Rugby: All-Ireland League

Ballynahinch's hopes of a top-four finish shipped a potentially fatal blow when they lost out 20-14 at struggling Shannon at Thomond Park. The fifth-placed Co Down team are now seven points behind Lansdowne who are in fourth and Hinch have not only to play the Dublin team but also have dates awaiting them against Terenure, who are third - and Cork…

A meaty all-Division 1A duel kicks off Irish club rugby's 2024 schedule as holders Terenure College and Young Munster battle it out for the much-prized Energia Bateman Cup at Lakelands Park. Saturday, January 6 - TERENURE COLLEGE (4th, Div 1A) v YOUNG MUNSTER (6th, Div 1A), Lakelands Park, 2.

Young Munster make the trip to Dublin tomorrow to take on table-toppers Lansdowne on the main pitch at the Aviva Stadium with a place in the All-Ireland League final at stake. The Cookies have hit form at just the right time with John Staunton's side racking up four successive wins to shoot up the table and into the top four. Respective…

UL Bohemians are in flying form, winning their opening six games in the Energia All-Ireland League Women's Division and taking all of the 30 points available. It is exactly the start Fiona Hayes would have wanted when she returned to their helm. Hayes took up the reigns again as UL Bohs head coach in the summer having previously been appointed to…

RUGBY: Energia All-Ireland League Division 2A Round 3 Nenagh Ormond46 Navan6 MATCH DIGEST Player of the Match: Ben Pope (Nenagh Ormond) SCORERS - Nenagh Ormond: Tries - Pope (3), Rowland (2), Hayes, McMahon. Convs - McMahon (4) Pen - McMahon (1) Navan: Pens - Gordon (2) Nenagh Ormond returned to the home comforts of Lisatunny on Saturday for the…

Clonbullogue's Jack McEvoy pressures Ballycommon keeper Paul Scally with defenders Aidan Bracken and Matthew Dempsey already grounded REPLAYS can often be very different beasts and it is very hard to know what way last Sunday's Senior "B" Football Championship final draw will affect both Ballycommon and Clonbullogue. On the surface, the odds may…

The westerners got their campaign off to a blistering start at the Sportsground, securing only their second ever Interpro win over Leinster. They visit defending champions Munster at Musgrave Park next Saturday. Centre Touhey showed her versatility by switching to number 8 during the second half, and the result brought back memories of her Connacht…

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THE cost of train travel is rising twice as fast as wages, according to a new study. Rail fares have raised by 32 per cent over the past nine years but weekly earnings have only grown by 16 per cent. The dismal figures from the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) are more bad news for commuters who are expected to be hit with a 3.5 per cent ticket…

The final sprint for Energia All-Ireland League Women's Division silverware brings together Blackrock College and defending champions Railway Union for the second year running. Saturday, December 17 - Energia All-Ireland League Season's Form: Blackrock College: WWWWWWWWW; Railway Union: WWWWWWLWW Energia All-Ireland League Top Scorers - Blackrock…

Shannon RFC's bid to return to Energia All Ireland League Division 1A next season reaches its critical juncture at Coonagh this afternoon when they welcome Naas for the 1B promotion play-off final. Neither side was expected to have reached this point given their respective third and fourth-place finishes in Division 1B earlier this month but Johne…

The second annual Big Spring Football Duck Regatta will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct 8, at Laughlin Mill. The top prize is $1000 cash, donated by Ebersole Remodeling. Second- and third-place prizes of $500 each have been donated by Highmark Concrete Pumping (Connor Black's family business) and a football alumni owner of Kyle Keen Motors. Other…

In 2010, the former out-half was coaxed back to his hometown club by new Kiwi coach, Bevan Lynch, who was set the task of restoring the Judges Road club's senior status after relegation in 2009. Despite winning their Ulster section, the'Green and Black' had failed at their first attempt to return to senior rugby, losing in the end of season round…

When Patrick Campbell lifted the All-Ireland minor football trophy in the red of Cork at Croke Park in 2019, you would have got good odds on him ending up playing another sport in a different shade of red two years later. he gifted youngster looked destined to become a star of the Cork senior team, only for Munster to turn his head with an offer of…

Armagh have two wins from their opening two games and sit on nine points, one ahead of the students. There is a rich history between the sides, the latest chapter coming with Queen's Senior Cup final victory in May and Armagh coach Chris Parker is expecting a close encounter. "The games are always competitive even thinking back to when we played…