With the Cup and Plate finals playing out in the way most people would have expected, the final positions in this season’s have remained unchanged from last week. Each teams performance over the past number of months is now confirmed: [more]
Rugby Rankings
The only League Ranking Systerm for the rugby playing schools in Ulster. Brought to you by Nathan Surgenor.
Schools: The Front Row Union Rugby Rankings Week 20
As we enter the close of the season, with finals being decided and the rest being put in place for next week, the penultimate rankings have thrown up a few notable changes: 1st and 2nd will contest the Cup final on Monday [more]
Schools: The Front Row Union Rugby Rankings Week 18-19
After a weekend of Cup, Plate and Bowl fixtures, there has been significant movement across the top thirds of the table: Methodist College remain in pole-position after [more]
Schools: The Front Row Union Rugby Rankings Week 17
There was plenty of action this week in Ulster Schools’ rugby with most teams in the province taking part in competitive fixtures (the postponements of Dalriada v Limavady GS and Grosvenor GS v Omagh Academy mean that they will be included in next week’s rankings): [more]
Schools: The Front Row Union Rugby Rankings Week 16
With frost-bitten fields a problem last weekend only one match took place on Saturday, but the remaining matches of Cup round 3 were completed the Wednesday just before:[more]
Schools: The Front Row Union Rugby Rankings Week 15
With 3rd round Cup matches, quarterfinals of the Trophy and strong-sided friendlies taking place, there has been a good bit of movement in the table, with some teams moving more than expected given the postponement of certain matches[more]
Schools: The Front Row Union Rugby Rankings Week 14
All of the second-round Cup fixtures managed to avoid the sort of weather conditions that appeared just last weekend and, indeed, any sort of replay which would have caused further delay given the aforementioned snow [more]
Schools: The Front Row Union Rugby Rankings Week 12/13
After a Winter break with sporadic fixtures, schools’ rugby found its place again on the first Saturday on the new year. With important Cup matches [more]
Schools: The Front Row Union Rugby Rankings Week 11
Only a small number of games were played again this week as the Winter term moves towards its end, but a couple of surprises have helped to keep things interesting: [more]
Schools: The Front Row Union Rugby Rankings Week 10.
It was a relatively slow week for 1stXV school teams in Ulster but from the small number of matches important movements have taken place: Campbell College’s close win against strong opponents Ballymena Academy (7th) has finally lifted them into [more]
Schools: The Front Row Union Rugby Rankings Week 9.
With a great number of matches taking place, the Cup getting underway and Cup entry round being confirmed, some of the most interesting changes so far this season appear in this week’s rankings:[more]
Schools: The Front Row Union Rugby Rankings Week 8.
Despite a cold-snap, this week saw a small number of games. From these, two were drawn while another was won by a single point, so it feels appropriate that quite a few teams are sharing scores in the rankings also: [more]
Schools: The Front Row Union Rugby Rankings Week 7.
Things continue to change in the table as we move into final weeks before the draw and entry rounds are announced for each team, and some teams may be making [more]
Schools: The Front Row Union Rugby Rankings Week 5 & 6.
There were very few matches during half-term, hence the lack of rankings; however, things returned to normal last week so read on to see the current standings for the combined weeks of 5 and 6. [more]
Schools: The Front Row Union Rugby Rankings Week 4.
Despite the small number of games played last week, given half-term, there have a been significant changes throughout the table: Somewhat surprisingly, RBAI [more]

