AIB League Fixtures out

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Jul 232008
 

We get Thomond and Old Crescent at home during the league but first off, guess who we are away to? Our old friends Instonians, in Belfast no less. It also looks like the date for the Christmas party is already set 🙂 Anyway full list below:

Date Time Home Score Away Venue
Sat 4th Oct 08 14:30 Instonians v Bruff Shaws Bridge
Sat 11th Oct 08 14:30 Bruff v Thomond Killballyowen Park
Sat 18th Oct 08 14:30 Bruff v Belfast Harlequins Killballyowen Park
Sat 25th Oct 08 14:30 Malone v Bruff Gibson Park
Sat 29th Nov 08 14:30 Bruff v Dublin University Killballyowen Park
Sat 6th Dec 08 14:30 D.L.S.P. v Bruff Kilternan
Sun 14th Dec 08 14:30 Bruff v Highfield Killballyowen Park
Sat 17th Jan 09 14:30 Lansdowne v Bruff RDS
Sat 24th Jan 09 14:30 Bruff v Old Crescent Killballyowen Park
Sat 31st Jan 09 14:30 Wanderers v Bruff Merrion Road
Sat 21st Feb 09 14:30 Bruff v U.C.C. Killballyowen Park
Sat 7th Mar 09 14:30 Bective Rangers v Bruff Donnybrook
Sat 28th Mar 09 14:30 Bruff v Ballynahinch Killballyowen Park
Sat 4th Apr 09 14:30 Bruff v Clonakilty Killballyowen Park
Sat 18th Apr 09 14:30 Greystones v Bruff Dr. Hickey Park
Jul 212008
 

Again John returns in the off season alternative to the Hookers diary with the Brilliant piece which he was kind enough to send on to me in it’s entirety.

The PC brigade

I’VE finally been banished from the Leader offices, but not for any of the reasons that may first spring to mind, such as having to obey a restraining order taken out by a female member of staff.

No, I have been victimised by a much more sinister force than a lady who doesn’t know a good thing when she sees it, and that is the PC brigade.

You see, my adoring followers, I’m a soft sort and this softness was never so apparent as at my weekly Tag Rugby game last week, when my girly little ankle decided that it had had enough of supporting my impressive frame and promptly cracked.

Being a mildly moronic sort, I decided I had only suffered a slight sprain and proceeded to dance the night away on my faulty leg.

It first occurred to me that my self-diagnosis may have been a little off the mark next morning when I noticed that my ankle was now larger than my head.

After a predictably horrendous wait in A&E, I emerged with a big fat Wellington boot of a cast, which makes showering a nightmare and does absolutely nothing for my figure.

However, like the trooper that I am, I hobbled back into the office on Monday only to find company policy dictates that broken employees such as myself need a doctor’s cert to go back to work.

Now, for those who have just joined us, I am a journalist. I don’t operate any heavy machinery and I certainly don’t run anywhere. In fact I avoid all unnecessary movements as a matter of principle. So I can’t for the life of me figure out why a pair of crutches prevents me from sitting at my desk writing stuff (and nonsense).

As it stands, I am currently like a modern day James Stewart in Rear Window, trapped in my apartment with nobody but my two pet goldfish for company, rapidly losing my marbles from lack of human company.

I was a few hours into a conversation with the fish today regarding rugby’s new experimental laws – one was in favour of them, the other against – when I realised I may have crossed over on to the wrong side of that thin line they say exists between genius and insanity.

There will be zinc

BROKEN bones and not being allowed to work may become distant memories before long if a little excavation out Ballyneety direction goes my way.

Some strange characters turned up on our farm not so long ago saying they thought we may have zinc underneath our land. My father told them that he was almost certain he had cows on top of his land and as long as the zinc didn’t make them sick, he wasn’t too pushed about it.

But then the miners asked if we minded them having a little mine to see if indeed there was zinc underneath the Hogan turf.

If the ground did produce zinc, they said they would be willing to part with a few pennies in return for permission to extract the metal.

Now I understand this may sound a little like a scene from There Will Be Blood where the shady oil man comes out to the country and convinces the slack-jawed yokels to allow him drain their land for all its worth.

