John Hayes, last Munster training session.
Bruff v Buccs at Dubarry Park
Bruff v Galwegians in AIL league at Kilballyowen.
Photos from Munster Senior Cup Final V Garryowen.
Please note that the bus for the underage trip is now full. The total cost for the trip will be €250 per person. We will advise closer to the time when the balance is due. We have now confirmed that the Hotel is the Holiday Inn Express Manchester East.We have matches arranged against Sandbach RFC and Burnage RFC on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th April respectively.
Bruff Underage Rugby Club are delighted to announce the details for our bi-annual trip for both our u14 and u15 squads.Leaving Bruff on Thursday 12th April 2012 we will be travelling to the Greater Manchester area to visit the Sale Sharks. We have matches for both squads on the Friday 13th and Saturday 14th. We also have an afternoon clinic with Sale Sharks on Friday 13th with a guaranteed appearance from a 1st Team player and later that day, we will be entertained at Sale’s home ground as they take on Bath in the English Premiership. Accomodation details will be confirmed at a later date. We will return home on Sunday 15th April.
Places are reserved for U14 and U15 squad members, team coaches and club officers only. To book a place, please forward a deposit of €100 per child to either Pat Gennery or Ken Daly. The cost of the trip will be approx. €250 in total. We will however look to defray part of the cost with our sponsored walk on the 17th March. Forms for the tour will be distributed at training next week. Please return form no later than Sunday 27th Nov.
Bruff U 14′s continued their winning ways with an extremely hard fought win over Mullingar in a friendly fixture. The 2 1/2 hour trip to our hosts was extremely pleasant and the weather perfect for good rugby to be played. 25 players travelled and soon thanks to Tom Breen and Darren Kennedy Bruff raced into a 12-0 lead with John Bulfin scoring a conversion. Mullingar responded with 2 well worked tries, a conversion and penalty to lead 15-12 half way through the game. Mullingar then proceeded to put us under severe pressure and pulled away 27-12 with only 15 minutes remaining. Then the grandstand finish commenced with Tom Breen scoring a second try to make it 27-19 with Richard Bateman landing the conversion. Then Cathal O’Doherty on the left wing scored a fantastic try in the corner to give us real hope of an upset and once again Richard Bateman landed the conversion. 27-26 with 3 minutes remaining..Game on…..Bruff gathered the kick off and after several periods of recycling the ball man of the match Tom Breen once again raced over for his 3rd try to leave the score 31- 27 to Bruff. The final whistle sounded soon after and sparked some great cheering and delight from the visitors. Our hosts were extremely gracious and looked after us very well in the clubhouse. Many thanks to Mullingar and we look forward to hosting them in the future. Training resumes on Wednesday night and our next League fixture is at home to Garryowen on the 20th November
Well Anything the All Blacks can do Bruff U 14′s can do better as they put on a sensational second half show to turn this highly entertaining u 14 league tie around. Played in poor conditions that you can only expect in late October, Bruff trailed 5-0 at half time after Young Munsters centre scored a good try going over in the right hand corner. They were very unfortunate to miss the resulting conversion. Bruff sustained 2 injuries in the 1st half forcing 2 changes in the backs, which disrupted their game but thankfully neither injury was serious. JD and Jerome gave a rousing half time talk and Bruff came out all guns firing for the second half and were rewarded for consistent pressure when wing forward Gareth Cooke scored under the posts, Matthew O ‘Dea slotted the resulting conversion and Bruff lead 7-5. Straight from the kickoff again Bruff charged for the Young musters line and after 5 mins of consistent pressure centre Tom Breen broke through 3 tackles to score, the conversion was missed but Bruff had a lead of 12-5 with 10 mins to go….Odhran Ring and Stephen Dunworth were introduced and they lead another charge which saw Young Munsters penalised for a breakdown infringement in front of their posts and Matt O’Dea coolly slotted the penalty to leave the score 15-5 in Bruff’s favour. A magnificent effort all round and leaves Bruff with 2 wins from their first 3 games of the season. Well done to all
U14′s played Young Munster over the weekend. Young Munster proved to be the stronger team on the day, game finished on a scoreline of 13-36.
