Early New Seasons Fixtures

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Jul 032012
 

These are what we have so far. The weekends for the AIL are more or less agreed but not the fixtures so there’s no point until we know whether they are home or away.

PDF link here: Early Season Fixtures#

 

Charity Cup Final V UL Bohemians

Charity Cup Final V UL Bohemians, August 2009

TRANSFIELD CUP – SEASON 2012/2013
ROUND DATE HOME AWAY
Round 1 02/09/2012 A St. Senan’s St. Mary’s
B Newcastle West Presentation
C Garryowen Bruff
D Thomond Richmond
E Shannon Young Munster
1/4 Final 09/09/2012 F Ennis A
G B Old Crescent
H D E
I C UL Bohemian
1/2 Final 16/09/2012 J H F
K G I
FINAL   TBA
CHARITY CUP – SEASON – 2012/2013
ROUND DATE HOME AWAY
Round 1 24/08/2012 A Shannon Thomond
24/08/2012 B Garryowen Nenagh Ormond
25/08/2012 C Bruff UL Bohemian
25/08/2012 D Young Munster Old Crescent
1/2 Final 01/09/2012 A C
02/09/2012 D B
FINAL W/E 7-9 September 2012
GLEESON LEAGUE DIV 1A 2012-2013
DATE HOME AWAY
ROUND 1 07/10/2012 St. Senan’s Bruff
ROUND 2 14/10/2012 Bruff Garryowen
ROUND 3 21/10/2012 Richmond Bruff
ROUND 4 04/11/2012 Bruff Old Crescent
ROUND 5 11/12/2012 St. Mary’s Bruff
ROUND 6 18/11/2012 Bruff UL Bohemian
ROUND 7 25/11/2012 Shannon Bruff
ROUND 8 02/12/2012 Bruff Thomond
ROUND 9 09/12/2012 Young Munster Bruff
Aug 222011
 

First fixtures of the season are as follows:

Thursday 25th August:

Limerick Charity Cup: Young Munster v Bruff, Young Munster, 6.45.

Tuesday 30th August:

Transfield Cup: Bruff v St. Sennan’s, Kilballyowen Park, 7.30.

Monday 5th September:

Munster Senior Seconds League: Bruff v Old Crescent, Kilballyowen Park, 7.30.

Limerick Charity Cup Semi-final, Shannon 23 Bruff 21.

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Sep 042010
 

This was an unbelievable match to watch from the sideline, it had it all in patches, bone crunching tackling, tough mauls, scrums going for and against the put in. line-breaks, line breaks shut down. ooooohs and aaahs from those of us on the sidelines who at times just closed our eyes and prayed that both players would get up again…….

The Aura of prayer to the patron Saint of lost causes was working overtime on Shannon’s behalf this time around however when Bruff went to eighty-five minutes with an eight point lead and everyone expecting them to wind down injury time and wrap it up.

Things were scoreless for the first 19 minutes of this tough hard encounter until Bruff opened accounts with a Brian Cahill penalty. Defence was the order of the day and both sides faced up to each other admirably on this front, Shannon doing most of the attacking and Bruff just squared up and sucked it down. 6 minutes later Shannon’s attacking efforts were eventually rewarded with a penalty inside the Bruff twenty two, a quick tap from Donovan and he almost made the line, Ben Sergeant completing the five pointer in the finish.
Donovan failed with the attempted extras but made amends a couple of minutes later when Bruff were pinged for coming in the side, 8-3.
A scrum on the Shannon 22 for a Shannon knock on during a reprise attack by Bruff led to sweet break from Eoghan Maher and the out-half Tony Cahill ending up with Captain Cathal O’ Regan striking from twelve meters to cross and touch down between the posts, Brian Cahill added the two points and Bruff had the lead again. 10-8.
Five minutes later Brendan Deady closed off a great break touching down in the corner to put the first chink of daylight between the sides. With Brian not successful with the two pointer, the restart was cleared to touch and Bruff went into the break seven points clear.

The second half began with more of the same, Early pressure with the kickoff being cleared to touch, the resulting lineout causing a penalty which David Donovan pulled wide of the mark.
ac ouple of minutes later, some Aerial ping pong between the full backs finished with Shnnon kicking into the corner, and from the lineout Shannon Hooker Duncan Casey touched down to the line. Again Donovan was wide of the mark with the two pointer. With the Shannon clearance from the drop-off going straight into touch, advantage was played after an infringement in the following lineout but Bruff were awarded a penalty, duly slotted by Cahill from about thirty meters to put Bruff clear by five points again. Bruff sensing the romp along the home straight, upped the ante and were awarded another three pointer for yet another ruck infringement during a Bruff attack. Cahill obliged with another three points, play continued over and back neither side gaining advantage and finally we were on eighty minutes with two scores needed for Shannon to come back.

With lactic acid setting into the muscles, Bruff started to make some small mistakes and maybe take some wrong decisions, running in midfield rather than kicking the ball dead in the opposition twenty two. Shannon managed to clear the one ball from their twenty two to the Bruff twenty two with five minutes of injury time played. A steal of the resulting Bruff lineout led to another try and Ben Sergeant having taken over the kicking duties, he added the two points with seven minutes of injury time played. Again everyone still assumed that that was it, but play continued for another three minutes, Shannon attacks in midfield led to them grinding their way within drop goal range and as Paul O’ Connell famously put it, a “manky” drop goal slewing along fifteen feet above the ground gave Shannon the win.

Many many positives to be taken out of this, maybe we weren’t quite cute enough at times with decision making, the ruck infringements were a pain for both sides and we’ll have to suck it and see how the new interpretations play out during the season, It’s a bit of a Lottery at the moment. I am really looking forward to the re-match in the Munster Senior Cup in three weeks time at Kilballyowen.

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Fixtures (McInerny Cup change)

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Aug 302010
 

This Saturday the first team take on Shannon in the Charity Cup Semi-final. Kick-off is 2.30 in Coonagh

Saturday also sees the J2 team kick off their competitive season with a first round McInerney Cup game against Old Crescent in Bruff at 1.00 pm now.

Results from Last Week

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Aug 302010
 

Two games under lights at home last week for Bruff. The Competitive season kicked off last Wednesday night for Bruff 1st Xv with their first round home game V Thomond in the Limerick Charity Cup. A game that is always tight between the local rivals, Ten minutes in and Bruff were 12 points down, Fernando Gallant got the first Thomond try with Jeffrey Ryan adding the extras and Ger Finucane crossing the line for the second touchdown.

Welcome to Division 1b….

This seemed to give Bruff the kick-start they needed however, and they seemed to take things by the scruff of the neck to fight back with tries by Nigel Riordan and Garry Leonard, one converted by Brian Cahill who also slotted over a penalty while a Kevin O’ Mahony penalty for Thomond left the sides tied at 15 points apiece coming up to halftime.

A Brendan Deady try converted by Brian Cahill edged Bruff 22-15 in front at the break and while Brian Cahill and Kevin O’ Mahony traded second half penalties, some kinks and early season rustiness showed on both sides, with neither able to put any more points on the board, both defences taking charge until the end of the match. All in all a good start for the first team squad. I’m not sure whether the rolling substitutions trial used in this competition will be a popular feature with the men in the middle as there is bound to be a stage when more than fifteen players will end up on the pitch for one side or another.

The J1’s got their season up and running with a Friday night friendly against Locals Galbally coming out on the right side of a 27-15 win over their neighbours.

J2’s were up and running also at the weekend with a friendly against Newcastle West, eventually going down by 22 points to 26.