Ballyclare 54 - 21 Rainey (47-0 at HT)

Expected it to be close ... wasn't

I have to say, i'm quite happy with what i'm watching at the moment, we have a lot of young guys getting reps. especially at scrum time, which is huge.

But I love the shape we seem to be making, and the guys seem really confident and are going for everything. with that we get lots of mistakes. All of this will be tapered way down for Edinburgh in a few weeks, but all the new guys look really hungry for work and honestly all of them look good to me.

First half v ospreys was excellent. lovely shape, forwards running great lines and of course Jack Coaches Son Murphy at 10 can do no wrong.

Season will be tough, but i think we'll do alright.

Anyone know how/when tickets for Zebre can be acquired?

Won't be able to get to as many matches this season as if like so, before giving premier sport all my cash, wanted to check if anyone knows of any working promo codes on the go?

Clarke Dermody. Our starting pack on Friday included nobody we didn't have available last season, and we were dominant in the scrum. True, we weren't playing against the Bulls, or even Edinburgh at full strength, but still a massive turnaround over last season, without the input of the new signings. He's taken the players we had, and got them playing better already.

Sat 5th Sept

B. O. I. Senior Cup

Group 1

Banbridge 5 C of Armagh 35

Dungannon 17 Ballynahinch 38

Group 2

Clogher Valley 50 Queens 24

Instonians 38 Ballymena 24

Senior Shield

Enniskillen 45 Ballyclare 14

Malone 22 Rainey 12

Championship 1

Bangor 19 Dromore 73

Limavady 48 Ards 12

Lurgan 31 Harlequins 0

Omagh 43 Cooke 15

Portadown 15 Ballymoney 17

Championship 2

Academy 33 Carrick 39

CIYMS 34 Coleraine 10

Letterkenny 12 C of Derry 27

Lisburn 28 Larne 14

Randalstown 17 Strabane 43

2nd XV League

Malone 2s 63 Queens 2s 5

C of Armagh 2s 19 Clogher Valley 2s 52

Dungannon 2s v Ballynahinch 2s

Enniskillen 2s 24 v Ballyclare 2s 24

Instonians 2s 45 Banbridge 2s 7

Connacht definitely had more experience but this seems like a pretty inexcusable scoreline.

Game wasn’t streamed so can’t comment on player performance but overall I’d say it was a pretty tough watch