To all supporters please note that our next UBL fixtures has been moved from Saturday 6th Jan to Friday 12th Jan away to Thomond. Kickoff 7.30pm.
Our Junior Cup season kicks off Sunday 7th Jan away to Ennis. 2.00pm Kick off. Can we wish all our supporters a very happy and peaceful Christmas. See you all in 2018.
After a break of 1 week, our seniors face 4 weekends in a row of games until 16th Dec. First up is a daunting away trip to League newcomers Malahide. After 2 heart breaking losses to Bangor and Thomond we really need to record a win to get our season back on track. For those intending to travel please note earlier kick off time of 2.00pm. We follow the Malahide up with back to back games against Midleton, Kilballyowen will host the first game on Saturday 2nd with the return 7 days later on the 9th and lastly we face UL Bohs in the Semi final of the Senior Cup on Saturday 16th Dec.The club party night is also on the 16th Dec with tickets available from the fundraising committee. €30 per couple for what will hopefully prove to be a great nights entertainment.
To use horse racing parlance… the going was heavy in Killaloe on Sunday last when Bruff travelled to take on the Ballina-Killaloe- Newport combination in the U14 North Munster Section 1 rugby league. Both teams coped with the trying conditions admirably with handling mistakes at a minimum despite the mud.
Bruff were dominant from the off with
Paul O’Brien May crossing the whitewash following a well taken line out and forward drive by the pack in the opposition 22. Cian Scully added the extras. Mikey Fitzgibbon got the first of his hatrick of tries shortly later, the pick of which was his second which came from a strong drive by the pack followed by a sweeping back line move which Mikey dotted down under the posts and converted by Cian.
Tadhg Corkery got in on the scoring in the corner which was followed up by a dot down by Oisin Feely who had been unlucky a few minutes earlier to knock on as he was tackled on the line following a strong break through the middle. Converted by Cian Scully leaving the visitors well on top at half time. Shane Lynch and Arthur Maher were brought into the action at half time and there was no let up in the Bruff attack.
Mikey Fitzgibbon got his 3rd try early in the second half before Sean O’Dwyer picked from the base of a scrum in the 22 to go over for a score. Sean Carroll continued his scoring form with a brace of tries in the last quarter- the second of which was converted by Cian Scully. The final scoring act came from Jack McNamara who expertly gathered a pinpoint accurate cross field kick from a penalty out if the hand by Cian Scully for a Bruff victory.
Squad on the day as follows: 17.Arthur Maher 16.Shane Lynch 15.Jack McNamara 14.Paul O’Brien May 13. Mikey Fitzgibbon 12.Sean Carroll 11. Tadhg Corkery 10.Cian Scully 9.Jake O’Riordan 8.Sean O’Dwyer (capt) 7. Josh McMahon 6.Oisin Feely 5.Alex Finn 4.Michael Clifford 3.Daire O’Brien 2.Sean Hayes 1.Ryan O’Neill.
Bruff RFC will hope to bounce back quickly from the loss the Bangor when we welcome 2nd place Thomond RFC to Kilballyowen on Friday night for a 7.30pm kickoff. All support is very welcome.
Next up for our Seniors is the nearly annual tough trip to Tullamore this coming Saturday 7th. Tullamore have endured a hard start to the league this year but are always formidable opponents. Once again all support is welcome. If you cant make the match please keep an eye out on twitter for updates throughout.