However my family’s jaws are well and truly taut and I for one will be demanding nothing less than top dollar for my share of the zinc should it turn up.

Already I have started dreaming about how I will spend the money, with a Lamborghini, an ignorantly large yacht and my own tropical island figuring pretty highly on the list of things to buy.

However, my number one spend would be on the construction of a stadium with a greater capacity than Lansdowne Road, Croke Park and Thomond Park put together, but situated in Bruff Rugby Club.

That’d really shock all the Dublin bigwigs when they come down to Kilballyowen. Who knows? It may even get me on to the starting team.

Feckin’ Galwegians
LOVERS of immaculately-crafted journalism and fart jokes alike will know that in a previous incarnation I penned a column entitled “The Hooker’s Diary”, a slightly off-centre weekly chronicle of events in Bruff RFC.
Although it had quite modest beginnings, I nourished “The Diary” with regular installments of double-entendrism, personal attacks and the occasional plea for a woman.
Before long I had literally tens of regular readers – some of them from outside my immediate family – and I grew to love the little corner of the paper reserved for my weekly trash talk.
Like all good things however, The Hooker’s Diary had to come to an end as the rugby season drew to a close. I accepted that an article advertising the daily goings-on in the life of a hooker may have been somewhat misleading outside of the regular rugby season and brought the diary to a finish.

But imagine my disgust, nay horror, to find this week that a rag in Galway has copied the style, format and even name of my beloved Hooker’s Diary for their own end of providing a “humorous” look at each week’s tag rugby fixtures.

This really isn’t on, there are probably legions of simpletons up West who think they are reading the original Hooker’s Diary.

I know they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but I would respond to that by saying, come up with your own ideas for a column you good-for-nothing, unoriginal Galwegians!

More fixtures and this weeks calendar.

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Jul 212008
 

Looks like the Munster Branch is really on top of things already this season, with the courses on the New ELV’s already in place, now the fixtures for the Gleeson League, McInerny Cup and a few other Munster J1 and J2 leagues and cups have been finalised, we should have them up on the website by the weekend all going well. Just log on to www.bruffrfc.com later on in the week and the link should be there.

Next club meeting is on Monday night next, 21st July at 8:00 p.m. It is important that all club committee members attend to finalise arrangements for the Bull N’ Booze Tag Rugby festival on the following Saturday. Patrons should also note that we will be running a shuttle bus to and from Clancy’s in Bruff and the Club to facilitate transfer during the evening and also after the festivities. This Bus comes courtesy of Jack Clancy in Bruff and many thanks for that.

There is also a celebration night for George Clancy’s elevation to Elite Referees Status taking place on the Friday night (25th) taking place in Clancy’s pub Courtesy of Heineken and Jack so we’re kicking off proceedings there. Anyway have a good week and we hope to see you all in the club for the Biggest festival yet.

Party On At Bruff R.F.C.

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Jul 212008
 

Party On at Bruff R.F.C.

The Heat, the sweat, girls with their hands around the waist of some guy they’ve met for the first time ten minutes before, tearing off a piece of cloth barely held together with Velcro. The lovely smell of barbecued beef, chips , the long cold drinks, the tanned legs, the glistening bodies, the panting, the heavy breathing, followed by the late night, the live band, the pounding music at the disco and finally tumbling into the bed or the tent in the small hours……

No, we’re not talking some hot sweaty party night in Ibiza, this is a lot closer to home, It’s the Third Bull N’ Booze tag rugby festival and it’s almost upon us again. We kick off on the evening of Friday 25th of July with the welcome party and continue with the main event on Saturday 26th of July.

This year we’ve taken it a bit further with the attack of the raging “Bucking Bronco” Bull and the addition of the oldest martial art form in the world (albeit with a bit of padding for protection), you’ve guessed it, it’s the “Sumo Wrestling suits”, where you can try to give someone the “Attack of a thousand slaps” if you could only get your hands on them.

