| Please Note that all Rock fixtures have now been uploaded onto the website and details of all teams and Club officers etc. are also updated. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday May 9th, 2008 Corporate Business Lunch in the Four Seasons Hotel at 12.30pm. Speakers are John O'Shea of GOAL and Pat Falvey who climbed Mt. Everest. Tickets at 200 euro each are available from Ken MacDonald Tel 086 2563851 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Sep 2nd, 2007 Our First XV got off to a good start on Saturday in Donnybrook when they beat Old Wesley 43-10 in the first round of the Leddin Finance Senior League Cup. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End May 7th, 2007 Our U-20's won the McCorry Cup on Monday in Donnybrook by beating St Mary's College by 12-11 in an exciting game. After being 11-0 down into the second half and facing into the wind, they rallied magnificently to get back into the game with two tries, one of which was converted. Despite an injury time drop-goal attempt our lads held out to secure their second trophy of the season, having previously won the League. A fitting end to an excellent season for them!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Apr 21-Apr 24th, 2007 On Saturday our 1stXv had a great win over UL Bohemians by 24-16. This win places them 7th in Division 1 in the AIB AIL. On the same weekend, our U-20s Pennant side lost in the Purcell Cup final against Barnhall by 8-11 while our Women won another trophy by beating Highfield in the All Ireland Cup Final by 20-12. On Tuesday, our U-20s Premier side beat UCD in Belfield by 26-19 in the McCorry Cup Semi-final to set them up for the final next Monday in Donnybrook at 3pm. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Apr 13-Apr 15th, 2007 On Friday our J5 team were beaten by DLSP away in the O'Connor Cup Quarter-Final by 10-28. In Stradbrook, on Saturday, our J2(3rds) lost against Terenure College in the Vice Presidents Cup Semi-Final by 16-25, while the U-20s Premier side were beaten by UCC in Nenagh by 21-34 in the All Ireland Play-off Final. On Sunday our WomensXV were also beaten in the All Ireland Semi-Final, away, by Highfield 0-10. Not a good weekend for results, however all teams are due congratulations for getting so far in their respective competitions. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Apr 06-Apr 08th, 2007 Our 1stXV lost against Shannon by 15-26 in Stradbrook on Saturday, in the AIL, while the U-20s Premier side beat Lansdowne immediately afterwards by 17-0 to gain a place in the All Ireland Final. On the same day, in Seapoint, our J2(3rds) team were unexpectedly beaten by Greystones in the O'Connell Cup Semi-Final by 3-34. On the previous day, Friday, our J5 won their 2nd round match in Stradbrook in the O'Connor Cup to get into the Q/Final. On Sunday our U-20's Pennant side beat Seapoint away by 8-6 to go through to the Purcell Cup Final. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Mar 31-Apr 1st, 2007 Our U-20s Premier side beat Young Munster by 19-15 at Stradbrook in their All Ireland Play-Off Q/Final to gain a place in the Semi-Finals against Lansdowne on Easter Saturday in Stradbrook at 4.30pm after the AIL match against Shannon. On Sunday in one of the best games of the season at Stradbrook, our U-20's Pennant side beat Dublin University by 30-29 to go through to the Purcell Cup Semi-Final against Seapoint next Easter Sunday. On Saturday our J2(3rds) gained a walk-over against St Mary's College to put them in the Vice President's Cup Semi-Final. On Sunday, in Galway our Women's team beat Galwegians in their last League game by 45-0 to go through to the All Ireland League Semi-Finals. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Mar 24-25, 2007 Our 1st XV lost away against Garryowen by 39-5 on Saturday while our J2(3rds) won the same day in Stradbrook, beating Terenure College by 25-15 to set them up for an O'Connell Cup Semi-Final place against Greystones on April 7th. On Sunday in Stradbrook our U-20 Pennant side beat a good UCD side by 21-12 in the Purcell Cup 2nd Round, at the same time as the School's JCT side beat St Michael's College in Donnybrook by 13-10 to win the Leinster Schools Junior Cup. Meanwhile in Cork, our Womens side beat Clonakilty by 26-5 in their penultimate League game. