July12th: Cancelled NRFC Clubhouse cleanup day - Saturday July 14th Clubhouse cleanup day for Saturday has been cancelled. A new date will be set shortly and communicated out to the members.
NRFC Craic Up Comedy Gig Saturday July 7th Rosetown Clubhouse
June 19th: Tip rugby starting June 26th: Tip rugby is starting next Tuesday, the 26th of June, at 7pm on the green road pitches. All welcome - this includes the Ladies. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call Greener on 085 7133441.
JD's Update: U20's format different for the incoming season:
Note there is a change to the
Under 20 structure this season as follows:
The Pennant and the Harry Gale will be amalgamated initially in order to
grade the two leagues; the top qualifiers going into the Pennant and the
remainder into the Harry Gale
I'll keep you posted
June 6th 2007/08 Hosie & Lalor Cup and Leinster League Div 2
Fixtures Published.
Hosie & Lalor Cup and Leinster League Div 2 J1 and J2 fixtures
are below. Due to the the RWC (I assume?) there's a full round robin set
of fixtures in the Hosie and Lalor Cup this season. There's also a later
than usual start to the Leinster League. I expect the messageboard to
light up around Sept 5th onwards and December 6th onwards.
Greener any chance you could organise a mad weekend away to Dublin
Dec 8th and 9th. Up on the 8th with the hoards of culchies for the
Christmas shopping, stay over in the big shhmoke that night and on to
the match in Coolmine on Sunday. We could get on dat Luas thing and
it'll bring us there.
2007/08 Hosie and Lalor Cup Fixtures
Portlaoise (H) Aug 26th
Athy (A) Sept 2nd
Cill Dara (H) Sept 9th
Portarlington (H) Sept 16th
Clondalkin (H) Sept 23rd
Naas (A) Sept 30th
Clane (A) Oct 7th
North Kildare (A) Oct 28th
Hosie and Lalor Cup Finals Jan 8th
2007/08 LL2 Fixtures
Roscrea (A) Oct 14th
Railway (H) Oct 21st
Mullingar (A) Nov 4th
Enniscorthy (H) November 11th
Longford (A) November 18th
Tullow (H) Dec 2nd
Coolmine (A) December 9th
Portarlington (H) 13 Jan 13th
New Ross (H) Jan 20th
Edenderry (A) Feb 24th
Killkenny (A) March 2nd
What happens on tour......
....sometimes doesn't stay on tour. Thanks to the miracles of
modern technology, Scoop has managed to piece together an excellent video
of the tour to Toulouse last month - with very catchy background music
too! Scoop has come along way technology-wise. It wasn't that long
ago he thought a blackberry was something you made jam out of. Hopefully
this video will jog Scrubber's memory, which appears to have blotted out
the entire weekend. Too much Toulouse sausage Nicky...? Click on this link to learn more....
http://s185.photobucket.com/albums/x80/ScoopyDoo/?action=view¤t=ToulouseRFC_0002-1.flv
May 21st: Rugby - Tropical Style: Bon Voyage and Bon Chance go to two of NRFC's U20's who are travelling to Trinidad to play rugby for the summer. Paul Gillespie and Brian Grady are travelling to the Caribs club. Manners informs me Bective used to send a couple of guys down every year and it proved to be a huge success. Not a lot wrong with chilling by the pool in the Caribbean and playing a bit of rugby. It beats the hell out of going to South Africa and being chased around by angry Dutch farmers. Webmaster has been to the Caribbean a couple of times on 'business trips' & highly recommends Puerto Rican Don Q rum and Dominican Republic Presidente beer (though not at the same time). If anybody wants to check their progress the club website is http://www.caribsrfc.com/index.php?section=index They will be heading out the first week in June. Lads - register on the NRFC message board and send us reports of how you're getting on.
May 18th: AGM Summary (from Hon Sec and NRFC Nobel Prize Man of the Year - JD) .
We had a really positive AGM last night with 55 in attendance.
Players turned out in numbers.
The Officers for next season remain unchanged.
Club President: Niall Kidd
Chairman: Niall Browne
Hon Secretary: John Dardis
Hon Treasurer: Ger Barry
Club Captain: Rory McCann
Ladies Captain: Lisa Morrissey
2nd XV Captain: Sean Treacey
3rd XV Captain: Pascal Behan
We have a new executive committee after a vote.
Mick McCoy and Gerry Hall decided to stand down with Mick getting
more involved in Leinster Rugby (still have to get a picture of him
in a Leinster tie!) and Gerry agreeing to help out on the area
committee.
The new executive is
Noel Heavey
Pearse McCorley
Valerie Finn
Jamie Fletchmore*
Aidan Feighan*
Colin O’Brien*
*denotes new member
Hard luck to Don O'Keeffe and Greener who missed out on the vote.
Don has been involved in the executive for a number of years and has
been a great support to me personally and in particular in the link
with the Defence Forces. Greener is always willing to lend a hand to
any gig in the club. So stay involved lads
The work starts now for next season (in fact it started last
December!). The new executive will be hands on and approachable so
lets do the business.
Thanks to all for turning up.
JD
May 16th: HonSec's Club News:
1. The Annual Dinner Dance was another outstanding night with a great
turnout particularly of players. The formalities of the evening were
kicked off by Club Chairman Niall Browne, who despite a Freudian slip
which eluded to NRFC training the Munster minis he handed over to Connie
Mac who did the business with a look over the season.
Niall Kidd presented the awards on the night, for prosperity the winners
were
1st XV Captain: Rory McCann
1st XV Player: Johnny Downey
Ladies Captain: Lisa Morrissey
Ladies Player: Julie Doyle
2nd XV Captain: Mick Doran
2nd XV Player: Sean Tracey
3rd XV Captain: Jerry Delaney
3rd XV Player: Kevin Fagan
Special Award for Irish International Squad Members: Julie Doyle and
Catriona Ni Caba Club
Person of the Year. John Dardis
I must admit to being absolutely overwhelmed by the response of everyone
to my own little award! Particularly the players. It was a very special
night and I am very grateful to all our club members for bestowing such
an honour on me.
2. DONT FORGET OUR AGM THURSDAY 17th MAY 8pm Rosetown. It is set up to
avoid soccer so please please come along and help to decide the future
of our club.
May 11th: New E&R : Another commemorative addition, this time reflecting on the dinner dance just past. Click Here to view.
May 2nd: County Kildare Win Dunne Cup: Congrats to Captain Wayne Middleton, coach Dave Doran and the squad of players and backroom staff as County Kildare are now this season's holders of the Dunne cup after a 24-05 win over County Offaly this evening in Portlaoise. Some good rugby on offer and the scoreline is probably a little flattering to the Kildare men. Did the Newbridge lads feature? Well Eddie, Mick, Dennis and Paul Wafer had great games. Sean Treacy was very unlucky not to get a run. Richie was going well until be caught a boot on the chin (it was an accident) and had to go off for stitches. Johnny Downey had a cracker after coming on at half time and scored a well earned try at the end. Noel Heavey was his usual ball of nerves, decibels and one-liners.........oh, and Rory McCann scored a hat-trick. Quite how he got in the dressing room door at the end with such a big head is beyond me....! Well done to all and thanks to all who showed up and supported the team so well. Good to see a sizeable Newbridge contingent there. Webmaster took his trusty camera along and took some pics - now in the Latest Photos section.
May 1st: NRFC Players Award at Dinner Dance: Thanks to
Fitzsimons Finance who have been very generous in their sponsorship and
support of Newbridge RFC this season, we are able to present the winner of
the Players Raffle with a fantastic prize at the annual
dinner dance this Friday May 4th in the Standhouse Hotel:
PRIZE:
A weekend away for 2 people this Summer in the Radisson SAS Hotel in
Galway City.
2 nights bed and breakfast
Dinner for 2 on an evening of your choice in the hotels award winning
Restaurant Marinas
Access to the hotels health club
Complimentary VIP admission to Halo Nightclub in Galway on a night of
your choice
New E&R: Towns Cup and Pa Dunne Cup special edition of Eggs and Rashers. Click Here.
Lost and Found: During a cleanup of the clubhouse after a function there this weekend, a red branded "Helly Hensen" jacket was handed in. It can be claimed by contacting club chairman Niall Browne.
April 29th Last Competitive Rugby Match this season: The
Junior competitive scene draws to a close this week when County Kildare
play County Offaly in the final of the Dunne Cup. The match will be
played at Portlaoise RFC this Wednesday May 2nd. Kick Off is at 8pm.
Newbridge RFC has a strong representation on the squad who have enjoyed
victories over County Fingal and County Louth on their way to the final.
Support welcome and appreciated for what should be a great match. JD is
trying to organise a bus for the match, so get in touch with him if
you're interested.
County Kildare panel and backroom staff.
Dave Barry-Athy RFC
Mick Doran-Newbridge RFC
Eddie Southern-Newbridge RFC
TJ Ryan - Clane RFC
Rory McCann -Newbridge RFC
Niall Brennan -Clane RFC
Paul Wafer -Newbridge RFC
Chris Moore -Cill Dara RFC
Wayne Middleton -Cill Dara RFC
Mark Coonan -Clane RFC
Ivan Stynes -North Kildare RFC
Mark Beavor-Athy RFC
Denis O Callaghan -Newbridge RFC
Richard Larkin -Newbridge RFC
Ken McDonald-North Kildare RFC
Barry White-Cill Dara RFC
Ger Moore-Cill Dara RFC
Owen Byrne-Cill Dara RFC
Ross Bell-Athy RFC
Anto Hennessy-Clane RFC
John Downey- Newbridge RFC
John Gamble -Clane RFC
Sean Treacy Newbridge RFC
Damian Broughal Cill Dara RFC
Martin Leahy Athy RFC
Manager Dave Doran -Clane RFC
Selectors -Paddy White Cill Dara RFC, Melvin Moynan Athy RFC
Coaches Colman Campbell-North Kildare RFC; Michael Moran Naas RFC
Chief Rabble Rouser Noel Heavey -Newbridge RFC
Navan RFC 2006/07 Town's Cup Winners. Congrats to Navan
who beat Skerries 14-03 in the Towns Cup Final played at Cill Dara RFC
yesterday. For the record, here's a list of the Provincial cup finals
results from this season:
Towns Cup: Navan 14 Skerries 3
Towns Plate: Wicklow 19 Boyne 16
2nds Cup: Portlaoise 15 Tullow 0
Anderson Cup: Dundalk 17 Enniscorthy 15
April 24th: Club AGM set for May 17th.
