Bruff Rugby Football Club

Hi All

Its been a while and I hope all of you are keeping well .   Stay positive but test negative !!

In rugby matters, its great to have the games back and back to capacity crowds, in all sports.

the YOUR CLUB YOUR COUNTRY  raffle is with us again with a very enticing first prize of 

 A TRIP TO NZ NEXT SUMMER WITH THE IRISH RUGBY TEAM…..2 return flights, full accommodation and  some spending money for the lucky winner.   

this year, its all on line, and it seems people are finding it more straight forward to use lap tops rather than their phones.

remember, the prize has to be used by the person named on the ticket, so use names of people over 18 only.

all proceeds go to our underage Developement  so please continue to support us by buying a ticket for this raffle.

just google YOUR CLUB YOUR COUNTRY RAFFLE and follow the steps.

tickets can also be bought at our Sunday morning underage training.

thanks for reading.

regards

Mike O Connor    Bruff RFC

On Saturday last we welcomed City of Derry in a game that we really needed a result, after what has been somewhat a disappointing and unlucky start to the season. We got off to an excellent start when Johnny Cleary saw a gap and went under the post’s Davy kicked the extras an we were 7-0 up Tom o Dwyer extended the lead 8 minutes later after we had put Derry under a lot of pressure. Credit to Derry who replied with a try and convert to make it 14-7. Johnny help himself to a second try and again Davy kicked the conversation for us to go in at the break 21-10 ahead. The 2nd half saw us lose our hooker to the bin but the rest done him no harm as he claimed the bonus point try after coming back on. Further try’s from Graham Whelan and Mark Fitz his 3rd in 2 games took us to to 38 before Derry scored a consolation try on the stroke of full time to finish 38-15. Next up in 2 weeks time is Omagh away.

Team

Dave Barret Tomas Quigley Dylan Purvis Sean Hartigan Rob Browne Johnny Cleary (capt) Pa Maher Tommy o Dwyer. Cian Clifford Andrew o Byrne Sean Darcy Graham Whelan Davy o Grady mark Fitz Kieran Bennet. Subs Kieran o Dwyer Brendan Keogh Steve Collins Ross o Brien May Jack o Grady Adam o Dwyer Darragh o Connell

Bruff 29 Cashel/Thurles 24

On a sunny Sunday afternoon in Kilballyowen, Bruff under 18.5 took on Cashel /Thurles. Conditions were ideal for running rugby and that is what Bruff did. Running some great ball from the first kick-off. After a series of great impact balls orchestrated through Bruff out half Noah Patterson they then ran the ball wide through the backs hands until Hugh Clogan was tackled in to touch for a Bruff gain of 40m meters. Following a series of plays involving backs and forwards Bruff got their first score of the game with a try by Oisin Feeley. For the next 15 minutes Bruff plated all the rugby, gaining excellent possession out of touch and powering forward in the scrum with the ball going wide Ethen Cumes broke through the cover and sprinted away for a try in the corner. Cashel in fairness to them came back to score their own try with a piece of individual brilliance by their center.

Bruff were immediately back up the field and scored a try under the posts which the ref deemed held up. Following this Conor Dowling scored a penalty. Bruff finishing the half 15 points to 5 ahead.

The first 10 minutes of the second half followed the pattern of the first half. Bruff were back on the attach again. Bruff scored another try 15 minutes in through Noah Patterson bringing the score to 22 5 in Bruff’s favor. Bruff at this stage made whole sale changes changing four of the pack and two in the backs.  The changes in personal, changed the dynamic of the team and they were not as coordinated as before. Cashel/Thurles scored two tries in quick succession brining the game back in to the melting pot at 22 19. This Bruff team asserted themselves once more with Conor Dowling scoring a great try after some super inter play between backs and forwards that covered the full length of the field bringing the score to 29 19. In the last 7 minutes Bruff had a man yellow carded, with the last play of the game Cashel/Thurles scored in the corner. Final score Bruff 29 Cashel/Thurles 24.

Two wins in a row for Bruff Under 18.5 and a team improving with every game.