Club Notes: Week Ending 13.09.15

This week’s Club Notes come from Bruff and Newcastle West Rugby Clubs.

Bruff RFC

Courtesy of:- Seamus Sheahan, Club PRO

UBL resumes this weekend

This Saturday the 12th of September sees the KO of the UBL with 1^st XV travelling away to Dundalk. Bruff have a new head coach this year with Tony Trehy coming in to take over from Brendan Deady and Brian Cahill who are focusing on playing.

Tony is no stranger to Bruff having played for a number of seasons in the mid 00’s before leaving to concentrate on coaching. Indeed it has been a fruitful number of years for Tony who has played a big part in the success of Crescent Comp in recent times. Tony also has experience at inter-pro level where he was involved with a number of Munster representative teams.Upfront Mikey Carroll stays on to look after the forwards with John Finn going into his 2nd year as Manager.

Andrew White takes up the roll of Club Capitan with Tony Cahill supporting him as Vice-Captain.

The season kicked off 2 weeks ago with a 26-13 away defeat to UL Bohs in the charity cup. Bruff scores coming from a penalty try and 8 points from the boot of David O Grady. The young out-half picking up from where he left off last season, in good form and showing the ability to run a game.

Bruff also took the opportunity to blood some new faces with Sean Hartigan and Liam Treacy getting their first competitive starts for the seniors.
We’d all like to wish the Senior well for the coming season.

U20’s North Munster League

The U20’s were also in action last week winning 28-8 away to NCW Estuary in the North Munster League. Brian Fanning, Eamon O Dea & Billy O Donoghue were in good form scoring trys for Bruff with Jack O Grady chipping in with 8 points from the kicking tee.

Bruff Players in Munster Representative action

There were a number of Bruff players in action with Munster over the weekend at various levels with mixed results for the Provence.
First up were the U18 clubs who had Bruffs Ordhan Ring lining out at no8, The Bruff man scored Munsters opening try but unfortunately the side went down 29-21 to a well drilled Leinster outfit.
The u18 schools also took on Leinster with Mark Brommell lining out at prop. They were also defeated on a score of 25-16.

The Munster u19’s travelled to the north last weekend to take on Ulster and came away with a 17-13 victory. Bruff’s Dylan Reeves-Wasik travelled as part of the extended squad but didn’t manage to break into the match day panel.

We wish all Munster teams and all of the Bruff players involved the very best of luck as the inter-pro series continues over the coming weekends.
Fixture’s: please keep an eye on the website for the latest fixtures which will be updated by Wednesday Each week. www.bruffrfc.com

Club Memberships, annual club memberships are now due for renewal. Please return membership fees to any committee members, or directly to Matt O Callaghan.
Underage Rugby, Reminder that underage rugby is now back Mini Rugby (Age Grade 6 – 12) will Start at 10:30 am Youth Rugby (Age Grade 13 – 18) will Start at 11:30 am every Sunday morning. Please also ensure that all players turn up with Gum Shields or they may not be permitted to play.

Newcastle West RFC

Courtesy of: Martin O’Sullivan, Club PRO

First XV – Transfield Cup
Newcastle West RFC – 25 – Old Crescent – 30

Our grip on the Transfield Cup was relinquished on Sunday last when we narrowly lost out to Old Crescent. After keeping us scoreless in the first half and taking a 16-0 lead into the break we put in a powerful 2^nd half performance to make a game of it but the strength in depth of Old Crescent told and they ran out 30-25 winners. A very creditable result for us after a poor first half but ultimately it was disappointing to give up the Transfield Cup for this season.


