George Clancy gets the European Challenge Cup Final Blog Development Referees by Richard Leonard - 12 May, 200912 May, 20090 Bruffman George Clancy will get the big European weekend underway when he referees the European Challenge Cup final between Northampton Saints and Bourgoin at the Twickenham Stoop on Friday, May 22 (kick-off 7.45 pm). George, who won the Munster Referee of the Year award in 2007, refereed the Churchill Cup final two years ago at Twickenham and joined Irish colleagues Alain Rolland and Alan Lewis on the IRB's International Referee Panel last season. In a notable double for Limerick Peter Fitzgibbon, who was recently added to the International Referee Panel, will be the fourth official on duty for the Northampton Saints v Bourgoin tie. The Thomond clubman refereed Bourgoin's semi-final win over Worcester Warriors earlier this month. Clanwilliam and Shannon man John Lacey
George Clancy gets his first 6 nations game: France V Scotland Adult Rugby Club Referees Underage by Richard Leonard - 11 December, 20080 We seem to be going from strength to strength in all walks of rugby life at the moment. Not only on the pitch with our first XV but also with our referees. Congrats to George as he gets his first Six nations start. It was announced earlier today that he officiates between France and Scotland in Stade de France on Valentines day following his appointment to the World elite panel earlier this year. Well done George. Our other referees are of course well on track in their own careers, this weekend sees Padraig Keogh in charge of the Junior Cup game between Nenagh Ormond and Old Crescent in New Ormond Park this coming Sunday at 2:00pm (ET) and Derrick Noonan adjudicates
George Clancy, Heineken Cup:Sport | The Guardian Adult Rugby Blog Heineken Cup Referees Underage by Blogger - 15 October, 200815 October, 20080 George's game over the weekend gets a few notable writeups Heineken Cup: David Skrela lands spoils as Bath throw away famous victory | Sport | The Guardian And in the IRISH TIMES
News and Fixtures for the weekend 1st XV Adult Rugby Fixtures J1 XV J2 XV Munster News Referees Transfield Cup U15 U18 Underage Youth by Richard Leonard - 10 September, 200810 September, 20080 Adult Rugby: The senior squad travelled up to Galwegians for another runout, they head to Dolphin this weekend for their last friendly before more competitive rugby kicks in. The J1 Squad started their Transfield Cup campaign last Sunday with a 19-5 win over Presentation. They play the winners of Old Crescent V St. Senans next Sunday with a provisional kickoff of 2:30p.m. Old Crescent Play Senans Tuesday night. The J2 squad have a friendly against Portumna with a 1:00 kickoff next Sunday also after their 13-0 win over St. Senans last weekend. Underage: Last week we saw the U15's kicking off their league campaign with a 12 nil loss to Old crescent. Their second game on Sunday last was abandoned due
Bull N Booze a fantastic success yet again. Blog Bull 'N' Booze Club Committee Heineken Cup News Photosets Referees Results Social TagRugby by Richard Leonard - 29 July, 20085 August, 20082 Well, What a weekend. I can honestly say that it was the best Bull N Booze tag festival to date. It kicked off on Friday with the Heineken Cup and John Hayes for the Presentation of some crystal ware and a plaque to George Clancy by his Uncle Jack in honour of his gaining IRB Elite International referee status . George then presented the club with his first Full IRB jersey as an elite referee gained in the game between South Africa and England a month ago. There were campers from Clonmel, Clare, Dublin, Limerick and Rochdale Swarm (Who have sworn to make this a yearly pilgrimage after the good time they had.) A fantastic night in Jack Clancy’s coupled with