AIB Cup:
It was a game that Bruff could have done without, perched in the gap between two important AIL games, but nevertheless the First XV made their way to Templeville Rd. for their first game ever against St. Mary’s Rugby Club on Saturday. While they came into this game with a 100% record in Templeville [...]

Friday Night: 16th Oct.
Shannon V Bruff U21, Coonagh, 7:30pm under lights.
Sat 17th Oct.:
St. Mary’s V Bruff, Templeville Rd., 2:30pm.
Sun: 18th Oct:
U9 Blitz, Bruff, Newcastle West, Newport, Kilballyowen 10:30am
U13, U14’s and U15’s have friendlies, all at 11:30, I’ll confirm teams and home/away status later on today.

A Tough bruiser to start the season off, that’s about the best description of Saturday’s encounter against Clonakilty in the AIB Cup.

For the second year in a row, we get drawn against Clonakilty in the AIB Cup. This first round game of this seasons AIB Cup competition will be played away in Clon on the 26th of September.
Winners of this game will play away to St. Mary’s in Dublin on October 17th in the second round.
The [...]

Did you ever think that you’d see the day that Bruff would make it to within ten minutes of Putting Cork Con out of the AIB Cup? And deservedly so. With the media being 50-50 split beforehand regards who would come out on top of this clash, it appears as if we have become a [...]

Methinks the Irish rugby website is getting fond of us,
Click on the link below to see their prediction for tomorrow’s match against Cork Con.
Irish Rugby : AIB Cup: Third Round Previews

This coming weekend sees a full house in Kilballyowen from a rugby point of view with all adult teams at home. Saturday is an absolute beauty of a day in the club, with the weather due to remain dry we’re in for a feast of rugby on the day. Fixtures are as follows:
Sat 10th Jan.
First [...]

Following the tougher than it should have been 15-11 victory over the Nearest and dearest of our local rivals, here’s what the IRFU and RTE had to say on their sites (Mind you they have confused poor old Máirtín with Brian Cahill as regards the second try) :
OLD CRESCENT 11 BRUFF 15, Rosbrien Scorers: Old Crescent: [...]

I’ve posted some photos of the AIB Cup game against Clonakilty last Saturday.

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This encounter ended up a fair bit more one sided than originally  thought. Bruff looked dominant from the off, although the pace of the game was hectic right from the get go.
The Bruff pack were dominant throughout, the Lineouts came together perfectly, Scrums were awesome, driving from Máirtín and Alfie was Excellent. 16 minutes in [...]