Date: Thursday 17 May 2007
Time: 20.00 sharp
Venue: Rosetown Pavillion
AGENDA
1. Hon General Secretary’s Report
2. Hon General Treasurer’s Report
3. Election of Trustees
4. Election of Officers
5. Election of Club Captain
6. Election of Executive Committee
7. Election of Auditors
8. Motions
9. Setting of Annual Subscription for forthcoming year
10. AOB
Only fully paid up members may attend and vote. Please make an effort to make it on the night. I look forward to seeing you there.
Yours Sincerely,
John V. Dardis (Honorary Secretary)
Ladies Beaten in Bowl Final:
NRFC Annual Dinner Dance Update - Update from Valerie Finn.
April 19th: Ladies into Bowl Final.
Q. What's the best course of action after falling off a horse?
A. Get back on again straight away.
Only days after being well beaten by a very good Clonmel side in the AIL playoffs, the NRFC Ladies team climbed back up on the proverbial horse, deserved ably beating St Mary's 19-5 on their own patch, thereby earning a place in the All-Ireland Bowl final competition. Standing between them and more silverware will be league rivals Waterpark. Webmaster did his thing for the Ladies cause, pulling into the St Mary's RFC car park 15 minutes late just as Newbridge touched down to level the scores at 5 points each. The conversion was missed. The rest of the first half was even steven, though Newbridge had to do some stout defending just before halftime to keep Mary's out. The second half was all Newbridge and but for Newbridge's lack of patience and composure in breaking down the Mary's defense and in fairness some great defensive work from Mary's, Newbridge would have had scores on the board sooner. As it was it took a 79th minute touchdown from Niki and an injury time long range try from Julie Doyle to seal a deserved win. Credit too the magnificent pack and scrum half Shona Nolan (nice punch on their prop Shona!) who did so much to create scoring opportunities and keep Mary's under the kosh. Bowl final kick off in Malahide RFC this Saturday is 1pm. This is their last match, a real chance of silverware for the team and the club. So for God's sake, if you're not up to much on Saturday, get your arse up the M7, the M50 and onto Malahide and support your NRFC team. Lisa and her hard working squad and coaching staff deserve it.
April 17th: Rugby Fix for the offseason. No rugby in Rosetown for the summer? No rugby on the TV either? No problem! After reading an article in the Sunday Tribune, webmaster has been experimenting with 'widgets' - no, not the ones in the Guinness cans, but website widgets. I've got one and configured it for rugby links. Click on this link to see what I mean. I think they're kinda cool, so if I find any other ones, I may be putting them on the website. Better still, if any of you find suitable, useful ones, send me the link.
April 16th: Ladies beaten in league playoff. The Ladies'
plans for playing in AIL1 league competition will have to wait just one
more year after defeat by Clonmel yesterday sees them eliminated from
the promotional playoff picture. All in NRFC wish Olivia Archbold a
speedy recovery after she sustained a broken collar bone late in the
match. All's not lost for the Ladies as they play St Mary's in the Bowl
semi-final this Thursday 6.30pm at Templeville Road.
Newbridge Ladies playing in the
playoff semi-finals for the first time were given a taste of what life
in the first division would be like , in Clonmel they met a team of
talented individuals who were proficient in all the skills required to
compete with the best ladies Teams in the country .
Clonmel won all their League games for the last two seasons and were
determined not to slip up , they won 75% of the ball and dominated the
breakdown , they scored seven tries in all through flowing back moves
and driving mauls , Newbridge as always defended stubbornly and were not
found wanting for team spirit .
Newbridge applied significant pressure on the Clonmel line in the 2nd
half but to no avail .
The Newbridge pack were forced into changes before the game , Maeve O
Grady ( former Captain) played wing forward for the first time and won
50/50 share of possession at the lineout , Karen Dargen Moore played no
2 to the first time and won all her own ball ( no mean feat) .
A season that started poorly has improved steadily , reaching the
playoffs is an achievement in itself , Captain Lisa and her band of
regular trainers are to be commended .
On Thursday 18:30 next Newbridge play St Mary's in the Bowl Semi-Final.
Support welcome.
To all those Div 2 Surfers that check out our Website thank you for a
competive League season .
PS Olivia Archbold was treated for a broken Collar Bone , all wish her
well and a speedy recovery.
Other news: NRFC 2XV cup conquerors Tullow claimed another
Kildare scalp beating Cill Dara 17-9 in the seconds cup semi in
Portlaoise yesterday. Tullow will face Portlaoise in the final April
29th. Definitely a good cup season for Portlaoise as their 1XV came away
from Forenaughts with a 35-32 win v Naas1XV in the Town Cup QF
yesterday. They now play Skerries in the semi in Naas RFC next Sunday.
The winners of that will meet Navan who beat LL2 champs Ashbourne 37-24
in the other PTC semi-final also played yesterday.
| April 13th: County Kildare March On. Fielding a
number of NRFC players, County Kildare beat Fingal in the Pa
Dunne Cup last Wednesday in a match played at Cill Dara RFC's
Beechpark. Scorers for Co Kildare were tries from Mark
Coonan,Johnny Downey & Rory McCann, and a penalty try, with Mark
Coonan also adding a penalty and a conversion.
Thanks to Cill Dara's Paddy White for the photo. |
 |
April 12th: Ladies Match Report and Photos from last weekend. Apologies for not getting this up sooner (said the bishop to the actress). Laura sent them in on Monday but webmaster too busy tinkering with the new messageboard to notice. Anyhow click the underlined to view the Trinity Match Report and Match Photos.
April 11th: New NRFC messageboard Following up on some feedback I received some weeks ago, I've started to put together a new messageboard. It's quite a step up from what we had. Anyone using a phpBB based open source forum like the Leinster Fans or the Munster Fans forum will be familiar with the format we're now using. Registration will be required one more time. Click Here to access the new messageboard. I'm still ironing out some bugs on it, so be patient. Once registered, click on the 'Test Forum 1' link and start to post new messages or reply to existing messages in there. I will obselete and delete the old message board shortly so please don't use this anymore. I'll update the existing message board links around the site, but I'll probably miss something so e-mail me with comments, corrections or to report problems as you come across them. As with the previous message board, try to keep the heavy and negative stuff out of it. It's not a springboard for railing at people or shortcomings in the club. Thanks again to all who registered and used the old message board. Enjoy the new one and don't take yourself (or anyone else for that matter) too seriously on it.
April 11th: Fred Forster is on the mend. Webmaster is pleased to report that Fred continues to make a full recovery after a minor heart scare last month. Fred is one of NRFC's more vocal, visual and popular alickadoos and despite living on the West Coast in the US, he always manages to make it back to Ireland - and Newbridge RFC - a couple of times a year to support the teams. He's even known to join in on training and is always available for a match. Glad to hear you're getting back to full strength Fred - everyone in Newbridge RFC looking forward to seeing you out in Rosetown very soon. If you want to e-mail Fred your best wishes - click here.
April 10th: A
curate's egg of results this Easter. The Ladies season
continues, the 2XV competitive season is over. The seconds lost 9-7 to
Tullow in Rosetown on Sunday. Despite letting Tullow out to a 9-0 lead
and putting in a barnstorming second half performance, our seconds just
came up short against what nobody will dispute was a good Tullow side
and a match for anyone left in the competition. All's not lost from the
weekend however. The Ladies, obviously following the same tactics as the
seconds, gave Trinity a 12-0 lead early on before turning on a the
barnstorming apparatus and running down the Trinners girls 13-12 in the
AIL play-offs. Next up for the Ladies is an away trip next Sunday April
15th to Clonmel, who are undefeated in League competition this season.
K.O is 1pm.
College Park , Easter Sunday , sunshine , Newbridge ladies faced Trinity
- a side that had done it's homework to apply the rules of the
competition and play 13 aside. This suited their style as their 8, 9, 10
, 12 & 13 were particularly strong. Trinity had much the better of the
opening half and deservedly went ahead 7-0 .Newbridge broke out of their
own half and scored a try through Berni . Trinity went back on the
attack were rewarded with a further try 12 -5 at half time was a fair
reflection .
The Newbridge team hit a purple patch after the break and played some
good rugby. To the fore was captain Lisa Morrisey who led by example and
brought the game to Trinity. One flowing move with the forwards
providing quick ball resulted in fullback Siobhan scoring a try leaving
the score at 12 -10 to Trinity. Game on . Further pressure from
Newbridge resulted in a penalty, which Julie converted. Incredibly
Newbridge lead 13-12 .
Trinity threw everything they had at Newbridge , but to no avail, as the
Newbridge Ladies met the challenge presented to them, with their "never
give up" attitude. The final whistle was greeted with relief and ecstasy
in equal measures. Captain Lisa and her team continue to enhance the
reputation of Newbridge RFC. Newbridge now meet Clonmel.
Clonmel are undefeated in the League this season , and pose a mighty
challenge to the Newbridge Team , Clonmel easily defeated Newbridge when
they met .
Best of Luck to Lisa and the Team next Sunday. Support welcome and
thanks to all who supported the team last Sunday.
Intercounty Rugby: County Kildare in action this Wednesday April
11th v Fingal at 8pm in Cill Dara RFC. Newbridge players Eddie Southern
,Mick Doran, Rory McCann, Johnnie Downey, Richie Larkin and Dennis
O'Callaghan likely to figure for the County team.
Rosetown Gig: Jinx Lennon gig on Friday 20 april at 9pm Rosetown.