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Mar 17-19, 2007 Our U-20 Premier side beat Dublin University by 10-0 to win the J P Fanagan Trophy in the League. A large crowd watched a very intense match, but eventually a strong Rock team came through on a very cold day. Meanwhile, the day before, our Women's team came through an All Ireland Cup Semi-Final by beating Navan by 41-0 to gain a place in the All Ireland Final. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Mar 10-13, 2007 Our J1 lost to a strong Clontarf side in the Metropolitan Cup away by 10-53. On Sunday our U-20 Pennant side lost narrowly to Skerries by 5-8 On Tuesday night in Malahide our U-20 Premier side beat Seapoint by 39-0 to set them up nicely for their final League match against Dublin University next Monday Bank holiday at 4pm in Stradbrook. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Mar 3-4, 2007 Our 1stXV beat Dungannon away by 26-24 and after scoring 4 tries added a bonus point to bring them up to 7th position in Division 1 with 32 points. Our J2(3rds) beat Guinness in the Second round of the O'Connell Cup by 22-0 to go through to the Quarter-Finals when they will next meet Terenure College. Our Women beat Boyne by 19-0 in their Cup Quarter-Final. Regrettably, because of the bad weather both our U-20's matches were postponed as well as Our J1(2nds) match. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Feb 24-25, 2007 Our J2(3rds) beat Monkstown in the First round of the O'Connell Cup by 44-10 to go through and meet Guinness in Round 2. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Feb 17-18, 2007 Our 1stXV won an exciting game against Ballymena in Stradbrook in the AIB AIL when they beat them 41-24. With 3 tries from Fionn Carr and one each from Emmet Farrell and David Rowan we picked up a bonus point to lift us up from 12th to 7th in the League. At half-time our J2(3rds) were presented with the Minor League Cup by Trevor Merry of the Leinster Branch after losing 16-21 in their final league game. However, they had already won their League the previous week.On Sunday our J1(2nds) team beat Terenure College by 40-30 in another entertaining match in Stradbrook. The Womens team were awarded a walk-over as Newbridge could or did not want to play. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Feb 10-11, 2007 Our J2(3rds) team won their league for the third consecutive season when they beat Old Wesley away by 44-0. Congratulations to all of the team and management. It is hoped that the trophy will be presented after their last match in Stradbrook against Terenure College next Saturday at 3pm. A depleted 1stXV lost against Buccaneers by 5-44 in a friendly while our J1(2nds) narrowly lost away to UCD by 13-18. On Sunday our U-20 Premier team beat Old Wesley by 48-0 in Stradbrook to put them top of the league table with two matches to go. The U-20 Pennant match was cancelled due to the pitch deemed unplayable. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Feb 03-04, 2007 Our U-20 Premier team beat Terenure College by 27-5 in Lakelands on Sunday, while our U-20 Pennant side lost very narrowly in the dying minutes against UCD in the Bowl by 13-14. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Jan 27-28, 2007 Our 1stXV lost against Belfast Harlequinns in an exciting match in Stradbrook by 36-43 in an 11 try game of open rugby. In losing, we at least had the consolation of gaining two bonus points by gaining 5 tries and by only losing by 7 or less points. On the same day, our J2(3rds) practically sealed their League win by beating Old Wesley in the College by 25-22. Meanwhile on Sunday, after the Women's game was called off,where we might get a walk-over; our U-20's sides had a double win with the Premier side beating Clontarf by 36-0 and the Pennant side beating Old Belvedere by 22-14. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Jan 20-21, 2007 Our 1stXV lost against St Mary's College in Templeville Road by 10-38 on Saturday in the AIB AIL. Our J1(2nds) match against Terenure College was postponed as was our WomensXV fixture against Malahide in the League Cup. Our U-20 Premier side beat UCD away in the Bowl by 26-13. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Jan 13-14, 2007 Our J1(2nds) beat Greystones away by 21-18 on Sunday while on the same dayin Stradbrook, our U-20 Pennant team lost to Naas by 10-20 and our WomensXV won 31-10 against Navan in the Leinster Cup. The U-20 match was cancelled as Bective Rangers could not field a team. On the previous day, our J2(3rds) continued to win when they beat St Mary's College by 19-6 in Stradbrook.