To be sure that you’re in with a chance to be involved, drop in on the www.bruffrfc.com homepage and download the entry form (To make it even easier there’s a link directly from the top of the web page). Print off the form and either email or post it back to the address on it. You can also email  tagrugby@bruffrfc.com or else just ring Gráinne on 087-9312817. It really is as easy as that. Be quick though, we’re closing fast on our target, but if you don’t get your team entered in time, be sure to drop in for the entertainment, we’ll be going until the really early (Or late) hours.

Full list of activities as follows:

Friday, July 25:

* 6pm campsite opens

* Teams arrive and check into accommodation

* 9.30pm welcome party at local pub in Bruff main street

* Advance team registration available.

* Live music venue at ‘Clancy’s Yard’

Saturday, July 26

* 1pm team registration and captains’ briefing

* 2-6pm Tag rugby blitz (Each teams plays min. 4 games and max. 6 games)

* 7-9pm Live music on the pitch

* Big big barbeque

* The Bucking Bronco Bull – Try your skills on the rodeo bull

* If the Bull don’t get ya then the ‘Sumo Suits’ will finish the job.

* Heineken Cup trophy shows up and poses for photos

* 9pm prizegiving by special guest

* If you’re still standing at this stage (Tough aren’t ya?) then we’ll try to finish you off with the famous “AfterShock, Aftertag” celebration party with live band “Intrigue”

* For the really, truly fit, there is a disco and karaoke afterwards till late…

* Shuttle bus serving nominated local guest accommodation (list available)

* Bar and barbeque available all day

If you have the guts, we have the balls, come and join us…

Experimental Law Variations: The Explanations.

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Jul 172008
 

Some explanations and links regarding the newly installed ELV’s (Lifted directly from the IRFU Site.)

Individual Experimental Law Variations

The following Experimental Law Variations will be implemented by the IRFU for the Domestic Game competition from August 1, 2008 for a 12 month trial

Each ELV is listed below (under the headings of the Law they are a variation of) with downloads

or

alternatively you can download a copy of the Full ELV Guide HERE

LAW 6 – MATCH OFFICIALS

ELV Nr.1 – Assistant Referees are able to assist the referee in any way that the referee requires

Download ELV Nr.1 in PDF format HERE

LAW 17 – MAUL

ELV Nr.2 – In Maul remove reference to head and shoulders not being lower than hips

Download ELV Nr.2 in PDF format HERE

ELV Nr.3 – Players are able to defend a maul by pulling it down.

Download Video HERE

Download ELV Nr.3 in PDF format HERE

LAW 19 – TOUCH & LINEOUT

ELV Nr.4 – If a team puts ball back into its own 22 and the ball is subsequently kicked directly into touch, there is no gain in ground

Download Video HERE Download ELV4 in PDF format HERE

ELV Nr.5 – A quick throw in may be thrown in straight or towards the throwing team’s own goal line

Download Video HERE

Download ELV Nr.5 in PDF format HERE

ELV Nr.6 – There is no restriction on the number of players from either team who can participate in the linout

Download Video HERE

Download ELV Nr.6 in PDF format HERE

ELV Nr. 7 – The receiver at the lineout must be 2 metres away from the lineout

ELV Nr. 8 – The player who is in opposition to the player throwing in the ball must stand in the area between the 5-metre line and the touchline but must be 2 metres away from the 5-metre line

Download ELV Nrs. 7 & 8 in PDF format HERE

ELV Nr. 9 – Lineout players may pre-grip a jumper before the ball is thrown in

Download ELV Nr.9 in PDF format HERE

ELV Nr.10 – The lifting of lineout players is permitted

Download ELV Nr.10 in PDF format HERE

LAW 20 – SCRUM

ELV Nr.11 – Introduction of an offside line 5 metres behind the hindmost feet of the scrum

Download ELV Nr.11 in PDF format HERE

ELV Nr. 12 – Identification of scrum-half offside lines

Download ELV Nr.12 in PDF format HERE

LAW 22 – CORNER POSTS

ELV Nr. 13 – The Corner posts are no longer considered to be touch-in-goal except when the ball is grounded agains the post.

Download ELV Nr. 13 in PDF format HERE