A few shots from this Charity Cup game, Garryowen won 24-19
The J1 team kicked off their season with at 23-8 Defeat in the Transfield cup to St Mary’s. Marcus Mulivhill got Bruff’s only try with Tommy Carroll kicking a penalty.
The under 13’s got their season off to a winning start with a 32-13 victory over Thomond in a pre-season friendly, while the U18’s also started off the season with a win in a friendly over an amalgamation team from Pres/Richmond
There were also a number of Bruff players on duty with Munster this weekend. Paul Downes & Brian Fanning were in action for the Munster u19’s team that went down to Leinster in their opening game of the inter pro’s.
Paul Downes kicked a penalty and a conversion in the 19-10 away loss, played in Templeville road.
The club would also like to congratulate the Fanning Brothers, Brian & Darragh who were both involved with the Limerick Minor team that won this seasons Munster minor championship. Unfortunately the minors lost out to Kilkenny in last weekend’s All-Ireland final. Both of them were key to Bruff’s success at u18’s level last season and we look forward to seeing them back in the club colours later this year.
The senior first XV kicked off the new season with a close Charity Cup defeat to Garryowen in Kilballyowen this afternoon, but there were plenty of positives to take from the game for Bruff. Declan Bannon did all the scoring for Bruff, scoring four penalties, a conversion and a length of the field intercept try. Bruff led for large patches of the game and there was a huge improvement from the warm-up game against Nenagh two week’s ago.
The Bruff team lined out as follows:
1. Davy Horan (c) 2. Johnny Clery 3. Stephen Foster 4. Michael Cooke 5. Ger O’Connell 6. Ollie White 7. Andrew White 8. Danny Keogh 9. Tony Cahill 10. Brian Cahill 11. Shane Doona 12. Darragh Mulcahy 13. Declan Bannon 14. Cian Tierney 15. Davy Grady
Subs – 16. Michael Lynch 17. Ray Roche 18. Colum O’Sullivan 19. Pat Lynch 20. Mikey 21. Gary Leonard 22. Mark Cosgrove
The team to play Garryowen this coming Saturday in the Charity Cup in Kilballyowen is as follows 1. Davy Horan (c) 2. Johnny Clery 3. Stephen Foster 4. Michael Cooke 5. Ger O’Connell 6. Ollie White 7. Andrew White 8. Danny Keogh 9. Tony Cahill 10. Brian Cahill 11. Shane Doona 12. Darragh Mulcahy 13. Declan Bannon 14. Cian Tierney 15. Davy Grady
Subs – 16. Michael Lynch 17. Ray Roche 18. Colum O’Sullivan 19. Pat Lynch 20. Mikey 21. Gary Leonard 22. Mark Cosgrove
Game kicks off at 2.30pm, please come out and support the team in their first competitive fixture of the year.
Underage training re-commences on Sunday 7th September at 10:30am for Mini rugby (ages 6 – 12) and at 11:30 am for Youth rugby (ages 13 – 18). New Members Welcome. Registration forms available on the morning, shop will also be open, clearance sale on some line items in shop.
Looking forward to seeing you there.