIntosh(1*Try), Totten(1*Try), Doherty(1*Try), Kearns(3*Try, 3*Conv), Lawrence(1*Conv)

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Rainey U18s Clinch Regional Title

Rainey U18s came away from Coleraine last Saturday with a 48-7 win to take the Ulster Carpets North U18 League title with a game in hand.  In excellent conditions for open rugby, they ran in 9 tries, including a hat-trick by outside centre Ryan Kearns, who also nailed 3 conversions for a personal score of 21 points.
 

Coleraine opened strongly through good work by their forwards, but a great run by fullback Padraig Totten took play deep into the home side’s territory.  Following a 5m penalty, prop Callum Smyth, playing out of position in the centre, opened the scoring when he crashed over to the right of the posts after captain Jack Macintosh was held up just short.

Ulster Carpets North U18 League  14th january 2017
Scorers: Layden(1*Try), Clarke(1*Try), Kearns(1*Conv)

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With two games left to play, Rainey OB U18s are in a virtually unassailable position atop the Ulster Carpets North U18 league.  Following their tight 12-10 win over Letterkenny on Saturday, they require just one point from their remaining two games to clinch the league title.  However, they made hard work of winning this game against a strong, highly-motivated Letterkenny side, having to twice come from behind to grab the points.

Ulster Carpets North U18 3rd December 2016

Scorers: Conway(1*Try), McGlone(2*Try), Kearns(2*Try, 1*Pen, 2*Conv)

After a long break, Rainey OB U18s resumed their league campaign with a win over county rivals City of Derry.  Leading comfortably at half-time, they had effectively wrapped up the game by the final quarter, but were forced to absorb a lot of Derry pressure before eventually running out 32-10 winners.

Ulster Carpets North U18 10th December 2016

Scorers: Scullion(3*Try), Layden(2*Try), Molloy(1*Try), Clarke(1*Try), Totten(1*Try), McCusker(1*Try), McIntosh(1*Try), Kearns(5*Conv)

Rainey U18s started the second half of their league campaign at home to local rivals Ballymena.  The previous encounter had been a tight fought affair at the start of the season, but on this occasion Rainey ran out easy 60-0 winners.

Ulster Carpets North U18 League 17th December 2016

Scorers: Molloy(1*Try), Layden(1*Try), Scullion(2*Try), O'Neill(3*Try), Smyth(1*try), McGlone(1*Try), Kearns(1*Try, 6*Conv)

IN great conditions for open rugby, Rainey Old Boys U18s continued their dominance of the Ulster Carpets North U18 league with a straightforward 62-0 win over Ballymoney U18s.  For the second week in a row, they scored 10 tries as they completely dominated the proceedings.

Second row Molloy opened the scoring after 6 mins when, following good rucking from the forwards, the ball was moved out the backs and he had an easy run in. Following a scrum on the half-way, Winger Layden added a second after good work by Totten and O’Neill.  Fullback Scullion added a third after Molloy and Clarke had made good ground down the middle of the park, and O’Neill made it four, crossing just left of the posts following a quick tap penalty from scrum-half Young and carries by Clarke and Kearns.  Ballymoney then had their best spell of the match, spending the remainder of the first period in Rainey’s half, but good defence ensured they never troubled the Rainey line.  With two of the four tries having been converted by Kearns, the first half finished with Rainey ahead by 24-0.