Yet even more E&R: Are there any pigs left alive or hens not clapped out in Kildare? Noel's at it again... more and new E&R for the Newbridge faithful.
April 6th:
More photos up on the website. It's taken a while, but I finally
got around to putting up a bank of photos on the website. Thanks to all
the contributors. The match pics taken by Rik are of particularly high
quality, so thanks again for these Rik, I hope others will thank you
too. Given I played at sometime or another with most of these bozos, I'm
shocked at how well they look. They never seemed to be trying that hard
when I was playing. There's definitely some material there for
disproving the camera never lies theory. Latest pics are available for
viewing on the
Latest Photos and
NRFC
Legends webpages.
E&R double bill!: As it's definitely the season for eggs, Noel
has obliged by rattling off 2 episodes of E&R in 2 weeks. I've grouped
them in one bumper helping of E&R.
Click Here
or go to the Egg & Rashers webpage.
April 2nd: Ladies Team on the double this weekend. Rugby team of the year? Ireland?, New Zealand? Wellington Hurricanes? Lllanelli Scarlets? No - try something a lot closer to home. Congrats to Lisa, Paul, Seanie and all the NRFC Ladies squad for achieving a super set of results this weekend. On Saturday they took the long road to Enniskillen and beat the home side 11-0 to reach the bowl semi-final against St Mary's. The next day they were on the road again, this time down to Nenagh to play a winner take all match to get to the league promotion play-offs and they duly obliged grinding out a 7-5 win against the locals. 2 days, 2 away matches 2 provinces, 2 wins. Match Reports, Bowl SF and play-off match details to follow. A remarkable set of results under very testing circumstances. Hat's off to the Ladies team. In fact hot off the e-mail presses (?!) here's a report from Seanie of the Ladies' weekend adventures.
The Ladies travelled a total of 410 miles for the love of their sport, rugby, the achievements are tangible they have reached the semi-final of a knockout All Ireland cup and St Mary's and Waterpark await them , they have reached the round Robin stage of the League , Armagh , Navan , Enniskillen , Clonmel , and Waterpark are looking for the title and promotion.
1XV back on
the winning trail. Showing no signs of rustiness after a long
lay-off, the 1XV hit the ground running against Swords scoring 2 early
converted tries and jumping out to a 14 point lead in the opening ten
minutes. The lads took their foot somewhat off the pedal after that,
letting Swords back into it, 14-13 at one stage in the second half,
before upping it again to pull away and win 33-19. Next up for the 1XV
is an away trip to either Boyne in the plate QF. No yellow cards this
weekend for either NRFC players or supporters :o)
Seconds Cup QF: Next Sunday (April
8th) sees the 2XV play Tullow in the Provincial Seconds Cup quarter
finals in Rosetown. k.o is 3pm. Support needed and always appreciated by
the lads.
March 27th: Newbridge RFC Annual Dinner Dance: Is on Friday 4th May in the Standhouse Hotel. Drinks reception at 7pm. Dinner at 8pm. Music 'til very late and loads of spot prizes. Black tie event. Tickets €60 each. Book now to avoid disappointment. Contact Valerie Finn (087) 6731043 for more details. Tickets also available for purchase from Fiona Nugent at the clubhouse shop, open every Friday 6 - 7.15pm.
March 25th: Ladies march on, Thirds out of the Anderson Cup: The Ladies team produced their best performance of the season (better than Waterpark in the Green Road IMHO) putting 31 points to no reply up against a big Clanwilliam team. Ladies Match Report. The result keeps the league playoff ambitions in the melting pot and along with the remaining league games the bowl QF, there's plenty of big rugby games to be played by the Ladies team before this season is finished. In fact it's an extremely busy weekend for the Ladies. On Saturday they will travel to either Enniskillen to play the Bowl QF or play Youghal at home in the league AND on Sunday they travel to Nenagh to fulfil the league fixture.
Unfortunately the Thirds couldn't follow the Ladies example and went down 19-18 to Tullow in the Anderson Cup. Once again, a high quality high tempo match. We had a number of chances to win it at the death unfortunately we couldn't get that vital score.
Newbridge had a number of personnel yellow carded during the game. Some on the field and some not on the field. Which was interesting, but not Goode news for some.... see picture across for a hint. Anyone got a caption to capture the moment??? Better news - can be confirmed by someone? - is that the 3XV season is not over yet as they are in the Spiers Cup final. Match date and location TBC.
NRFC's youngest member: Congrats to Frank and Steph Holland on the birth of their baby boy Darragh last week. As you can see, Frank has set down an early marker as to what sport and to which county Darragh is to pledge allegiance to. Frank says he's a long fellow and will slot in well in the second row. Webmaster's advice to Darragh is to stay out of the any position numbered 1-5. Those are for nasty boys and lunatics. With his father's long legs and fiery Munster temperament and mother's intelligence, Darragh could go a long way... further than Kildangan GAA I hope Frank.
October 10th: League matches aplenty this weekend. Newbridge teams are shaping up nicely for what is most likely to be the busiest weekend of adult rugby in some time at Newbridge RFC. 1XV and 2XV teams start their league campaigns at home to Roscrea at Rosetown on Sunday. The Ladies league fixture takes them to Youghal for the first time. The U20s start their J.P Flanagan campaign away to Naas on Sunday and well done to Dara O'Maitiu for getting us a place in the J4 blitz taking place on Sunday at Monkstown RFC where NRFC will be pitted against Monkstown, Parkmore, Tallaght and Unidare. It certainly says something about the popularity of rugby in the Newbridge area where we have a bursting minis and youths section and can field 4 adult teams and an under 20's team all on the same day. Well done to players, coaches and families - it's a good time to be in Rosetown. Webmaster wishes all NRFC teams happy hunting and good rugby this weekend. Also there are new photos posted on the Latest Photos webpage.
J4 Blitz at Monkstown RFC this Sunday. Players needed: Dara has texted a
bunch of you but has received few replies for the J4 blitz this weekend.
If you have received a text, please reply to Dara ASAP. If he's missed
you or you're new to the area and fancy a run out this weekend, contact
Dara at 087-2846255 or e-mail:
domaitiu@vodafone.ie
He'll be glad to hear from you and will find a spot for you on the team.
October 4th: New Eggs and Rashers: New E&R from Noel. Photos of 2XV v Portlaoise and Ladies v Clonmel will be available shortly (end of week). Ladies match report v Clonmel also now available.
October 2nd: Firsts lose, seconds win. The 1XV lost 17-10 in the last of the Hosie Cup rounds played in Portarlington yesterday. With a low key start, they found themselves spending way too much time in their own half for the 1st 30 min. 12-Nil down at half time really wasn't a bad result. Fair dues to Rory and the lads, they got their game together in the 2nd half and but for some fine defence by Port, they would have scored often and early in the 2nd half. A penalty by Matt Wilson, was followed soon after by Matt with a conversion for a mauled over pack try. Don't know who scored it - but the pack should take the credit, leaving it at 12-10 with 5 min to go. A couple of mistakes from some v tired bodies let Port in in the last minute for an unconverted try in the corner. Webmaster's man of the match was Patrick Tucker. Tuck has a huge match, supporting the runner and tackling anything that moved above grass. He showed a big appetite for carrying the ball and making the hard yards usually taking 2 or 3 Port defenders to ground with him. More of the same from the rest of ye lads and we'll have a right good league campaign. The seconds confirmed their place in the Lalor Cup final (anyone know against whom?) with a hard earned 11-5 win over Port's 2XV. Next up for the lads is the league opener on Sunday week (Oct 14) when Roscrea come to Rosetown.
The Ladies lost 37-03 to
Clonmel in their league opener in Rosetown on Sunday.
Match Report.
The league started yesterday for most LL Division 1 and Division 3
teams. A quick search on the internet revealed the following results
from LL1 and LL3. A big away win for Cill Dara - well done Chris and the
lads. Not sure if the Garda result is a typo, if not... wow!
Leinster League Div 1
Seapoint 15 - 6 Monkstown
Mullingar 31 - 29 Tullamore
Garda 58 - 7 Skerries
Enniscorthy 6 - 15 Cill Dara
Dundalk 23 - 18 Portlaoise
Boyne 28 - 0 Kilkenny
Leinster League Div 3
Swords 15 - 22 Clondalkin
Rathdrum 46 - 0 Athboy
Gorey 3 - 24 Longford
CYM 16 - 3 Wexford
Birr 3 - 8 Tullow
Balbriggan 18 - 16 Malahide
Arklow 19 - 16 Clane
Sept 27th: Ladies XV League Opener: The Ladies XV open their 2006/07 league campaign this weekend v Clonmel. It's a tough ask for the girls against the strongest team in the division last season. Newbridge have lost a number of players from the last couple of seasons and they have been replaced with a combination of new and experienced players. Support always vital for league matches - none more so than for the girls this weekend. It's the only adult match in Rosetown this weekend, so if you can, please come out as usual and support the Newbridge RFC teams. Kick off is 12.30pm on Sunday.
New Eggs and Rashers now available for viewing at the E&R link on the lefty hand side of this page.
Sept 26th: The Indestructable Fred Forster: An extract from an e-mail sent from Fred earlier this week to a golden oldies tournament organiser indicating his unavailability to participate. E-mail is titled 'Freds Left Knee ... Good news/bad news'
The
San Jose Silverhawks over 40's touring New Zealand had invited me to
play against North Shore on Sept 30
whose team has several old All Blacks
In July ,I was advised that the there was some floating debris in my
left knee that be taken care of any time. I expected recovery (be able
to play rugby) in about 4 weeks so I decided to have the operation on
August 14 so I would have plenty of time to recover for the Silverhawks
game against North Shore on Sept 30.
This has turned out to be a bad decision. 6weeks after the operation and
my knee is not recovered, I have some difficulty walking , and can not
do my usual 10 sec 100 yard sprints. This may take a few months.
I will not be able to play in Auckland on September 30. I will make the
trip and suit up for the game and try to scare the opposition with
a one- legged HAKA and will try to out drink and out sing them at the
after game party. I may even recite Eskimo Nell..
