The following are the upcoming fixtures for the Under 14 and Under 16 Youth teams for the week ending 20th September 2015. Both games are scheduled for starting at 12:00 pm; dressing rooms will be identified for each team.
Please come along and give your support to the players.
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I was once asked to produce a handout of signals so that people could understand exactly what was going on when a referee makes a decision. With our resident referee George Clancy in camp for the next fifty days or so I stumbled across this on a tweet by Nigel Owens earlier this evening and thought I should share it.
Well wales online have managed to do what I didn’t, churning out a set of explanations from referee Nigel Owens:
Here they are and you can save a link to this page to study if you are the geeky type or you can save the link on your phone for a quick peek whenever you get stuck or just want to show off your vast knowledge of the game to lesser mortals standing alongside you against the railing 🙂
When you’re tackled, and go to ground, you must do three or four things with the ball. You can either release it immediately, you can place it in any direction, or you can pass it off the floor, or roll it back. But if you hold on which slows play down, that’s a penalty.
In rugby the game is played on your feet. If you go off your feet deliberately, in the contact area for example, then it’s a penalty.
If a referee suspects a player has become concussed, and would like him to get checked, then he calls the medic with a head check signal.
This is something quite new that has been creeping into the game. It’s dangerous play where players grab an opponent by the neck in a maul or contact area to take them out, or grab them round the neck to twist them out of the contact area. This should not be happening because it’s very dangerous play.
So that’s classed as a high tackle, dangerous. That is to be penalised and clamped down upon.
This neck roll/neck grab has pretty much replaced what used to be known as the spear tackle.
This is awarded for an infringement which is deemed to be not as deliberate as a penalty offence.
That would be, for example, if a scrum-half feeds the ball not straight at the scrum… although a lot of people would say that’s deliberate.
The hooker having his foot up before the ball comes into the scrum is another free kick.
The ball must be thrown down the middle, which we call straight. If it’s thrown down to one side more than the other, which makes it an unfair contest, then it’s not straight. Scrum or lineout to the opposition, their captain’s call.
A penalty is awarded for a deliberate infringement, ie something other than a knock-on, forward pass or an accidental offside.
Players must be on their feet in the ruck. They can only use their feet to ruck the ball back, so any player who uses his hands after the ruck is formed will be penalised.
There are different offside lines in the game. You have an offside at the ruck and maul, which is the hind-most foot and that line goes right across the width of the field.
At lineouts, the offside line for players not in the lineout is 10m back, and from scrums it’s five metres back from the feet of the number eight. If anybody encroaches those offisde lines, then they get penalised.
Once you are tackled, the ball carrier must place the ball and make an attempt to roll away. The tackler must release the ball carrier and then roll away from that area if possible, too.
The front row must bind straight and drive square. They must not drive lower than the hips, or push the scrum up. If you pull the scrum down, you get penalised.
When we go to the TMO, which is quite often these days, it’ll be a TV signal. And as TVs are square at the moment, the signal is square.
These days, you often see two people tackle the ball carrier. Once the ball carrier has gone to ground, the player who remains on his feet and is still in contact with him must release him before regathering the ball. if he doesn’t, then we call that assist tackler not releasing and that’s a penalty offence.
You must make an attempt to tackle the opponent below the line of the shoulder and neck. If you don’t, it’s a high tackle.
When you enter a tackle at a ruck or maul, you must enter form behind the hind-most foot of your own players in that phase of play. If you enter in front, that’s regarded as side entry and will be penalised.
UBL Opening Day victory for Seniors
The UBL kicked off on Saturday with the 1st XV making the trip to Dundalk for their opening game. Bruff travelled knowing a good performance was a must if they were to come away with the points. Dundalk had been impressive last season getting promoted from the junior ranks in Leinster and giving a number of impressive displays in last season’s round robin to gain promotion.
Bruff started well and put 3 points on the board after 12 minutes when Dundalk were penalised for a No Arms tackle which resulted in a sin binning for the Co Louth side. Bruff took full advantage and scored the game’s opening try with Dundalk down to 14 men. Full back Brendan Deady was on hand to touch down at the end of a good move which started in the Bruff half. Tony Cahill converted to make it 10-0. Dundalk brought it back to 10-6 before Deady’s second try for Bruff made it 15-6 to the visitors with just 7 minutes remaining in the opening half. With the half nearly up Bruff looked comfortable until 2 Bruff yellow cards turned the game on its head. Dundalk capitalised of Bruff ill-discipline scoring 10 points before the break to make is 16-15 at half time.
