Oh Bloody Heck….

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Oct 142009
 

Captains & Ref

Captains & Ref

Ouch, Ouch and Ouch again.

Today we saw the difference between a team of serious professional players and monetary backing including a squad with four Leinster players and three academy squad members and a team of amateur rugby players who work or go to college during the day.

Bruff started excellently piling on the pressure and attacking the Lansdowne pack and back three, and after twenty minutes seemed to have settled in very well having taken a 6 point lead following two Brian Cahill penalties. Things were looking good. The Cahill brothers were among the many bruff players cutting into the opposition with some savage scything tackles, we were making ground around the fringes and through the middle.

All of a sudden things just went pear shaped.  For fifteen minutes, Stephen Keogh seemed to spend his time playing as an extra back from the lineout setups and even though Bruff’s scrum was excellent throughout the day, it just wasn’t enough of a dam to stand against the wave after wave of attacking that seemed to wash over them.

Aidan McCullen ran in their first try on 32 minutes, Healy missing the conversion to bring them with in a point of Bruff, two minutes later they ran in try number 2 and Gerraghty converting to go 12 -6 ahead.  A binning and the replacement of the outhalf and time was up and we all were praying for the whistle to allow the lads to regroup, then in injury time two more converted tries were like kicks in the gut and Lansdowne had the bonus point in the bag before the break.

And it was about to get worse.

Before the binning was reversed we were two further converted tries down, hands on head time.

Bruff to be fair, rallied and started to come back into the game. Even though you knew that it was far too little, far too late. They  didn’t go down without a fight and despite knocking on over the line costing one try , they managed to get a consolation score by scrapping right to the end. Two binnings near the end of the game and Lansdowne managed to run in two more tries.

Now we know what shellshocked feels like.

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First Home AIL Game

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Oct 062009
 

Lansdowne 2008-09

Lansdowne 2008-09

Friday: Adult games kick off this coming Friday evening with the game between our U21 Squad and Cork Constitution kicking off at 7:30pm. This is their first outing in the AIL U21 South Western Conference this season and a tough one to kick it off with.

Saturday:

AIL Div 2. Bruff Senior XV v Lansdowne RFC, 2:30pm. You might remember the storm in Donnybrook last January going down to Lansdowne 6-0, CLICK HERE FOR LAST YEARS PHOTOS

Sunday:

J2 Friendly: Bruff J2 V Thomond, 1:00pm (TBC)

MSSL: Bruff J1 v Thomond, 2:30pm

Bruff 40 Highfield 8 All Ireland League Round 1

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Oct 052009
 

This was a great start to Bruff’s AIL 2009-10 campaign.
A Bonus point win is the ideal beginning for any club but Saturday’s performance boded well for the rest of the season if momentum can be maintained and we can stay injury free.
Bruff looked stronger, fitter and despite Highfield’s seeming size and weight advantage, Bruff just seemed to dominate them throughout the game.
Patrick Thompson was into the action early in his first AIL appearance for Bruff, playing a key role in Bruff’s first try just six minutes into the game with a very strong break before releasing full back Brendan Deady who flicked a beautiful pass to winger John Moore to touch down in the corner. Bruff captain Brian Cahill narrowly missed with the conversion from the touchline but found the target when trading penalties with Colin O’ Mahony from Highfield mid way through the half. Cahill quickly added a second penalty for Bruff to go ahead 11 points to 3.

Just before half time a binning for Highfield led to a 5 meter scrum but the Touch judge noted an infringement and all of a sudden the game was opened up as the ref. awarded a penalty try. Half time score 18-3.

This minor mountain became an everest shortly after the break when a massive drive by the full bruff pack ended with John Stephen Shine getting try number three. then almost straight after coming on the pitch, newcomer Nigel Riordan produced what was arguably the score of the match. Latching on to the ball from 40 metres out, he broke several tackles to touch down for his debut AIL try. Cahill added the extras and with the bonus point in the bag, it was now just a matter of what would be the final margin between the sides. Garry Leonard was next to touch down on 62 minutes and nine minutes later Graham Bolger touched down with try No. 6.

By this stage, Bruff had used all available replacements and when Alan Bourke and Brian Cahill left the field injured without replacement, Highfield with a double numerical advantage, scored a consolation try as the game entered injury time. Frenchman Mike Bayssat got his side’s consolation touchdown.

This coming weekend of course sees Lansdowne coming to Bruff after a similar first outing (They put forty two points on Old Wesley on Saturday to pip us to the top of the table by virtue of a two point higher score difference).

BRUFF: Brendan Deady, Patrick Thompson, Gary Leonard, Brian Cahill (Capt), John Moore, Tony Cahill, Eoghan Maher, Stephen Foster, Cathal O’Regan, Gearoid Ryan, Maurice O’Connell, Richard Wall, Alan Bourke, John Stephen Shine and Michael Carroll.

Replacements: Andrew Cashman for Deady, Nigel Riordan for T. Cahill, Andrew White for Shine, David Horan for Ryan and Graham Bolger for O’Connell.

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