Babbling 'brook

Any results from the lower tiered competitions or 2nds/3rds competitons.

Leinster dont do much/anything to highlight winners of these competitions
Kilkenny won ty/5th year league beating belvedere in final.
Anyone know updates on 2nds premier/1sr divisions, forster cup etc

Semi-final fixtures: Terenure College (1st) v Lansdowne (4th), Lakelands Park; Cork Constitution (2nd) v Clontarf (3rd), Temple Hill, both 2.30pm kick-offs, Saturday, April 20 Final: Aviva Stadium, 4pm, Sunday, April 28 (live on TG4) Relegated: Dublin University (automatic) Promotion/relegation play...

Big win for navan in 2A v nenagh, well done lads Sent from my VOG-L09 using Tapatalk We werent fantastic yesterday but should still win league and promotion. Only barnhall can stop us and we have them in nenagh next week. 1 point across the 2 games gets us the title. Navan got a good win. Crowd ver...

71 for Blackrock. That’s incredible all the same. They might not do it next year given only 2 starters back next year but they won’t be too far off given majority of the replacements were 4th / 5th year. Who else will be strong next year? Michaels was mostly 6th year so might not be that strong? As...

It's often struck me that big (predominantly GAA) schools in the heart of various Leinster strongholds, are rich seams for Leinster rugby to mine ..... St Benildus college, Oatlands and Colaiste Eoin are nestled between St Michaels and Blackrock ..... Firhouse community college, Coláiste Eanna, plu...

Terenure to play roscrea in senior bowl final

Gerards beat clongowes 14-10 in senior plate final

This was a much more comprehensive win for Terenure than the match report (below) suggests. The understandable decision by the Terenure coaches to unload their bench, in two tranches, at the beginning of the final quarter, coupled with a Referee apparently intent on "leveling up" the cont...

Being pedantic Leinster Rugby predates most of the clubs in the province. From my own perspective I got into rugby through school and have never had or felt any affiliation to a club. I'd wager there are a fair number of people in the same situation as myself, particularly in Dublin. But leinster w...

Ehhhhhh................ no Any guys brought up in rugby surely still support their own club. There is and was rugby before Munster Rugby, Leinster Rugby, Ulster Rugby and Connacht Rugby came along you know. Which club are you affiliated to? How often would you see a club match? Being pedantic Leins...

Where can I get up to date fixture lists for the games (as opposed to historic scores?) The Irish rugby website is impossible to navigate The Energia AIL app is useless Even the club websites are shite It's as if the AIL is actively trying to discourage casual fan attendance Ia irfu site that diffi...

Congrats to Terenure winning, and retaining the Bateman Cup in the Final against Young Munster by 22-15. Excellent game and two really good tries for Terenure in second half to snatch victory from the 'Cookies' who played very well, particularly with their maul. Rudhan Quinn is definitely ready for...

They were 14-17 down at HT and 14-30 down with 20 to go. These schools have improved hugely in the last decade due to the senior league competition and are probably among the four favourites for the SCT. They are battle-hardened by playing in the league. It's time that they were moved up and two ot...

They were 14-17 down at HT and 14-30 down with 20 to go. These schools have improved hugely in the last decade due to the senior league competition and are probably among the four favourites for the SCT. They are battle-hardened by playing in the league. It's time that they were moved up and two ot...

Gonzaga beat Newbridge 33-30 in the final of the Senior League in Donnybrook. They were 14-17 down at HT and 14-30 down with 20 to go. These schools have improved hugely in the last decade due to the senior league competition and are probably among the four favourites for the SCT. They are battle-h...

Does each school choose whether to play in the League or does the Branch determine the participants? It’s all the schools outside the Big 6 that play in the league Can Terenure and Mary’s really call themselves part of the big 6 at this stage? Based off history yes but neither have done anything at...

enby wrote: ↑November 22nd, 2023, 9:54 pm Does each school choose whether to play in the League or does the Branch determine the participants?

Schools choose to play. All the 6 non league schools should really have an official league for their fixtures they play each other pre Christmas.

Was chatting with a mate over pints last weekend and heard something pretty disturbing. A very sporty kid who he coached for underage rugby and gaa stopped turning up for both, he met the kids dad by chance who told him that his kid had been asked to sign a “declaration” in school that the only spo...

Are Salanoa and/or Knox injured, or should we be doing expecting to see a lot of the Archer/Ryan combo this season? Also looking forward to seeing how EdEd and Ahern go this season. Would be great to add more competition to Ireland's second row stocks. Salanoa injured. Out for a bit. Knox expected ...

3 rounds down Lansdowne, Clontarf started very well in 1A Trinity struggling a bit Marys and Highfield top 1B with Buccs struggling we're going well in 2A. Malone bottom and only side yet to win a game. Inst look very strong in 2B few sides 2 wins from 3 behind them 3 undefeated sides in 2C includin...