Some shots from the U 15 s V Ennis lately will make sure to get plenty more the next time
Feb 072010
Feb 072010
Mike McCarthy is on a roll this week with photos.
Click on the picture for the slideshow from the U21 SWC game against UCC last saturday.
Great to see good shots coming through from other mentors and coaches, keep up the good work Mike.
If any other mentors want shots put up justgive me a buzz.
Click on the Photo for the slideshow
Jan 312010
Images Courtesy Of Mike McCarthy posted up earlier on today.
Have a look at the shots.
They came out on the wrong side of the scoreline however in this friendly local Derby.
Bruff 32 Terenure 13
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Jan 302010
Click on the Scoreboard for the full Gallery, keep an eye out for a certain prop doing a chip and chase...
The Division Two table is a little clearer in our favour following this bonus point win over Terenure in Lakelands today.
Bruff went into this game needing a full five points and some luck in the game between Wesley and Co. at Donnybrook to go second in the table. Tries By John Shine and John Carroll gave Bruff a ten point lead after the same amount of time and it was reminiscent of last weeks game except that this time around the lads were far more clinical in their demolition of a good Terenure side. Against the wind in the first half, some fantastic support play and combinations between the pack and the back line meant that at half time they went in with an 18 point to three lead after another John Carroll touchdown and a penalty from the boot of Philip Moloney.
A strong fight back by Terenure in the second half wasn’t to be and even though they managed to put away their only try of game after Bruff scored first blood courtesy of a fantastic John Shine Try, a Bruff five meter Scrum looked to have been pushed over but even though John Shine touched down again over the line the Try wasn’t given. Two minutes later the wrong was righted however again by John Shine who crossed for his third touchdown of the day and the final whistle combined with Bectives 7 point win over Wesley means that this puts us in second place on the league table by the slenderest of margins.
Looks like our destiny is back in our own hands again after the weekend with none of the games in hand remaining having any possible effect on the table standings.
Five games to go and we’re in second place by a point, who’d a thunk it? We’ll just have to wait and see.
Interesting though that the last game of the season away to Clonakilty is clashing with the 1/4 final game between Munster and Northampton, we’ll hafta do summat about that.
AIL Round 9: Bruff 18 Greystones 3
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Jan 232010
Before you clean your glasses or wipe your screen , this is what we could actually see from the sidelines today.
Foggy day at Kilballyowen, Click for the slideshow
I had to do some serious processing to get some shots for the slideshow this week, so have a look, I left the last one unedited just to show you what it actually looked like before messing about with the shots.
Round 9 of the AIL Division 2 was a little up in the air until about half an hour before kickoff with the J2 Gleeson League game cancelled due ot the thick fog that had descended on Limerick city and county during Friday night.
Bruff went ahead with Cathal O’ Regan getting first blood on the day touching down from a maul from about five meters after a mere four minutes. Philip Moloney added the extras and six minutes later Wing forward John Shine scooped up a loose ball from his toenails popping up to Scrumhalf Tony Cahill who put Shine’s back row companion David Gardiner over left of the posts to give Bruff a twelve point lead. Bruff were very dominant at this stage of the game and you felt that the bonus point was almost going to be a formality, it wasn’t to be though. Stones replied with a three pointer courtesy of outhalf Barry Lynn and before the break Philip moloney put over two further penalties to go in at the half time break 18 points to three ahead.
Philip Moloney kick off for the second half as the fog appeared to get even thicker and Bruff still dominated the early forward exchanges but could not seem to convert good posession into scores ont he board. AS the half progressed Greystones got stronger and their out-half Lynn came more into the frame but again they were living mostly off Bruff mistakes and the referees whistle giving them relief inside their twenty two time and time again. As the game came to a close Stones came closest to scoring he only try of the half with a fantastic break from inside their twenty two, Winger John Breslin romping home but Andrew Cashman hunted him down from the middle of the field and brought him to the ground ten meters short of the line to spare the Bruff XV’s Blushes.
There’ll be a lot of Woulda, coulda, shoulda’s after this game from both sides.
Bruff 18 Greystones 3.
Table wise it won’t have any effect, things don’t change in the top four until after the result between Bective and Thomond Tomorrow.