Under 17s Vs Kildare 9/10/2013
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Dundalk 56 North Kildare 0
A near full strength Dundalk U-17’s team had an easy victory at home to North Kildare on Saturday when they scored a total of 10 tries.For the second time this season loose head prop Dylan Quigley scored the first try for Dundalk after some good work from fellow forwards Ryan Meegan, Ciaran McConnon and Evin Quigley. Team captain Tadgh McElroy scored a total of five tries with the first two coming in the 15th minutes to leave Dundalk 17-0 ahead.Scrum half Andy Williams scored his first try of the season when Cillian Quinn cleverly chipped the ball over the Kildare backs for Williams to run on to. When North Kildare did threaten Dundalk’s line some good defending by Alex Cahill, Evin Quigley, Barney McElroy, Aaron Quinn and Niall Malone cleared the danger.
Dundalk finished of the half with a third try from Tadgh McElroy to leave the score a comfortable 27-0 at half time. The second half started off like the first finished, with a try from Tadgh McElroy to leave the score 32-0. North Kildare did try hard but simple handling mistakes lead to scrums where Dundalk were in control with a front row of Dylan Quigley, Niall Malone and Stephen McGivern. Dundalk also dominated the line out where lifting from Dylan Quigley and Stephen McGivern gave Evin Quigley the platform to win all Dundalk’s throw ins and several of North Kildare’s. Stephen’s Arrowsmith’s kicking from hand was good throughout and enabled Dundalk to exploit North Kildare’s weaknesses.
Dundalk’s back line made a number of promising attacks with some good running by Keith Dorian, Dan McWall and Aaron McGuigan before David Durnin flew down the wing for Dundalk’s seventh try. Dundalk’s eight try was Tadgh McElroy’s fifth and the ninth was added by Barney McElroy. Barney McElroy played well throughout the game and his score was well taken. The tenth was scored by Stephen McGivern to leave the score 56 – 0 at full time. Others to feature for Dundalk were Keith Dorian, Oisin Duff and Sean Lawless.Next up for Dundalk is a tough away match to Ashbourne this weekend.
Team: Dylan Quigley, Niall Malone, Stephen McGivern, Evin Quigley, Ciaran McConnon,
Ryan Meegan, Morgan McLoughlin, Stephen Arrowsmith, Tadgh McElroy, Andrew
Williams, Oisin Duff, Aaron Quinn, Aaron McGuigan, Barney McElroy, Dan McWall, Alex
Cahill, David Durnin, Cillian Quinn, Keith Dorian, Sean Lawless.
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Dundalk U9s headed up the road on a beautiful Sunday morning to Foxrock to face the local St Brigids team. The Dundalk Sharks travelled with a squad of 24 players (3 teams) which contested three matches each. The dry and sunny conditions really suited Dundalk’s fast paced play and resulted in some great rugby.
Team 1, marshalled by Aidan Reilly, flew out of the traps in their first match with DD Reilly and Liam O Connor leading the way. Some exquisite passing by Ewan Kelly and Daniel Cartwright paved the way for an easy victory. Eoin Purton and Moss McDonald led the tackle count in the second match as the opposition couldn’t cope with the Shark’s physicality. In the last game, Dundalk recorded another win with Euan McArdle chipping in with a great score and a feature of the game were a couple of barnstorming runs by Enda Dooley.
Team 1: DD Reilly, Moss McDonald, Eoin Purton, Ewan Kelly, Euan McArdle, Enda Dooley, Liam O Connor, Daniel Cartwright.
Damien Norton led Team 2 into their three matches. St Brigids were on the back foot immediately as ferocious rucking by Oisin Nash and Rory Wallace turned over possession on numerous occasions. Oisin McBride was the one to benefit as he notched up a hat-trick of tries as the Sharks ran out easy winners. Twins Thomas and Liam McNamara excelled in the second game with some tremendous passing interplay that yielded some great scores. But St Brigids came back and exerted concerted pressure but some fantastic tackling by David Coyle ensured the match ended level.
The lads eased to a facile victory in their final match with notable performances from Max Valentine and Iarlaith Connolly in particular.
Team 2: Oisin McBride, David Coyle, Max Valentine, Thomas McNamara, Liam McNamara, Rory Wallace, Iarlaith Connolly, Oisin Nash.
Team 3, under the stewardship of Niall Lavery, got their day off to a flying start with some super tries from Theo Connolly and Donal Lavery. Some wonderful tackling from Darragh Collier paved the way for a comprehensive win. In the second game, some great rucking from Josh Spaight coupled with fine passing from Ryan Martin, allowed Michael Carroll put in a performance that had the appreciable crowd present in rapturous applause. Again the final game followed in a similar vein with some very powerful running from Cian McGuinness and some fantastic tries from Luke O Connell.
Team 3: Cian McGuiness, Ryan Martin, Luke O Connell, Michael Carroll, Darragh Collier, Donal Lavery, Theo Connolly, Josh Spaight.
Training continues at Rugby Club on Tuesday at 6.15 sharp.
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Dundalk travelled to Suttonians on Sunday in great numbers in what turned out to be a fantastic and thrilling encounter in all age groups. This was their second league game of the season and they were delighted to be part of Sutton’s launch of their new girls kit and the festivities that came with it.
