Executive committee, players and coaches from Bruff RFC watch at the Hayes Household on Sunday evening as the President and Chairman of Bruff present John with a Silver piece commemorating John becoming the first Irish Player ever to gain 100 international caps for his country.
What a fabulous achievement, congratulations John, just 12 months after you became the most capped Irish Player, now let’s see what other records you can break.
All of us at Bruff RFC would like to take this chance to congratulate John Hayes, on his fabulous achievement in becoming the first ever Irish player to gain 100 international caps (once he sets foot on the green sward at Twickers).
Bruff team with John Hayes, click for a bigger version. (He's the one looking up the field, how many more can you name?)
It’s a long, long time since that fateful day when he played for the very first time as wing forward for Bruff against Newcastle West in a Nil-all draw, and how things have changed for both Bruff RFC and for John since.
Having gathered Two Heineken Cup medals, some triple crowns and a Six nations championship along the way, along with British & Irish Lions honours, we are very proud of the achievements of our most famous son. As John has matured as a rugby player in the intervening years, we also have matured as a club and in an attempt to emulate his brilliant achievements on the pitch we are proud of the fact that we are able to compete against the best at the highest levels in the All Ireland League. Who would ever have thought we would be four games away from a semi-final playoff in Division 2 and that one of our players would be the first to get to that magical 100 caps?
Thank you John for your many years of service to the game of Rugby, to your Club, your province and to your country, all accolades are very well deserved for Bruff RFC’s first true professional and we are very proud to have your very first International Jersey hanging in pride of place on the Clubhouse wall.
The Magners league game in Musgrave park has fallen to the weather conditions. I’ll post a further update once I know more.
Munster V Ulster
Tickets for the Magners League Game against Ulster Rugby on Sat 31st Oct 09 @ 17:00 are available now.
Also available at the moment are the tickets for the first Autumn international game of the series against Australia.
This game takes place on Sunday 15th November at 3:00pm in Croke Park.
Please contact the ticket line on 087-1386244 to avail of these tickets.
Tickets for the Australia game will be available for collection on Saturday evening from 4:00 to 5:00pm and next monday night at 7:30 to 8:30pm.
Benetton Treviso Pink Strip
We now have tickets for sale for the Munster V Benetton Treviso on Sat 17 October at 13.35 in Thomond Park.
The first 150 applications from members will be guaranteed a ticket for this game.
These tickets will be distributed at 4:00 pm after the game this saturday and on Monday and Tuesday nights (12th & 13th) between 7:30pm and 8:30pm.
Also, the first 100 applications from members for the following International Matches will be guaranteed a ticket for either match.
(1) Australia v Ireland in Croke Park on Sun, 15 Nov 2009, at 3pm.
(2) South Africa v Ireland in Croke Park on Sat, 28 Nov 2009, at 2.30pm.
John Hayes in Action Against Australia
Price of tickets for the upcoming Internationals are €70 for stand tickets and €35 for terrace plus handling charge. Contact the ticket line on 0871386244 and leave a text message or voice mail and we will get back to you.
Book early to avoid disappointment