I do expect to be at peak shape for the World cup in France in 2007 if I
am selected.
Sept 25: Gravity and the way she might look at you The
1XV came back to earth with a bang yesterday after they were well beaten
43-10 by a slick and sharp Portlaoise side in the Hosie cup in Rosetown
yesterday.
The 2XV left it late to beat Portlaoise 2XV 10-6 in the Lalor cup match.
Hosie & Lalor match reports.
Next up for the lads is
Portarlington (away) in the Hosie and Lalor cup ties next Sunday.
The Ladies rugby season is up and running too. They travelled for a
friendly to 1st Divsion side Boyne and gave a very good account of
themselves scoring 2 tries in a 17-10 loss to Boyne. Their league
competition gets underway next weekend when they play Clonmel next
Sunday Oct 1st at Rosetown.
Table Quiz: A table quiz is
on in Rosetown next Friday night (Sept 29) 8.30pm. Quizmaster for
the night is Noel Heavey of Eggs & Rashers fame. Funds raised are for
player infrastructural resources (a stereo sound system for the senior
teams). Money and spot prizes to be won on the night. €40 for a table of
4. Tables will also be made up on the night. This was great craic last
time out and another mighty night in Rosetown is guaranteed, so spread
the word, and see you in Rosetown on Friday night. The bar will be open
from 8pm.
Sept 20: Eggs and Rashers webpage now active: What do Kevin Myers, Johnny Giles, Trevor Brennan, The Pope and Noel Heavey have in common? Nothing? Wrong! They all have their own editorial column in newspapers or websites to publish their distinguished views on a variety of subjects. As of today, Eggs and Rashers webpage is now active. Click on the Eggs & Rashers link on the left of the screen to access. The good news is all previous E&Rs will be available here too! No pressure Noel, but a waiting public expects!
Sept 19: U20 J.P Flanagan Fixtures Announced
JD has passed on this season's fixture details for the J.P Flanagan (U20s) competition. A nice little chestnut to open with on October 15 - away to Naas!! The complete fixture list is below.
J.P
Flanagan Division 1 Pennant 2006/07
Newbridge RFC Fixtures:
15 October Away v Naas
05 November Home v Old Belvedere
12 November Away v UCD
18 November* Home v St Mary's
03 December Away v Suttonians
10 December Home v Tullamore
14 January Away v Skerries
21 January Home v Blackrock
28 January Away v Barnhall
04 February Home v Clondalkin/ Tallaght
10 February* Away v Coolmine
18 February Home v Carlow
25 February Away v DLSP
04 March Home v Dublin University
* Saturday match
Sept 19: Newbridge Mens teams win opening rounds of Hosie and Lalor
Cups, U20s win season opener:
A great weekend for the club with wins for the 1XV, 2XV
and U20s on Saturday. The 1XV and 2XV served up some great rugby
on the way to a 31-30 (1XV
match report) and 45-05 (2XV
match report) win over local rivals Cill Dara. See other
places on the website for more on this (errr, there's plenty on the
messageboard). Rik has also sent on some great pics and these can
be seen on the Latest Photos section (see link on left hand side of the
screen). Great support for the teams
and I'll include Cill Dara supporters in that observation. I also agree
with some of the sentiments on the messageboard that they (players and
supporters) are well able to take it on the chin when they lose. Good
luck to them and all Kildare rugby teams this season.
The U20s proved they have
bags of potential by overcoming the self-imposed handicap of being at a
debs the night before (well some of them anyway) on their way to a
win over Clondalkin on Saturday (score? report?)
Paul Archbold - apologies - didn't get your e-mail in time about the Ladies playing in the tourney at the weekend, how'd it go?
A mixed sporting weekend for the Webmaster. The joy of seeing the lads beat Cill Dara on Saturday was tempered somewhat by the news on the radio on the way home that his beloved Leeds United lost again and are now in the relegation zone of the Coca Cola Championship (it's really division 2 to me & the die hards)
.
Worse was to follow in Johnson's on Sunday when I had to witness my even
more beloved Mayo getting pounded by the Kerry juggernaut. Fair dues to
Morgan Foley. He could have crowed just a little just to rub it in (I
know I would have), but he maintained a very dignified stance on the
whole thing... maybe those pints bought his silence.....
Anyhow next up for the lads is Portlaoise in the next round of the Hosie and the Lalor cups. This Sunday Sept 24th k.o is 1:30pm for the 2XV and 3pm for the 1XV. Support counted last Saturday and will count again on Sunday. Ryder Cup coverage on in the clubhouse - you've no excuse!
Sept 19: Hosie and Lalor Cups filled with Eggs and Rashers:
Well...well…well…like all
things you look forward to … Saturday’s date with Cill Dara duly
arrived, in the end whooshing in on top of us…...even with it’s
confusing 5 o clock back to 3 o clock and the Lalor cup 3pm match back
to 1 ….and now Cass ringing up looking for pots for rice….sun splitting
the rocks- this will suit Assiz- but will he get enough ball?…..and will
he get big marauding garrujahs coming through on top of him?…..but first
of all Noel has a 1 o clock christening in Ballybrack (….welcome Aoibhe
!… your ceremony was very moving and involving …but God its 2pm…quick
goodbyes …out the door…into car …..pedal to the metal …thanks be to God
and EU money for the M50 but have to watch the speedo…. don’t want any
more official Garda notices coming through the letterbox !!)
• 3.07pm…. in the gate ….The black and yellows are defending…..no
parking spaces …slot her in behind the prefabs….Birch behind the goals
looking concerned….Morgan breaking out ….wham….we look comfortable
enough…..but they look more comfortable…..and now they are rolling a
maul slowly towards our line….slowly but surly ….and now they are in ….
sh#* ….yer man misses the conversion 5-0….not too bad says I ,then Tom
Poole informs me it is 11-0-,they had kicked 2 penalties as I was coming
at speed out by KIlbelin!….sh#, sh~*, sh#* !!!
• The hill in Rosetown is not really a hill, but it is ,when you are a
Newbridge forward playing up it and the score 0-11 against a pack that
last year gave us such a severe trimming….but to our credit with Morgan,
Rory and Liam making huge hits…. we make hard yards up the hill and for
20 mins we give as good as we are getting…..Colly is lording the
lineouts ……and our scrum is solid - rock solid ……our all new backline is
not working going forward- the passes are not going to hand but by god
when they try to run it we smother them and drive them back…..and then
out of the blue Matt Wilson spots the gap…..shimmies …. he is over
without a hand coming near him ….converts as well 7-11…. game on !
• But then the old dogs of Cill Dara pull their favourite stunt …
penalty…touch … 5m out ….they drive ….we hold them out…desperate stuff….
But they are so good at scoring in this type of situation …in the end I
think it is Chris Moore who grounds it….. 7-16 …convert missed. Half
time … bruising tough 44 mins.Team talk and it is here that the match is
won ….Birch is livid … and so so pumped up …he sees that we can win …and
demands that we step it up and give a performance ….time to get off the
pot boys ………. !
• The mind is so important ….you can see our little Newbridge boys are
different …. Different mindset….different body language….but the Cill
Dara forwards are some set of forwards and they don’t look like they are
in knee bending mode …..the clashes are now truly ferocious ….penalty to
the Bridge …..Matty splices the posts 10-16 and from the kick off I
think it is Assiz who kicks it…. lashing it down ….Willy Ryan ( our
winger from last years 20’s) hares down after it …. into the jaws of the
lion and does something he is not entitled to do…takes the ball from 2
or 3 Cill Dara lads on his own ….scores the try…5m or so from the left
touchline….Matty ….low trajectory or what…. converts….in the space of 2
mins we have scored twice and are leading 17-16 ….no hosedown today for
Cill Dara….
• The game is now ratcheted up several notches …..raging bulls with no
small amount of skill as 2 exemplary teams go at it hammer and
tongs…..up and down the pitch…..more down than up …and now our backs are
spinning it out wide ….Dave Watkins ball in hand runs straight and true
and how he manages to get through a solid wall and ground the ball for
our 3rd try I’ll never know- but he does….. conversion eile aris 24-16
….happy day in Rosetown ….sofar….but now here comes Cill Dara ….5 mins
solid pressure …breakthrough try against us ….conversion missed
again….24-21….we win a penalty…..kick…flags up….27-21….17 mins to
go….but they are playing like a good team does when things are not going
well…..sticking together like leeches …..up the hill they come …again
• And then we pull what I think is our masterstroke …..Tucker gets the
call and ambles on for Arthur who has held his own all day in a very hot
kitchen ….I wonder what goes through the Cill Dara prop’s head when,- on
the edge of exhaustion ,he looks up and finds 17 stones of focused
muscle cominatcha ….. still they are pressing us…….spinning it inside
our half….but now Rory O Connor -back from missing a whole season on a
career imperative in New York….intercepts and stttrreeaakksss in under
the posts…… alacrity or what …32- 24 (I get a flashback ….. meeting Rory
–the prodigal son returning-outside the RDS last jan as we both
desperately try to scrounge a ticket for the sell out Leinster / Munster
match ….. sensing a momentous clash and result I would have given a lot
to get into that match….. no joy …. but just as me and Rory give up and
decide to repair to the pub…..I make eye contact with a Munster head who
is holding up what is a ticket,,,, which Rory gratefully takes from my
unbelieving grasp and walks on in ….)
• Time up but the ref has decided to play 2 hours injury time!!….and now
here come Cill Dara…… Penalty….one trick pony here we go again….but he
kicks it dead…..”not on yer nanny” sez the Cill Dara touch judge …. And
100 true blues howl ……line out on the line …..sweet mother of God….why
is this happening ?….throw in…. they win it ….maul it…..drive for the
line ….we hold the f#~*^~# out…..but they hold and bide…and press again
….and they get it down….and this time yer man splits the posts after the
ref orders his missed conversion retaken because someone made noises as
we charged the kick….32- 31….surly to God…the unthinkable cannot
happen….and then after 1 and a half hours injury time played ….he blows
it up…..hallehluhiah …a dragon slain!….a monkey off our back !!
