St Mary’s College 19 Buccaneers 16 A last gasp Sean Kearns try preserved St Mary’s College’s unblemished home record at Templeville Road, Dublin, when they pipped a gallant Buccaneers 19-16 in a very competitive and absorbing Ulster Bank League Division 1B encounter on Saturday. Buccs came tantalisingly close to defeating the long time league leaders …
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Here’s your Roscommon Sports Round-up for Feb 19-21 This post will be updated throughout the weekend. Live updates, including half-time scores etc, will be published on twitter.com/RoscommonDaily Sunday Last updated 8pm Gaelic Football O’Rourke Cup – Adult Football League Division 1 Roscommon Gaels 2-6 Pádraig Pearses 0-7 St Brigid’s Gaa Club Kiltoom 2-12 Western Gaels …
Roscommon’s Denis Buckley has been named in the Connacht Rugby side for tomorrow’s round 15 game in the Guinness PRO12 against Zebre. Head coach Pat Lam has made five personnel changes from the starting XV that lined out in the bonus point victory over Newport Gwent Dragons eight days ago. Ireland international Kieran Marmion returns …
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Pat Lam has made five changes to the Connacht side to face Zebre away in Round 15 of the Guinness PRO12. Ireland international Kieran Marmion returns to the backline and links up with AJ MacGinty at half back. Wing Niyi Adeolokun will play his 10th game this season in a pacey back three with Tiernan …
Buccaneers away to leaders St Marys Buccaneers face a really stiff test on Saturday when they travel to Templeville Road to take on Division 1B leaders St. Mary’s Colleg in an enticing Ulster Bank League match, kicking off at 2.30 p.m. The Dubliners are looking good to make an immediate return to the top flight …
Connacht Rugby have confirmed Jack Carty has returned to Ireland following splenectomy surgery in Dubai last week. The Kiltoom native will continue to rest under the observation of the medical team before commencing his rehab programme. In related news, The squad has no new injuries worries since the bonus point win over Newport Gwent Dragons …
Henshaw Leaving Connacht Robbie Henshaw has confirmed that he will be leaving Connacht at the end of the current season. But where the 16-times capped Ireland centre will play next season has not been revealed yet. Robbie has enjoyed a tremendous few seasons and, with Connacht going so well this term, he cannot have made …
Carrick RFC Seniors edge out Corinthians in titanic battle (By M. Nee) On Sunday February 14th Carrick seniors took on Corinthians at Carrick RFC grounds on the Castlecarra Road. On bright Sunday afternoon this match had all the intensity of a cup match where two well matches teams battled it out right till the end. …
Buccaneers RFC staged a spectacularly successful “STRICTLY SCRUM DANCING – the Buccs way” on Friday and Saturday last at Athlone’s Sheraton Hotel. The event drew large attendances on both nights with standing room only at the second show. The 32 dancers put in terrific performances on both nights, capitalising on their intensive training and coaching …
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Connacht Rugby have confirmed that Robbie Henshaw will be leaving at the end of the season after deciding not to extend his contract with the province. Commenting on the news Pat Lam said “Obviously we are disappointed with the ultimate outcome of our negotiations with Robbie, however, we respect the decision he has made and …
Buckley retains his place in the Connacht Rugby team which will face Newport Gwent Dragons tomorrow in the PRO12. Ahead of the trip to Rodney Parade, head coach Pat Lam has made three personnel changes from the starting XV that lined out in the defeat of Scarlets in the last round. AJ MacGinty will make …
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Roscommon town’s Denis Buckley continues in the Connacht side to face Dragons at Rodney Parade in the PRO12 tomorrow. Connacht head coach Pat Lam has made three personnel changes from the starting XV that lined out in the defeat of Scarlets in the last round. AJ MacGinty will make his fifth start in a Connacht …
U14 clinch Div 2 (North) League (B. Kelly) Carrick rugby U14s clinched the Connacht Under 14s Division 2 (North) League title with an emphatic win against Erris RFC at home on Sunday. Carrick prevailed 45 – 22 against an Erris side which battled till the final whistle. On the afternoon that Ireland opened its 6 nations …
Connacht out-half and Kiltoom native Jack Carty faces between 1 and 3 months on the sidelines after he ruptured his spleen while on holiday in Dubai last week. Carty suffered an unfortunate accident on a water slide and following medical review had the spleen removed. He will spend the remainder of this week in …
Buccaneers Rugby Club, in association with Bridge Transition, is staging their very own style of “Strictly Scrum Dancing – the Buccs way!” at Athlone’s Sheraton Hotel on this Valentine’s weekend. There will be two performances on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th of February with the show starting nightly at 7.30 p.m. 32 dancers are taking …