Richard Browne Memorial a huge success

Saturday, 5th September, Newcastle West RFC hosted the Richard Browne Memorial Cup. The 4 Under 16 teams involved were, Newcastle West, Tralee, Young Munster and Old Crescent. The day kicked off at 12 noon. The sun was out and the day remained dry – perfect conditions for great rugby. It had been a long and hard day for the Newcastle West lads who won matches against Tralee, Young Munster and Old Crescent. Now they were up against Old Crescent in the final and even though there were a lot of tired and sore bodies, they didn’t let that stop them as John Walsh pushed forward with the help of Conor Brosnan and Patrick Cremin and scored a beautiful try seconds into the game. Michael Begley converted to bring the score to 7-0. We thought we were on the run when a high ball was caught by Old Crescent however this was turned over in Newcastle West’s favour. Michael Bourke made a clean break and with a brilliant skip pass he found Killian Ferris in space who crossed for a try in the left corner. Michael Begley converted with a tough kick. The restart was claimed by Conor Brosnan who passed to John Walsh onto Michael Bourke to Killian Ferris who was forced into touch. The lineout was won by Newcastle West where Michael Begley gave an inside pass to John McCoy who scored in the right corner. Michael Begley converted a difficult kick which brought the first half to a close at a score of 21-0. The second half brought more excitement for Newcastle West where Gurvan won the restart and passed to Stephen Hennessy who passed to Patrick Cremin and onto Conor Brosnan where after a long run it took 3 Old Crescent lads to bring him down. Charlie O’Doherty passed to Michael Bourke from the base of the ruck. Michael broke through the Old Crescent defensive line to score under the post which left Michael Begley with an easy conversion. Following the restart, Old Crescent knocked on which gave Newcastle West the scrum. From the solid Newcastle West scrum, Charlie O’Doherty passed the ball to Michael Begley who passed off to Tom Edwards who came in on the loop and passed to Patrick Cremin who was in support. Conor Brosnan who seemed to be everywhere on the day received a pass from Patrick and forced his way over the line to score and his second and final try of the match. Michael Begley again converted giving 100% result for the match. The game petered out after this to leave the final score at 35-0.

Junior & U20 Training

Training for all Junior squad and U20 squad player is now in full swing. Training times are as follows
Field sessions: Monday & Wednesday @ 7.30pm. Weights sessions: 6.00am or 6.00pm Tuesday & Thursday

Mini Rugby season begins again on Sun 06-Sep at 10:30 am

Now that the schools are open for the 2015/16 year we will be kicking off the Rugby season with u6 – u12 rugby training, Could all new and current children aged 6 to 12 years and interesting rugby as a team sport please attend our Kilelline pitch on Sunday 6^th September from 10:30 am to 11:30 am.

Youths and U20 Rugby Training

Calling all u13 to u20 players, please contact or respond to texts from your coaches to attend your teams training. With the success we had at underage last season we are hoping to equal if not better the success this year. If you want to be part of a winning team & club come to training and get noticed.

Latest Youth fixtures to hand for rest of SEP-2015

MAR Referee Course this Sun, 13-Sep at 10 am Mallow GAA Club

Ask what you can do for your club! Are you interested in becoming a referee?

The Munster Association of Referees is giving you the opportunity to give back to the sport. Rugby referees enjoy the same benefits of the game as the players – without the injuries!
The next MAR referee course is in Mallow GAA Club on 13/09/15 at 10.00 AM. Please contact Peter Fitzgibbon, IRFU Referee Development Manager, ph. 086-832 2987 or email peter.fitzgibbon@irfu.ie expressing your interest,
The course is free of charge and by qualifying in refereeing you are providing a much needed resource to your club.

Lotto

Results from Friday September 4^th draw held in The Central Bar

Numbers Drawn 8, 15,16 & 30 – NO WINNER

Lucky Dip Winners
Johnny O’Sullivan, Cullinagh
Liz Neville, Connelly Ave, NCW
Bridie O’Mahoney, Castlemahon
Frank McEnery, c/o Ballygowan
Daniel McMahon, c/o Ballygowan
Mike Brown (Doggie), c/o, Lee’s Bar
John Shine, Old Mill
Promotors Prize – Frank McEnery

Next week’s draw will be in The Silver Dollar on Friday September 11^th . The jackpot stands at €;10,400