PS THOUGHTS….junior community rugby has served up this treasure of a
match …junior community rugby ,not even an afterthought when the big
deal scribes extol the issues of the 3 tiered IRFU setup-Ireland,
Provinces…and the AIL league … the unfortunate knee ligament injury to
Leroy whose love of the Bridge and the vibe has brought him 12,000 miles
back to us ….as tough a match as you would wish to see no quarter asked
for ….none given …but no rancour…at the end of the day 67 or so young
men gave their all for the love and glory of their clubs…(.I missed the
seconds game but 50 points to 5 for the Bridge says a lot ….I will
return to this another day) ….Sheldon crossed the divide during the
break and our first match up we had to face him ….but no bitterness …he
tried his living best to beat us …but “not tonight Josephine” The club
house is rocking and on the telly its Leinster versus Cardiff …. Jamie H
and yes its Birch still pumped up giving the Cardiff guys loads…. some
man for one man is our man Birch…and finally what about the Cass and his
loaves and fishes trick ….60 people fed and well fed for this side of
€100…..legend !!
Sept 13: 1XV and 2XV matches are on SATURDAY: Forget what you read in the papers, you'll always get the best info here at www.newbridgerugby.com (of course you all know that already). Contrary to newspaper reports, the 1XV and 2XV matches v Cill Dara are on this Saturday at 1:30pm (2XV) and 3pm (1XV) in Rosetown. All support very welcome and appreciated so come out to Rosetown this weekend and support your NRFC teams. Scoop rang me in the middle of the night and begged me to include this amended piece below.
There’s an enticing fixture
this Saturday at Rosetown when two local rivals Newbridge and Cill Dara
meet in the Hosie Cup. It will be the first competitive game of the
season for Newbridge whereas Cill Dara already put down their marker
with a resounding victory over Portlaoise. It will be a tough call for
Newbridge to get one over on the Division 1 side and they will have to
do it without their injured captain Rory McCann. So far Newbridge have
had a run out against a Carlow squad in which they did well, but in
terms of a genuine test this Sunday will be the real thing. Last Sunday
Mick Doran took a second XV squad to Athboy where they notched up a
27-14 win against the Meath men. Outhalf Bryan Kennedy was on form with
a
hat-trick of tries and Rory O’Connor added two conversions. Kevin
Coughlan kicked over a drop goal and prop Eddie Southern also added a
try. After last season’s unbeaten league run skipper Mick Doran will be
looking for a good start in the Lalor Cup to keep up the winning ways.
Sept 11: 2XV season opens with a win: Mick Doran's seconds hit the ground running with a 27-17 win away to Athboy in their first game of the season. Brian Kennedy served Eddie O'Sullivan early notice of his intention to challenge ROG at outhalf for next year's world cup with a hat trick of tries. Eddie 'Bull' Southern also notched up a TD for the front row faithful (does that count as 2?) Rory O'Connor converted 2 of the tries and Kevin Coughlan showed us all he doesn't just drop passes in matches by dropping a goal for his side. Next up for the 1XVand 2XV is Cill Dara on Saturday in Rosetown.
Ladies Player Profiles: Are now also being put up on the website. Not as many mugshots as the lads just yet, but that will be addressed in time. Ladies player profiles can be accessed through the Ladies Rugby Team webpage. Both men and ladies players who have not filled in their information on the sheets are encouraged to do so. Rory McCann, Mick Doran and Valerie Finn have the profile sheets so chase them down. Webmaster will organise another mugshot photoshoot shorthly... U20s I haven't forgotten you either, I'll sort something out shortly.
Sept 5th: Hosie and Lalor Cup matches v Cill Dara: These matches will now be played on Saturday Sept 16th at Rosetown - not Sunday Sept 17th as originally stated. k.o for the Lalor match is 3pm, the Hosie match k.o is 5pm. Apologies for the confusion. Mayo result v Kerry on the Sunday is unaffected by this. Up Mayo! Also you'll notice the 'Links' button on the left of the screen has been activated and contains rugby and local related links. E-mail me if you'd like to see additional rugby or local links included here.
Sept 4th: Newbridge lose in Clontarf - a last minute
fixture change saw a makeshift Newbridge team travel to Clontarf last
Friday evening. Didn't get a scoreline from the lads but sounds like
Clontarf were good for their win. In fact it's a result in itself that
the lads managed to finish work, make it up the N7, past Newlands Cross
and the Mad Cow Roundabout and through the M50 tollbridge in
time for a 7.30 kick off on a Friday evening. Certainly we've got our
feet back on the ground again after the Carlow result and no harm too 'cos
next up for the 1XV and 2XV teams is Cill Dara on Saturday week for the
opening round of the Hosie and Lalor cup ties. Bragging rites have gone
to Cill Dara for the last few seasons but webmaster is confident we can
pull a 'Mayo' on them and upset the odds. Speaking of which I don't
think anyone was in doubt who webmaster was cheering for in the Mayo v
Dublin match shown in the clubhouse after the Carlow match (he is after
all from Castlebar). If I'm not at the Cill Dara match, you'll know
where I'll be... though fair dues to Morgan Foley who's indicated he'd
rather play for Newbridge v Cill Dara than go to Croker and watch his
native Kerry fail valiantly to Mayo.
Webmaster was also shocked to find out from Morgan that they can get
d'internet in Killorglin and Morgan's mother is a regular visitor to
www.newbridgerugby.com. Josephine, no need to worry, webmaster can
confirm he's secured a regular supply of hairy bacon and that he's
definitely not wasting away. We've finally begun to understand the Kerry dialect a little
better now so we're able to hold a decent conversation with him without
needing markers and sketch pads :o) We're all looking forward to seeing
you up in Newbridge soon.
Aug 31st: Saturday match v Asbourne cancelled. Please note the 1XV match v Ashbourne on Saturday is cancelled (not us!) Next 1XV match Friday Sept 1st away v Clontarf (Castle Ave) k.o 7.30pm.
Aug
29th: 1XV get season off to a winning start. Well the
season is officially underway after the 1st match of the season ended in
victory against Carlow J1s. In a rerun of the very first match Newbridge
played 10 years ago this weekend v Carlow ( and also won!), Newbridge
had to subdue a very determined Carlow team before running out 35-14
winners.
1996 NRFC 1st 1XV Team Reunion:
Webmaster and a lot of the
original team from 10 years ago enjoyed an excellent meal (and drinkies!)
and speeches (Pearse,- - I'd hate to hear one of your long speeches!),
courtesy of the club before rolling out of the clubhouse to watch our
current J1s
take on Carlow J1s. On behalf of Martin Donnelly and his team, thanks
again to all who helped organise a wholly enjoyable and successful
function. Indeed in the words of one of the wags, we all look forward to
the 10 year Hosie Cup winning
commemorative function for that team next January :o) One thing that struck
Webmaster last Sunday was the quality of the main pitch. It's the
best I've ever seen it and without doubt one of the best playing
surfaces in the province. So hats off to
Super and JD and others! for all the work they've put into the pitches over the
years. It would be a shame for the main pitch to take an unnecessary
beating so I'd encourage all coaches and players to respect the main
pitch for what it is - a pitch for important
club matches - and to keep tip, training and warm ups off the main pitch
area.
U20 Training starts next
Friday September 1st at 8pm in Rosetown. Training will be taken by our
new U20s coach - rising Leinster and Ireland star Jamie Heaslip.
Men's Player Profiles have
started to be put up on the website. Plenty of players profiles yet to
be completed by the players themselves, but we got off to a good start last
weekend. Team captains Rory, Mick and Lisa have the player profile questionaires
for you to fill out so be sure to ask them for a copy and return it to
them ASAP. Emphasis is on light heartedness and good humour so don't
take yourselves too seriously when filling them out. Webmaster will be
along shortly with his trusty camera to take your mugshot. U20s - don't
worry - I'll get to you too very shortly. A couple of things I noticed when entering the data into the PC for the current crop of profiles -
the younger players quote their weight in kilos, the older heads in
stones and pounds - with the exception of 1 profile, everyone quoted
their height in feet and inches, so the metric system has some way to go
yet before it takes over the rugby stats department. (Anyone still
playing who remembers a try only being 4 points and wingers used to
throw in the lineouts? sigh!) The second thing that struck me was the
feeling that some players may have been telling porkies about their
height or weight (or both) - esp those burds from numbers 10-15. Check
out the Mens Player
Profiles to see what I mean... Ladies and U20 player profiles to be
added soon - actually as soon as I get a decent number of completed
questionnaires so it's up to you really...
August 16th: Men's Training now switched to Rosetown: Men's and U20s Training has now switched back to the Rosetown grounds.
Membership due: Note to all - membership is now due. Contact your team captain, Colin Goode, John Dardis Jnr. or Ger Barry for more details or ideally with the readies.
Men's and Ladies provisional fixtures now available. Ladies and Men's teams fixtures now available on their respective webpages - some fixtures subject to change, so check back regularly during the season to get the latest fixture table. Links to the match reports will also be available from these tables.
Got a note in your head? Webmaster has started off the song book webpage and has added the lyrics to a couple of songs deemed suitable for rugby types. Click Here to go to the NRFC songbook. Mams and Dads don't worry, they're not of the blue kind. I've heard all these out in Rosetown at some stage of the day or night in the last couple of seasons. In fact I vaguely remember getting thrown out of Swifts one night for refusing to stop singing one of these.
Got anymore you want to share with the club? webmaster is listening... I'm sure Noel H will add a couple to the collection....
Website and latest photos. Upon pain of death, webmaster promises to upload the pile match photos and social event photos sent on to him by Rik, Dave, Niall, Midge and others...by the end of the week. No excuses, I've just been lazy when it comes to the photos. Anyway check back to the latest photos and Legends webpages later this week. Loads of photos appearing there in the next couple of days.
