Babbling 'brook

Hi, was at Monkstown Junior League Final last Thursday against Pres Bray which ended in a draw. Does anyone know when and where the replay is on? Cheers And also, I know Monkstown also got to the semis in the Senior League. I heard the game is this Friday. Is that true? Does anyone know the oppositi...

-When your in school and not on a cup team its one of the highlights of the year, bit of spirit in your school. Depends of course where you go as to what degree Ye, because if you're in CBC, your man running the place didnt even know there was any f%~king cup matches on!!!!!!! All I can say is that...

ye would be good, to be honest most games are under lights u just dont notice!!! nighttime kickoffs wud be interesting tho, but wudnt suit the people who matter, the players, they wudnt be used to playing and training so late and to be honest i think leaving a player on final day wait for 12 hours ...

-When your in school and not on a cup team its one of the highlights of the year, bit of spirit in your school. Depends of course where you go as to what degree Ye, because if you're in CBC, your man running the place didnt even know there was any f%~king cup matches on!!!!!!! All I can say is that...

They'll never take our half days away!! Funny but I dont care anymore since I'm in 6th year. I think it would be great. The League Final between Andrews and Monkstown was in Seapoint under lights - a brilliant occasion!!! There was so many past pupils at the game which made the atmosphere better on...

Ye, its their 5th Junior Cup and their first one since 1952

Monkstown lads, we suck!!!!! For the next few years, it'll be the same old story - losing in the 1st round or Quarter-Finals. It doesnt make sense why we never really compete like we did this year because we are roughly the same size school as Michaels, Marys, Terenure etc. If we get rid of that ab...

bunty85 wrote:

kerpal wrote:

cj wrote:CBC's cup final was the QF against Michaels.
Mary's final was the win over CBC.
Belvo will win.

Are u for real???
now being a cbc man im gutted we lost, and to be fair i thought the marys players were ,although understably excited, quite composed afterwards, having the graciousness to ignore the melee of past pupils and going straight to shake hands with our boys.No gloating or anythin like that.
However, Belvo have been through 3 cup finals in my eyes, a last minute win against nure( pitch invasion 1), held up roscrea 3 times and only won by 10 points(glossed over by a last few minutes try), and a last minute win against clongowes )pitch invasion 2!!!

Anyhow, i really hope the guys involved with our sct this year can use the buzz created this year and bring it into next year and hopefully the TOWN will be back in the mix for the senior cup in years to come!!!


and btw true blue, the tackle is a must see, that little fecker oneil.....

Ye it wasn't our day, the amount of stuff i heard that didn't go the teams way(freak injury before the game, the wind incident at the start not to mention the unreal chances the lads had). I hope its a catalyst for us finally winning it back, it got rid of a lot of the pesimism surrounding rugby in cbc. Well done to the team for that.

And I hope to God that Marys win, the luck that Belvo have had beggers belief at this stage and some of their supporters are ridiculously arrogant about them winning the 'real' final in the semis.

Monkstown lads, we suck!!!!! For the next few years, it'll be the same old story - losing in the 1st round or Quarter-Finals. It doesnt make sense why we never really compete like we did this year because we are roughly the same size school as Michaels, Marys, Terenure etc.

If we get rid of that absolute f%~king w&%ker of a man who is running the school then we will improve but it is also the old guard teachers that are coaching us.

Foxy, how many years coaching the S? Semis were his best result and a runners-up in the League twice (01 & 03). The Vinnie Inch doesnt count because Monkstown should never be in the Competition. We should at least qualify out of our group in the League every year. Also, he doesnt even have a 100% record in the Vinnie, 4 times in the Competition(2003,2005,2006,2007), 4 Finals (03,05,06,07), 3 times Champions (03,05,07). Poor coach.

Having Benny Roe coach anyone is insulting. Real nice guy but a joke of a coach. Leyden = 2 JCTs and out in the 1st round of both (not even to good teams, Roscrea in 2006 and Gonzaga this year). Berry is the definition of negativity and is a hindrance rather than a help. Ferguson hasnt had great results but he is young, a CBC man and understands rugby. Walsh looks like he has given up which is a shame (1998 Junior League Champs). Monty did a good job this year with Corcoran and others. It is a shame DK is leaving especially from a rugby point of view. After the 6th years leave, there is nothing keeping him there. He is not liked by the other teachers and he isnt allowed coach rugby even though he won the Junior League in 2005 with these 6th years.

A good Monkstown team comes along every 7-10 years. There was this year then in 2000 we lost to Terenure 28-22 in the semis and before that? 1984? 1976? We have produced some very good players but not very good players in the same year like we had this year. Even last year was a good team. When they were Js in 2004 they had a good run beating Roscrea and Belvo before losing to eventual winners Rock in the semis, 0-0 at half time. There is potential in CBC and a lot of it but the kids need to be coached properly.

The Cup won't be coming to CBC for quite some time unless Keating f%~ks off, Foxy, Benny and Jazzy are never on a rugby field again and we leave it to the young coaches like DK, Monty, Corcoran and Ferguson. Also, if we are to succeed we need some proffesional coaches for our Js and especially the SCT.

Anyway, thats my rant

Semi-Final Result

Don't get me wrong Belvo are big 6 and have one of the best histories. What I was saying was that Belvos record in the period when Michaels have been around is no more outstanding and the fact that they have such a tradition makes them underachievers over the past 30 years. Anyway...Hope Ivers is a...

Ok so who will win between CBC Monkstown and St. Mary's? it has to be one way CBC traffic , Marys have been lucky so far. Look at the stats CBC points for 54 against 3, no tries conceeded 7 scored, enough said it could be an even bigger hammering than the michaels game It will be very unlikely Monk...

limecat wrote:can we aks posters to remember the relative youth of players in the schools cup when commenting on their ability levels

Or wha?

....Till I Die wrote:I here the Monkstown second row Ivors or something might not be playing against Mary's cause of a back injury. I don't think it will effect them that much.

Yeah, Ivors for Monkstown isnt very good. Monkstown will be better without him

true blue 06 wrote:st. michaels v gonzaga in the semi's

clongowes v belvo i think in the other

No.

Roscrea v Clongowes

and

Gonzaga v Michaels

Who won between Michaels and the Gick?

Rock lose twice to Clongowes in consecutive days. Brilliant. 12-9 to Clongowes
So:
Clongowes v Belvo
and
Marys v CBC

eh Vincent-Dunlop, who the f%~k are you? I have asked so many people in my year but nobody knows and you obviously go to CBC as how else would you know about Guerin. What year are you in? You would have to be a 4th, 5th or 6th year

Apart from losing the match, I think this is the worst thing that could have happened to Monkstown. After coming into the competition as everybodys dark horse and beating Columbas very unconvincingly in the 1st round, they basically did a 180 degree flip by killing Michaels. Destroying one of the &q...

Even game between Zaga and CBC. Monkstown were probably the better team but Gonzaga took their chances. CBC should have won with the drop goal but the replacement out-half bottled it completely. About 10 metres out and straight in front of the posts with no rush defense and the ball barely left the ...

Rock 21-6 CBC. 6-0 to CBC at half time. CBC dominated for most of the match but couldnt score tries and 3 tries in the last 15 minutes for Rock flattered them a little as the first was a mistake from Monkstown's fullback and the last was an intercept try in the last minute of the match.