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Jan 06-07, 2007 Our 1stXV were in action on Saturday at home to Lansdowne, but despite our biggest Pre-match Lunch this season, were beaten 20-24 in an extremely tight match. Our consolation was securing two bonus points. On the same day, our J2(3rds) continued their winning ways with a Away win against Skerries by 35-6.On Sunday in Stradbrook our J1(2nds) drew 17-17 with Wanderers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Dec 30-31, 2006 Our 1stXv held a friendly against Dublin University at Stradbrook on Sat at 1200 noon. With a small band of supporters, everyone witnessed a very exciting game. With 2 mins to go, Trinity dropped a goal to make it 27-24 in their favour; but with 30 secs to go, Rock got a penalty in front of the posts, but alas! we sent it wide. But a good day was had by all, particularly as our U-20s beat the Irish Youths team in Greystones by 17-15 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Dec 16-17, 2006 With only three games scheduled for this weekend - our 1sts, 2nds & 3rds; the thirds were disappointed that for the second week in succession, their game against Seapoint was cancelled. Accordingly, our 1stXV was the only game on on Saturday and they duly travelled over to Clontarf only to be narrowly beaten by 26-22. On Sunday our 2nds played their re-scheduled match against Barnhall in Stradbrook and duly beat them by 57-14. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------W/End Dec 9-10, 2006 This weekend gave us a mixed bag of results. Our 1stXV beat UCD in The Bowl by 29-21, while our J1(2nds) hammered DLSP by 62-3 away on Sunday. The J2(3rds) match was postponed because Old Wesley could not field a team. However, our U-20s were both beaten away. The Premier team by St Mary's (10-8) and the Pennant team by Trinity (37-3). Finally, our womens team well beat Cooke by 43-0. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------= W/End Dec 2-3, 2006 An exciting match was seen by a relatively small crowd of spectators on Saturday when our first XV lost to Galwegians in Stradbrook by 32-47. However the consolation was that we gained a bonus point for scoring 4 tries.Our Our J1 team beat Bective Rangers on Sunday by 32-15 while the U-20 Pennant team beat DLSP by 17-11. Our J2 team consolidated their winning streak by beating Old Belvedere by 37-14 in Stradbrook on Saturday. This means they are unbeaten in their nine league games played to date. The U-20 JPFanagan game was called off by Dublin University. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Nov 18-19, 2006 After the magnificent win against Australia in appalling conditions, when most members got drenched it is nice to reflect that our two teams that played this weekend also recorded wins. Our U-20 Pennant side had a good away win against Co Carlow when they beat them 39-13. While our women, playing at home beat Ballincollig by a whopping 84-0. Congratulations to both teams. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Nov 11-12, 2006 Besides the Irish win over South Africa our playing teams this weekend had a success rate of 75% Our J1(2nds)beat Trinity on Saturday in the League by 35 -15 while our unbeaten for 6 games J2(3rds) beat Lansdowne in their League by 32-10, both matches being played in Stradbrook. On Sunday our U-20 Pennant team were beaten by a good Coolmine side by 10-27 while straight afterwards in Stradbrook our U-20s JP Fanagan team beat Lansdowne by 23-16 in an extremely entertaining match. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Nov 4-5, 2006 Our 1st XV had a marvelous victory over Terenure College in the AIB AIL by beating them by 31-19 in Stradbrook. Our J1(2nds) team lost at home to Old Wesley on Sunday by 20-35. The J2(3rds) continued their winning run by beating Guinness away by 50-0, while both our U-20's won on Sunday when the Premier side beat Old Belvedere by 21-10 and the Pennant side beat Clondalkin/Tallaght by 20-5. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/End Oct 7-8, 2006 Rock had a clean sweep this weekend with our Seconds(J1) beating Co Carlow by 45-5 in the League, our Thirds(J2) beating Clontarf by 45-8 also in the League, Our U-20's Premier team beating Seapoint in a friendly by 19-0, our U-20's Pennant Team beating UCD in a friendly by 12-10 and our Women beating Boyne in the League by 50-3. Next week, they will all need our support!