Other news: Cill Dara, NRFC's conquerors in the Towns Cup thsi year, had their Towns Cup ambitions put on hold for at least another season yesterday when being beaten at home by Skerries. Naas took a huge step to regaining senior rugby status with an important 24-13 win away to Crosshaven in the AIL round robin qualifiers on Saturday. A win against Armagh next Saturday in Forenaughts will be them all but promoted to AIL 3.Towns Cup R2: Portlaoise 27-0 Kilkenny. Towns Cup R3: Cill Dara 6-13 Skerries, Navan 33-7 Enniscorthy, Roscrea 11-17 Ashbourne
March 22nd: Mini's News:
On the 24th March next the
Newbridge U12’s will play New Ross U12’s at half time
during the Leinster V Connacht game at Donnybrook.Good
luck to all concerned.
On Easter Monday 9th April London Irish RFC make an
official visit to Rosetown. They are bringing 3 x U12
teams to play Newbridge. On what promises to be a busy
day kicking off at 1pm Newbridge RFC U12’s will put out
2 teams and Newbridge College will field an U12’s from
their 1st year students.
March 20th: 2XV roll on into cup QF. An
excellent team preformance sees the seconds into the cup
QF where they await the winners of Tullow or Wexford who
play this weekend.
2XV Match Report.
Important Home Matches This Weekend: The 3XV get
their Anderson Cup campaign up and running this weekend
with a home game v Tullow this Sunday (Match 25th). Kick
off is 3pm. The Ladies also have a match this Sunday in
Rosetown. A win v Clanwilliam keeps their playoff hopes
very much alive. Ladies match kick off is 1pm. Support
for all games always needed and always appreciated by
players and coaches, so please come out again to
Rosetown this weekend to cheer on the NRFC teams.
New Eggs & Rashers. More views on rugby, life
and the universe composed by our very own Mushroom King.
Now available for viewing.
Newbridge RFC Website Stats: A quick update on
our website traffic. Since sneakily installing a hidden
website hit counter on the homepage back in January,
webmaster has been monitoring hits on the homepage. The
good news is that since January, we've been getting on
average about 950 hits a week on the homepage. In the
last 7 days, we've had 398 different visitors. The
messageboard has now over 170 registered users - though
you wouldn't think it based on the lack of activity
there in the last week (we need to play Cill Dara more
often Groundhog). The website is due an overhaul in the
off-season so please e-mail webmaster@newbridgerugby.com
with suggestions for format changes, suggestions for or
additions to the website for next season. No
unreasonable suggestion will be refused. Better still
buy him a beer and it's almost sure to be included.
March 14th: NRFC Baby Boom Continues: Congrats to new parents Dave McNamara and Angela. Baby Kieran weighing 8lb 4oz arrived this morning.
3XV Latest News:
The result from the 3XV game last Sunday was 11 - 10 to Portlaoise, with Tom Berney scoring a breakaway try and Eric Price getting a conversion and penalty (by conventional means). The game was the classic encounter of a big well drilled Portlaoise pack rucking and mauling for scores and Newbridge with a lighter pack using their backs to get scores.
Team: Billy Gainey, Vinny Monaghan, Mo Dempsey, Dave Murray, Brendan McDonald, Ger Kelly, Colin Barker, Pascal Behan, Eric Price, Wally Hurley, Wayne Hegarty, Gerry Delaney, Tom Berney, Larry Long, Kevin Fagan
Team v's Athy (Spiers Cup): Billy Gainey, Dave McNamara, Vinny Monaghan (Andy Davies), Richie Berney, Alan Corcoran, Pascal Behan, Mick Campbell (Dave Murray), Niall O'Connor, Eric Price, Shane O'Rourke, Gerry Delaney (Larry Long), Tom Berney, Ger Kelly, Wayne Hegarty, Kevin Fagan.
Team v's Portlaoise (Spiers Cup): Martin Donnelly (Billy Gainey), Dave McNamara, Mo Dempsey, Andy Davies, Alan Corcoran, Dave Murray (Richie Berney), Mick Campbell (Pascal Behan), Niall O'Connor, David Mysercough, Shane O'Rourke, Gerry Delaney, Tom Berney, Ger Kelly, Larry Long (Wayne Hegarty), Kevin Fagan. Subs: Eric Price, Kevin McDonnell, Brendan McDonald
NRFC Scrum Meisters: Well done to 3XV players Vinny Monaghan and Billy Gainey who went to the Leinster scrumaging clinic in Navan last Monday night. Word from the lads was it was extremely useful. Roly Meates took the session with Leinster Interpros Ronan McCormack and Stanley Wright going through the different styles of scrumaging: French, Welsh, NZ and Irish, with emphasis on feet position and hip position prior to engagement
Upcoming Ladies Fixtures
Sunday 18th March Enniskillen Away IWRFU Bowl Quarter Final
Sunday 25th March Clanwilliam Home AIL Division 2
Saturday 31st March Youghal Home AIL Division 2*
Sunday 1st April Nenagh Away AIL Division 2
* TBC
March 12th. 2XV pass cup test. Newbridge are into the next round of the seconds cup after a tough 10-3 win over Ashbourne in a match played yesterday in Newbridge College. A try by evergreen Andy Davis and a conversion and penalty by Mackie's trusty boot saw Newbridge into the next round where the lads will play New Ross next Sunday March 18th, probably away. Congrats to the Ladies team who had a massive 20-05 win on the road yesterday away to Clanwilliam. Special mention goes to captain Lisa Morrissey for getting a strong squad of 17 players down to Tipperary. There's still an outside chance of a playoff spot with remaining home games v Youghal and Clanwilliam over the next couple of weekends, so make sure you get out and give them your support. Actually the Leinster Branch have an new rather elegant website for viewing results and upcoming fixtures. Ladies, you should lobby them to get the Ladies fixtures up their too. Go to http://www.sportsmanager.ie/t2.php?countyid=69&sportid=5&club_id=&defaultpag to see more.
March 8th: Rosetown Pitches Update: Please note that following recent weather conditions and the cutting up of the pitches at Rosetown, no matches should take place in Rosetown this weekend. The 2nds are moving to the college on Sunday with a 3pm KO. If any other matches are scheduled for Rosetown please reschedule.
March 6th: Lightning strikes 3 times in the one place. A
large crowd turned up in Rosetown last Sunday to see if they would do it
again and sure enough, Gerry and Dara's 3XV obliged. Trailing 8-0 with 5
minutes to go, they scored 2 tries - the second try in the last minute
after a 40 yard rolling maul to win the match 12-8. Eric's conversion
for the second try will live in my memory 'til the day I die. What
happened? Well turn up for the next thirds match and I'll tell you.
Getting last gasp winners is now the speciality of the team. Once again
the perfect combination of youth and experience, brains and brawn is
serving this team well. Definitely the most entertaining NRFC team at
the moment by a country mile.
Ladies match abandoned: The Ladies cup match v Enniskillen was
abandoned after 15 minutes last Sunday. A bad leg injury to one of the
Enniskillen players was attributed to the state of the pitch by the ref
and he called the game off at that point. Disappointing for all
concerned, especially as it was a very entertaining match with no shortage of big hits and
good ball carries being shown by the
Newbridge players.
More new NRFC members: Congrats to Dara and Eileen O'Maitiu and
family on their recent new arrival, baby Roisin. This goes someway to
explaining why we haven't heard Dara's dulcet tones from the sideline
for the Thirds matches lately. With 3 O'Maitiu girls now on the NRFC
books, the Ladies team prospects of major silverware are looking rosier
by the day....
The Bull has been tamed - well notice has been served of taming...
Congrats also go to 1XV prop Eddie (Bull) Southern and LadiesXV
hooker Valerie Finn who announced their engagement at the weekend. To
celebrate, they're having an engagement party this Friday March 9th in
Johnson's starting at 8 o'clock.
Seconds Cup this weekend: The opening round of the seconds PTC
this weekend sees NRFC 2XV host Ashbourne 2XV this Sunday March 11 at
Rosetown. Kick off is 3pm. The seconds were unluckly not to win their
league again this year, but all bets are off in the cup and Ashbourne
2XV will arrive keen to seek revenge for their league loss to Newbridge
a couple of weeks ago. A very good cup tie on the cards here, so please
come out and support the lads.
Non-rugby related inmportant issues. Webmaster reminding all
members young and old that Sunday March 18th is mothers day. Don't forget the
date, but forget the usual pressies of flowers and chocolates and buy
her something she'll treasure for years - NRFC gear - available for
purchase every Friday evening after underage training.
NRFC making cahnges - JD looking for ideas I've taken his post
from the message board and it's below - some good ideas being generated
on the replies. Contact JD directly or reply to him on the messageboard
with your ideas.
Dudes and Dudettes!!
We need to start thinkin about next season. In fact myself and goodie
have been thinkin about next season for a few months now.
1. Things are obviously happening in putting together the various set
ups for next year and one issue i want you to consider is the executive
committee. We need more young enthusiastic people who have a passion for
the club and know whats going on. Its not good enough to opt out of the
executive. So get your thinkin hats on and talk to me.
2. im looking for your ideas on how we can improve. eg. manners had an
idea on membership and paying for your squad jersey for the season,
another person had an idea on doing an exchange programme with a kiwi
team for some of our younger players. how can we make that leap that
will bring us to div 1. on and off the field we're getting there but we
need more hands on deck.
3. how are we going to change the ticket system. the current system is
the fairest of one each, but the effort on my part is not sustainable.
its going to be prepay from the start of the season next year. anyone
any good experiences of this elsewhere/ come on people think and help me
out, i want to see some changes or the puppy dog gets it.
Feb 28th: More NRFC teams in action this week. 2XV play Cill Dara in a friendly this Thursday 8pm at Cill Dara RFC. Ladies XV play AIL1 side Enniskillen in the All-Ireland cup this Sunday, 2pm at Rosetown. There's more to rugby than Ireland, Leinster and the NRFC 1XV so please come out and support the Newbridge teams this week.