Bruff circled the wagons at half time and came out fighting in the 2nd half. With the 2 men still in the bin Bruff Hooker John Hogan burst over the line from short range to add Bruffs 3rd try after 5 minutes which was converted by Tony Cahill. Bruff were now chasing the bonus point and with the game opening up Tom O Callaghan struck for the 4th try which was a combination of solid work for the forwards and good handling by the backs. Cahill again converted and also added 2 more penalties before the end of the 80 mins to make it 35-16 to Bruff at the final whistle
Team 1 Dave Horan 2 John Hogan 3 Brendan Keogh 4 Mike Cooke 5 Ger O Connell 6 Danny Keogh 7 Mike Carroll 8 Paddy Clery 9 Tony Cahill 10 Dave O Grady 11 Paudie Kilcoyne 12 Sean Darcy 13 Tom O Callaghan 14 Mark Cosgrove 15 Brenan Deady 16 Cillian Rea 17 Stephen Foster 18 Neilus Keogh 19 Graham Whelan 20 Liam Treacy
Next up for the seniors is a home game with Tullamore on Saturday evening. KO is 7.30pm and a large crowd is expected so please arrive early .
The senior team faces Dundalk today in the first game of the 2015/16 Ulster Bank League. They line out as follows 1.Davy Horan 2.Johnny Hogan 3.Brendan Keogh 4.Mike Cooke 5.Ger O’Connell 6.Danny Keogh 7.Mikey Carroll 8.Paddy Clery 9.Tony Cahill 10.Davy O’Grady 11.Mark Cosgrove 12.Sean D’Arcy 13.Tom Callaghan 14.Paidi Kilcoyne 15.Brendan Deady. Subs: Stephen Foster, Neilus Keogh, Cillian Rea, Graham Whelan, Liam Treacy, Eric Finn.
Sean Hartigan Making his senior Debut
UBL resumes this weekend
This Saturday the 12th of September sees the KO of the UBL with 1st XV travelling away to Dundalk. Bruff have a new head coach this year with Tony Trehy coming in to take over from Brendan Deady and Brian Cahill who are focusing on playing
Tony is no stranger to Bruff having played for a number of seasons in the mid 00’s before leaving to concentrate on coaching. Indeed it has been a fruitful number of years for Tony who has played a big part in the success of Crescent Comp in recent times. Tony also has experience at inter-pro level where he was involved with a number of Munster representative teams.Upfront Mikey Carroll stays on to look after the forwards with John Finn going into his 2nd year as Manager.
Andrew White takes up the roll of Club Capitan with Tony Cahill supporting him as Vice-Captain.
The season kicked off 2 weeks ago with a 26-13 away defeat to UL Bohs in the charity cup. Bruff scores coming from a penalty try and 8 points from the boot of David O Grady. The young out-half picking up from where he left off last season, in good form and showing the ability to run a game.
Bruff also took the opportunity to blood some new faces with Sean Hartigan and Liam Treacy getting their first competitive starts for the seniors.
We’d all like to wish the Seniors well for the coming season.
U20’s North Munster League
The U20’s were also in action last week winning 28-8 away to NCW Estuary in the North Munster League. Brian Fanning, Eamon O Dea & Billy O Donoghue were in good form scoring trys for Bruff with Jack O Grady chipping in with 8 points from the kicking tee.
Bruff Players in Munster Representative action
There were a number of Bruff players in action with Munster over the weekend at various levels with mixed results for the Provence.
First up were the U18 clubs who had Bruffs Ordhan Ring lining out at no8, The Bruff man scored Munsters opening try but unfortunately the side went down 29-21 to a well drilled Leinster outfit.
The u18 schools also took on Leinster with Mark Brommell lining out at prop. They were also defeated on a score of 25-16.
The Munster u19’s travelled to the north last weekend to take on Ulster and came away with a 17-13 victory. Bruff’s Dylan Reeves-Wasik travelled as part of the extended squad but didn’t manage to break into the match day panel.
We wish all Munster teams and all of the Bruff players involved the very best of luck as the inter-pro series continues over the coming weekends.
Fixture’s: please keep an eye on the website for the latest fixtures which will be updated by Wednesday Each week. www.bruffrfc.com
Club Memberships, annual club memberships are now due for renewal. Please return membership fees to any committee members, or directly to Matt O Callaghan.
Underage Rugby, Reminder that underage rugby is now back Mini Rugby (Age Grade 6 – 12) will Start at 10:30 am Youth Rugby (Age Grade 13 – 18) will Start at 11:30 am every Sunday morning. Please also ensure that all players turn up with Gum Shields or they may not be permitted to play.