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blackrock College 23 Dungannon 36 Fly-half Gareth Steenson bagged a 19-point haul as Dungannon won for the second successive weekend – beating Blackrock 36-23 at Stradbrook. Rock up to fourth We are now back up to fourth in the Division One table despite missing out on full points. Back to Top Can you Help?? A late Paddy O'Toole penalty saw Blackrock College pip Dublin University for the spoils at Stradbrook this afternoon. For the full report, click here. Back to Top Come on down and bring the whole family to support the 1st XV as they play Dublin University. Kick off is at 2:30pm in Stradbrook. Back to Top Back to Top Scorers - Tries: Stephen Baker, Diarmuid Laffin; Con: Paddy O'Toole; Pen: O'Toole There was joy too for Blackrock College's new coaching trio of Dave Dillon, Barry Gibney and Emmet Farrell as tries in each half from Stephen Baker and Diarmuid Laffin helped the Stradbrook men to a 15-6 victory at Galwegians. For the full report, click here. Back to Top Sides €200 1st Wee €300: 1557 - Carlos Sanz Back to Top The fixtures are as follows: Back to Top First up is Galwegians Away, followed by a home game against Dublin University. To view the fixtures in full, Click here Back to Top It finished 21-10, with tries from Dave Malone and Denis Baarnett, with Stephne O'Shea (Squish) converting the 3 tries. Well done to all the squad and managment of the Thirds on a great season. Back to Top All players taking part in the Blitz need to be there at 13:30. Kick off will take place at 14:00 and there will be 2 Tag Rugby refs there to ref all the games. After the blitz there will be food and craic, as well as the presentation of the Honours Scarves. Everyone is welcome so lets support the club and get down to the club at some stage. The teams for this year tab blitz have been draw. To view the teams please click here. Back to Top The lads hope to make it a double on Wednesday, when the take on Lansdowne in the Albert O'Connell Cup Final. The game is on in Castle Ave, Clontarf and kicks off at 7.30pm. With the late kick off, hopefully we can get a big crowd out to support the lads. Best of luck to all the team and management. Back to Top This Saturday in Stradbrook we play the league final at 3pm against Belvo. Hopefully we can get a big crowd out to support the lads in both their finals. Also, details to follow regarding the Club Day on May 21st. Back to Top They will defend the cup against Lansdowne. The date and venue have yet to be decided but when they are available, they will be posted on the site. Back to Top The game will take place on May 4th @ 6pm.
SATURDAY 30th APRIL Back to Top Arising from those discussions, AISRCA decided to canvas the position of each Senior Club on whether they would prefer ; A) A straight league with 3 Divisions of 16 teams, each team in a Division playing all other teams in the Division, or B) The previously agreed format of two conferences in each Division with the 8 teams in a conference playing each other on a home and away basis. An overwhelming majority of the Senior Clubs have voted to request the IRFU to change back to (A) the straight league without conferences with immediate effect and AISRCA hope that this will be agreed to by the IRFU at their next meeting so that plans for the 2005/2006 season can proceed. Existing regulations for promotion and relegation at the end of the current season will not be affected by this proposed change. Back to Top He then beat two would-be tacklers five minutes later in a scorching 25-metre dart to the 'Rock line, converting his own try for a 10-0 home buffer. Former Garryowen fly-half Conor Kilroy reduced the deficit to 10-6 with penalties on 19 and 23 minutes, but Hurley was not to be outdone. The scrum-half quickly tagged on his second penalty before setting up Pat Humphries for a well-taken 34th-minute try. 20-6 up at the break, Garryowen did allow Rock to maul their way back into contention. Hurley kicked a 53rd-minute penalty before his opposite number Antonio Pinto sent winger John Hearty crashing over in the corner on 66 minutes for Kilroy to convert. Rock made it even tighter eight minutes later when number 8 Shane Madigan pounced over off a maul move for Kilroy to again convert, and made it 23-20 in Garryowen's favour. Hurley was on hand then in injury time to ensure victory for the light Blues – kicking his fourth penalty from 30 metres out. |