Feb 26th: 2 Games, Different Result, Same Conclusion. A
fine weekend's rugby was enjoyed by the rugby fraternity in the
Newbridge-Cill Dara area over the last few days. After seeing the NRFC
1XV put in a great performance against a fine Cill Dara team
(1XV Match Report) and Ireland beat the living lard out of England,
I came away with the same conclusion from both games i.e If Ireland had
played like that v France and Newbridge played like that in the league
(all or at least most of the time), then we'd be well on the way for the
grand slam and NRFC would be in LL1 next season. If only.... Still kudos
go to both teams and supporters on Friday night for making it a great
match. This is how I remember the Towns Cup used to be and should always
be like. 2 teams going at it nose to nose, supported well by 2 large
sets of loud supporters. Best of luck in the next round Groundhog etal.
You'll always be welcome back to the messageboard for banter and frank
exchange of opinion. Best wishes for a speedy recovery also go to Chris
Moore who came off in the first half with a nasty looking knee injury.
While Chris won't ever win a popularity contest in Rosetown, he
certainly adds spice and colour to the occasion when the teams meet.
Nobody likes to see players pick up these type of injuries so we look
forward to seeing you back in Cill Dara colours soon Chris.
New E&R: Noel (like all the national newspapers) has written a
commemorative
E&R piece
in lieu of the historical weekend just passed.
HoudiniXV: The 3XV relied on their OAPs one more time with a
last play of the game try and conversion to draw 20 all with Portlaoise
in the Spiers yesterday.
3XV Match Report. A sprinkling of youth and 'experience' combined
well in a fast paced encounter. Sticking the pace comfortably was Martin
'best looking prop in Ireland' Donnelly. Nice to see you back Murty,
we'll have a fantastic vets team next year, under your captaincy
naturally. The Ladies made the long trip to County Cork yesterday but
unfortunately came away with a 24-10 loss down there.
Legends Night: Coverage continues unabated in the national press
all last week. Thanks to all who have sent me photos. I'll be updating
the website with the pics later this week.
Feb 20th Legends night in the media: Laura Coates asks me to remind you to pick up a copy of your free, fantastic (TM) Kildare Post next Wednesday. Full page of exclusive shots and report from the Legends night...
U18 Player Profiles: The saga continues. The photos of the lads are in a format that's not useful for website publishing and viewing (it looks rubbish). Noel has been contacted and the originals should be winging their way to webmaster shortly.
New Eggs and Rashers now available at the usual link....
Feb 19th: A heavy landing near Dublin Airport. Severe
turbulence was encountered by the 1XV close to Dublin Airport as they
came back to earth with a bump losing 33-0 to newly crowned division 2
champs Ashbourne yesterday. Hardly ideal preparation for the Town's Cup
match v Cill Dara next Friday night 8pm k.o but as I've been pedalling
out for years, league is league but cup is cup. A big improvement is
needed - and expected - for next Friday lads.
If for whatever reason you find yourself short on motivation especially
when the fireworks are going off all around you next Friday, let me tell
you what happened to one of our own last Wednesday in Cill Dara. You're
all well aware that the 3XV 'sneaked it' with the last play of the game
in the Spiers Cup tie. What you mightn't be aware of is the cheapshot
Shane McCorley took earlier in the match from one of the Cill Dara
players. Shane was hit very late and speared into the ground after he
had passed the ball. He has broken ribs and has (quite smartly in my
view) decided to call it a day. Anyone who knows Shane and his family
know they are salt of the earth club people. His father was still
clearly upset telling me about the incident last Friday at the Legends
night. Here's the bit for me that's pure Shane: Despite taking the knock
to the ribs, he played on for a good 30 min before the pain was too much
and he had to come off. He was still one of of better players on the
pitch during this period. If you lads show half the level of grit, heart
and skill that Shane showed last Wednesday night, you'll be in the next
round, so get out there and play your socks off lads. Shane McCorley
deserves it.
Legends Night - winner alright. A super night was had by one and
all last Friday in the Killashee House Hotel. A huge turnout by the 1982
team, coaching staff and their partners was reciprocated by the best
turnout yet at the legends - over 280 people it was rumoured - it looked
more to me! Everyone in flying form all night. Thanks to all for making
it a great night. A special word of thanks to Robert Mehigan, Ger Barry
and most especially NRFC Club Chairman Niall Browne for making it
happen. Lots of photos taken, so webmaster expecting his e-mail to be
full of suitable photos for the website this week. Webmaster too busy to
take photos. I was having too much fun winding up Trevor Ringland and
David Irwin about the 'Trevor Brennan Incident' in Toulouse.....
Feb 14th: Allez Les Bleus, The French Connection, A feeling of
deja vue and all that. Lightning struck twice last night for
Ireland and Cill Dara supporters. Just as they witnessed the pain and
disappointment of seeing the Irish team lose to a last minute try by
France, they had to do it all over again last night when the NRFC 3XV
scored a try with the last play of the game AND converted the sideline
conversion to beat Cill Dara 12-11 in the Spiers Cup in Beechpark last
night. Huge entertainment for a fair sized crowd, the match was played a
fair old clip with big hits and good rugby played by both sides. We even
had a power cut about 15min from the end. With time up, evergreen Andy
Davis crashed over in the corner to make the score 11-10 to Cill Dara.
Don't have his name (Scoop/ Dara - help me out here) but a super kick
from the sideline meant the ball was only ever going straight between the
posts. Full time. Cue celebrations from NRFC supporters and players -
apart from one Pearse McCorley who was frantically trying to get the
players back to the half way line and shouting at them to concentrate.
Pearse, if you'd been concentrating yourself you'd have realised the
match was over! :o) Anyhow a great lift after the result in Croker.
Which leaves the questions:
Q What do you call a bunch of parrots?
A. A company of parrots
Q. What do you call a bunch of sick parrots?
A. Cill Dara RFC
Roll on the Towns Cup!
p.s U-18 player profiles will be up tomorrow.
Feb 12th: Allez les Blues. Well
that was some kick in the family jewels we got yesterday. Not even a
dozen pints of Heineken and Scoop's charming company post match
could dull the pain of seeing Ireland mug themselves and hand
victory to those cheese eating surrender monkeys from France. Good
craic in Scoop's work local Molloy's (near Store Street). Definitely
going there again after the England match. A poor weekend's rugby
for NRFC heads. The 1XV were soundly beaten by Lansdowne on Saturday
and Ireland A starring Berch were equally soundly beaten by England
A on Friday night. At least Leeds United won, though we're still
bottom of the table (sigh).
Good craic in Johnson's last
night. The only downside was Scoop legging it about 11 o'clock
leaving a man behind (unfinished pint). To all NRFC singles out
there, Olivia reckons she's a dab hand at match making, though she
was unable to provide any evidence (apart from her own marriage to
Paul) to back it up, so read the fine print carefully before hiring
her. Webmaster also enjoyed the pleasant company of Mackie's sister
spelt 'Eimear' (not Emer she was at pains to add) who has promised
to send her 7ft 9 inch boyfriend out to Rosetown to play on the
wing.
Lookalikes - new material
needed: Webmaster taking submissions for the next round of
Lookalikes this month. So far none of the ladies have made the
Lookalikes hall of fame so it would be nice if we could find some
long lost ladies' twins out there...
Feb 8th: Irish Army clashes with French Army.
Lucky for the Gauls it's only in rugby. Irish Army v French Army
rugby international at the Green Road tomorrow (Friday). k.o is 2pm.
Irish Army will have a number of NRFC players including club captain
Rory McCann. The French may use their weapon of mass destruction
Noel Heavey (see lookalikes for a clue).
Berch on the bench for the A match.
Club coach Bernard Jackman is on the bench for
the A International tomorrow (Friday) night v England Saxons
(England A by another name). Match is televised on Network 2. k.o is
7.45.
1XV play Lansdowne in a friendly
Sat noon k.o (could this ACTUALLY be the last game at Lansdowne
Road??). 3XV away to Cill Dara in the Spiers Cup next Tuesday night.
Kick off under lights is 8pm.
New E&R: Noel's been busy
recounting the time he played representative rugby for County
Kildare. His glorious debut didn't go quite to plan go to
Eggs and
Rashers for more....
U-18 player profiles - are with
Webmaster and are ridiculously late for publishing to the website.
Sorry lads, no excuse but they'll be up by next Tuesday. If Ireland
don't win on Sunday they'll be up on Monday.....
Feb 5th International Ticket Update: International tickets for the France match next Sunday will be available at the club from 9-10pm Tuesday & Thursday. Please spread the word about ticket availability and please stop ringing JD about the same. He has his hands full after yesterday's arrival of Tadgh Michael Dardis - a healthy 10lb 9oz strapping boy. All doing great. Congrats to JD and Caoimhe from all in NRFC. Now leave him alone for a few days!
Jan 31st: 2007Legend of rugby update
18 days to go to this years Legend in Rugby Awards,16th February at Killashee House Hotel.
International Ticket Update from JD:
At this stage what was left of my brain is fried from the doing the
ticket spreadsheet. But here's the bottom line:
Active members who applied for stand have been given 1 stand ticket
each. HOWEVER, the two senior captains Rory McCann and Lisa Morrissey
have been given two as well as Colin Goode and Mick McCoy (the two
directors). After that some people have said they'd take 2 France and 0
England which works out too. THE BEST SOLUTION IS TO BUDDY UP WITH AN
ACTIVE MEMBER or date/ marry a fellow member (isn't that right Colin O'B
and Paul Archbold!). Whilst previously people married for money and
land, they're doing it for tickets now!
As people pull out because they don't want 1 stand I will award that
stand to the next most deserving in my view based on club work.
I have a similar situation with terrace where people will get one, 2
based on activity. eg webmaster will get 2, Niall Duffy will get 2.
This is really the most lousy job in the club so bear with me and help
me out.
I'm more than happy to put the final list on the website when I've
stopped all the juggling. Refunds will be given to all who overpaid and
who were not successful for tickets. And anyone who can recommend a
better way of doing this, please please let me know, I don't think I can
sustain this level of time for tickets with everything else going on the
the club and the slight matter of my day job and a baby due next week!!
