Rory Hale

YOU’D have to travel far and wide in Irish football to find a better defensive pivot than Chris Shields.

Danske Bank Irish Premiership: Cliftonville 2 Larne 1 A FEW takeaways from the first raucous afternoon of 2023 at Solitude: you can suffer some heavy defeats in a campaign and still be title contenders.

Danske Bank Irish Premiership: Cliftonville 2 Larne 1 CLIFTONVILLE boss Paddy McLaughlin lauded the fighting spirit of his players following their comeback victory over Larne - and hailed young Sean Moore for hauling the Reds back into yesterday’s top-of-the-table clash at a packed Solitude.

Danske Bank Premiership CLIFTONVILLE bounced back from their recent nightmare in Larne with a Rory Hale-inspired 4-2 win at Coleraine on Saturday afternoon.

Danske Bank Premiership: Cliftonville v Crusaders (tonight, 7.

Danske Bank Premiership: Cliftonville 4 Newry City 0 A FIRST-HALF hat-trick from Rory Hale powered Cliftonville to top spot in the Danske Bank Premiership at the weekend.

Danske Bank Premiership Uefa Europa Conference League play-off final: Larne 3 Glentoran 2 (aet)

Danske Bank Irish Premiership: Dungannon Swifts v Cliftonville (today, Stangmore Park, 3pm) CLIFTONVILLE ace Rory Hale says it’s far too early to consider the Reds as championship contenders after their unbeaten start to the campaign and says ‘Come back to me in January or February’.

Danske Bank Irish Premiership: Cliftonville 2 Crusaders 2 IN the dying winter light, above the evening glow of Solitude’s floodlights, the Cavehill never looked more magnificent.

CRUSADERS star Rory Hale has hailed the impact of Ray Wilkins on his playing and coaching career after setting up his own business – RH Coaching – during lockdown.