Jan 26th: Ladies Win in Cup:
Associate Referees Courses
This course is aimed at coaches, club personnel or persons
interested in refereeing who wish to referee or find themselves
having to referee matches through the course of the season. Before a
person can referee any match he/she must first ensure they have the
appropriate qualification this two hour course will give him/her
those qualifications to referee the odd match or kick start their
refereeing career.
All courses will start at 7.30 p.m. Next course is in Newbridge RFC
(Rosetown) next Monday.
David Keane of the I.R.F.U. referees department will be giving the
courses
Venue and Dates:
Newbridge RFC Monday January 29th
Clontarf RFC Wednesday January 31st
Enniscorthy RFC Wednesday February 7th
Navan RFC Thursday February 8th
Tullamore RFC Thursday February 15th
Jan 24th: New Eggs and Rashers: Noel duly delivered the goods on time but webmaster asleep at the wheel. E&R now posted and available to view. Apologies for the delay. Also NRFC tour to Toulouse (that'd be in France) planned for late May. Contact Noel or Kevin Coughlan for more details. Early webmaster advice to potential NRFC tourists is to compliment Trevor Brennan on his fine bar (here's a link) and tell him his mother is a fine upstanding woman.
Lookalikes updated: More long lost twins found and matched up with their NRFC twin. Go to Lookalikes for more....
Jan 22nd: 1XV and 2XV do league double over
Wicklow. 2nd placed Wicklow were dispatched with aplomb
by a seriously fired up firsts team producing the best overall team
performance I've seen in a couple of seasons on the way to a 29-3 win.
The 2XV also duly obliged with a solid 24-12 win over Wicklow seconds.
1XV and 2XV Match Reports. This now puts the 2XV on top of their
league by a point from Portarlington. Newbridge have 1 match remaining,
Portarlington have 2 matches left to play. Congrats too to our U18s who
had a great win over Cill Dara at the weekend. The 3XV lost a close one
8-0 away to Old Belevedere in their league match on Saturday.
Ladies match next Thursday. Speaking of fired up teams of
late, Newbridge Ladies play Naas under lights in the Leinster Cup next
Thursday (Jan 25th) at Naas RFC. k.o 8pm. All support welcome and
appreciated.
Captain's Night Friday Jan 26th. Captain's night goes
ahead next Friday night at the Rosetown clubhouse. Doors open at 8:15
pm. Admission €10. Emphasis is on the craic & the theme for the night is
the 60's. Contact Noel Heavey for 60's gear. He has a wardrobe full of
it.
International Ticket update. The deadline for ticket
applications and money to be submitted has passed. No more apllications
will be accepted at this point. A club committee will convene shortly to
review the application list and make a decision on 6 nations ticket
allocation to the NRFC members.
PTC Friday Night Lights Feb 23: The Town's Cup
organizers, Cill Dara RFC and Newbridge RFC have agreed to play
Provincial Towns Cup R1 match under lights on Friday 23rd Feb, k.o 8pm
at Cill Dara's grounds in Beechpark. This is the day before the
Ireland-England 6 nations match, so webmaster is reminding all NRFC
supporters (and players) to not go on a complete bender celebrating
beating Cill Dara as you still have a long day ahead of you on the
Saturday.
Jan 15th: Firsts and seconds roll on. Thirds and Ladies lose. Another good day at the league office for the 1XV and 2XV teams. Important and hard fought wins for the lads away in Edenderry see the 1XV consolidate their mid-table position and the 2XV stay in the hunt for league honours, although we need someone to do us a favour and beat Portarlington pretty soon. 1XV match report. Wasn't at the match myself and if Scoop's match report doesn't float your boat, there's always this week's installment of Eggs&Rashers to get your teeth into. Dara O'Maitiu's thirds lost a close one to St Mary's in the league and the Ladies put up a great show before going down 15-05 to 1st division side Boyne in the cup yesterday.
Regarding the Ladies side, special mention must go to Ladies Captain
Lisa Morrissey. Lisa has managed to put two very strong sides on the
park the last two weekends which has resulted in victory over Waterpark
and a very, very credible performance against 1st Div Boyne. The Ladies
are now focused on their remaining League games and promotion from Div 2
. This will be achieved with improved attendance at training and the now
traditional team spirit. Having seen the Ladies take apart Waterpark
last weekend, webmaster can vouch for the skill, determination and
spirit of the side. Every season the quality of the Ladies rugby being
played has come on in leaps and bounds and this season is no exception.
They deserve a lot more support from the sideline than they've been
getting up to this point so next opportunity get out there on the road
or at Rosetown and give the girls a shout... or you could end up in the
Lookalikes section currently being updated for new entries next week.
Leinster qualify for ERC QF. Thanks in no small part to
the efforts of Club Coach Bernard Jackman and U20s coach Jamie Heaslip.
Great stuff outta ye lads. Just the small matter of shutting up 'The
Shed' in Gloucester next weekend and a home QF is assured. Berch even
got Franner to write a few words of grudging praise about him in last
Sunday's Tribune. With a bit of luck you'll get another shot at dem
Munster headbangers on the way to lifting the trophy in Twikenham in
May. JD, we need to be more selective which club members get tickets for
the Leinster-Munster semi (or final??) this year. There's definitely me
and Noel H in the blue camp. Also the fact that Limerick and Cork GAA
delegates voted against the motion to open up Croke Park to rugby and
soccer means Niall Browne, Mick McCoy & Mike Young forfeit their home
international tickets for this year. Which I'll gladly take off your
hands.
Jan 11th: International Ticket Update:
At the risk of moving the goalposts again!!
The executive decided Jan 9th that whilst you must prepay to be in with any chance of getting tickets, due to oversubsciption and the large number of new members requesting tickets, the officers of the club (me, Niall B, Ger Barry, and Niall Kidd) will decide on the lucky recipients based on participation in the club and track record with tickets.
Money must be with me by Friday week (Jan 19th) at the latest. If you haven't prepaid you won't be considered regardless of who you are!!
The max you can request is 2 tickets.
Unsuccessful people will have their money returned.
JD
Jan 8th: Newbridge 2007 Legends of Rugby
Award
To all Rugby Fans,
The 5th annual Newbridge Rugby Club "Legend in Rugby Award" 2007 takes
place this year on the 16th February.
This year we celebrate the magnificent Ireland team of 1982.
Who could forget the heroic exploits of
Ciaran,Ollie,Ginger,Philo,Mossy,Willie,Slatts,Hugo etc. as they won the
Triple Crown for the first time in 33 years.
Remember the 20-12 win over Wales?,Trevor Ringland (1) and Moss Finn (2)
scored Ireland's tries with the magnificent Ollie Campbell adding a
conversion and 2 penalties.
Next came the English in fortress Twickenham with Ireland winning
15-16.Hugo MacNeill's try started the ball rolling,Ollie getting 2 more
penalties before Gerry "Ginger" McLoughlin carried the English pack
along with Ciaran Fitzgerald and Donal Lenihan on his back over the line
to score his first try for Ireland.
Then came the Scot's to Lansdowne Road to try and stop Ireland's 5th
Triple Crown.But they huffed and they puffed but they couldn't blow the
place down as King Ollie kicked 6 penalties and a drop goal ( a new
Irish record) to win 21-12.
This was a truly remarkable feat and Ireland's first time to win a
Triple crown at Lansdowne Road.
Now 25 years later we celebrate again this amazing achievement.
Again generously sponsored by Willie Doyle of Newbridge Silverware we
welcome Ciaran Fitzgerald and his men to Newbridge Rugby Club.
This Black Tie event will be held in Killashee House Hotel,Kilcullen
Road,Naas,Co.Kildare.
Tickets are €150 each,tables of 10-12.Individual ticket requests catered
for.
Tickets available by contacting;
Niall Browne, 087 255 5895, niall@cjbrowne.ie
Robert Mehigan, 087 717 6449,
robert@kealymehigan.ie
Tickets are expected to sell quickly.
Jan 8th: Good weekend in the league.
A good weekend for the NRFC teams. Maybe we should start praying for
poor weather from now on as Newbridge enjoyed league success in 3 out of
4 games. The
1XV and 2XV enjoyed good wins over North Kildare in the Rosetown mud.
1XV and 2XV Match Reports.
The Ladies were waiting in the long grass for
Waterpark and duly delivered with the right combination of aggression
and power and no little skill.
Ladies Match Report.
18 players Turned up for the Game , Despite the loss of International
Panelists Catriona, Julie and despite the enforced absence of Bernie (
Leinster Interpro ) , Sarah Molloy ( Injured ) Muireann ( Stranded in
the US ) the Team Spirit and powerful forward play made sure that
Waterpark were beaten , reversing a earlier League defeat 35-3. Special
mention to Lisa ( Capt) leading role Carrying the ball forward to the
opposition and Jane ( Pack Leader).
Julie and Nicci came directly from International Camp to support the
Teams efforts to get promotion which was barely missed last Year .
There are signs of resurgence amongst the Ladies and Promotion to Div
one is a real aspiration , the support of , Aidan , Cass , Pierce and
Ollie was noted and appreciated by the Team.
The 3XV lost to
league leaders Bective in the league on Saturday. A full set of fixtures
again this weekend. Dara's Thirds at home to St Mary's on Saturday. The
Ladies cup campaign starts on the road away to Boyne. The 1XV and 2XV
are away to Edenderry. A win for the 1XV will see Edenderry all but
relegated to division 3 for next season. Something that will cause few
tears to be shed in Rosetown.... Webmaster will be particularly dry eyed
when it happens...
International Ticket Update:
Congratulations to Pat Dowling Snr. The first member to pay up front for
the six nations tickets. Pat has secured two stand tickets for the two
home games. Closely followed by Sean McCann and Gerry McMahon.
Remember, pay now
360 for 2 stand for 2 games
140 for 2 tce for 2 games
Dont be dissappointed pay up now. Offer only valid to paid