Under 10’s – A strong and dependable team with plenty of subs made the journey to Dublin and it was fantastic to see so many parents there to cheer on our girls. The Under 10’s started strongly with Lily McEntegart running in a try almost from the first whistle. More tries were followed by Tara Herr, Seona Halligan, and Natasha Swan. It was fantastic to see great enthusiasm from the new girls this season, Molly Keenan, Natasha Swan, Sarah Cahill, Hazel Malone and Isabel Holmes. Reliable defending as usual from Sophia Murdock, Bronagh Hughes, Ruth McGee and Sophie Woulfe. The game ended in a draw and the girls come away with a league point for their brave efforts. Mentored and coached today by Ellen O’Hara, she could not have asked for more. Under 10’s Sophia Murdock, Bronagh Hughes, Molly Keenan, Isabel Holmes, Sarah Cahill, Seona Halligan, Ruth McGee, Hazel Malone, Sophie Woulfe, Lily McEntegart, Tara Herr, Natasha Swan.
Under 12’s – our very fast paced under 12’s got stuck straight into the game from the first play, signalling to Suttonians their intentions from the get go. This team is made up of some very fast paced girls and their speed and ball handling skills were text book – much to the delight of coaches, Linda Valentine and Sharon Toal. Superb passing and accleration in possession meant Dundalk girls were always in control of this game and at half time they had a very comfortable lead against the battling Suttonians. Dundalk defending never let Suttonians get the break they tried so hard to get and it was catch up for most of the second half for Sutton. This team oozes skill, self belief and team spirit and more than did their club proud against a solid, hungry Sutton side. All girls played with great dedication and gave it their absolute best. Tries were run in by Caoimhe O’ Callaghan, Deborah Malone, Molly Hughes, Chloe Ticehurst and Eva Toal. Final Score:- Dundalk 13 – Suttonians 8.Dundalk U12’s – Aoise Finegan, Deborah Malone, Grace Cranny, Clodagh Flynn, Temi Fagbamila, Chloe Ticehurst, Caoimhe O’Callaghan, Molly Hughes, Robyn Coan, Holly McEntegart, Eva Toal
Under 15’s – having been very narrowly beaten in their first league encounter by Navan, Dundalk senior girls, had to up their game for what they knew was always going to be a close encounter with Suttonians senior girls. The girls travelled in numbers and were in good spirits having worked on ball handling errors that let them down in their last encounter. The game started off fast and Suttonians were keen to record a score fast on their home turf. It was nail biting stuff from start to finish. An incredibly fast, exciting game to watch with both teams matching score after score. Dundalk battled to stay even at half time with tries run in by Zoe Valentine, Aoife Malone, Jessica Malone, Shona Kelly and Orlagh Conway. The second half continued much in the same vein with both teams coming back at each other score after score. In the final five minutes of the game in true Dundalk style, they gathered themselves, upped their game and ran in the crucial tries to get the victory they needed to win this league encounter. A blistering game to watch with great support. This is a team that is determined to mark this inaugral league with a victory and by the pace and flair they showed today, they are doing all the right things. A credit to their club and coaches, Suzanne Flynn, Maria Cartwright and Chris Scully. Under 15’s team: Sadhbh McDonnell, Jessica Malone, Niamh Craven, Aoife Craven, Aoife Malone, Meadhbh O’Callaghan, Shona Kelly, Libby Turnbull, Orlagh Conway, Zoe Valentine. Final score Dundalk 14 Suttonians 12.
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The Dundalk Sharks Under 10s kicked off their Metro League in style with a convincing whitewash of Greystones RFC at Mill Road. After a tough encounter with Navan the previous fortnight which they were lucky to edge, the Sharks really
wanted to lay down a marker in the Gold section of the Metro League, hoping to set themselves up for another fantastic season. Greystones brought 2 travelling teams and the sharks split themselves into two evenly matched teams, the Black Sharks guided by Manager Jason Malone, Mini Co-ordinator Fergus O’Callaghan and John McDonnell and the White Sharks guided by Paul McEvoy, Hugh Pheifer and Dundalk team star James McConnon.
The White Sharks ran riot against their Wicklow based counterparts surging into an 8 try to 1 lead before Greystones rallied at the death to bring a bit of respectability to the scoreline. Dundalk tries were scored by Aaron McGuinness (2), Joseph Pheifer, Mark Leavy, Lorcan Ticehurst, Ciaran Tiernan (2) and Kieran McArdle. Aside from the try scorers it was a wonderful all round performance with the likes of Fiacra O’Gorman, Peter Rice, Lorcan Rice, Cillian Halpenny, Mark Leavy, Aron McEvoy, Tadhg Dunne, Eoghan Staunton all doing their bit to help the Sharks cause. Match 2 was even more of a procession for the imperious sharks, a 7-0 victory coming thanks to more great performances from those named above and tries from Eoghan Staunton (2), Joseph Pheifer (2), Aaron McGuinness, Luke Andrews and Niall Brennan. A fantastic all round team effort from the White Sharks.
The Black Sharks didn’t disappoint either, with fantastic forward play and competing at the ruck from the likes of Ronan McDonnell, Fionn Duffy, Calum Grant and Alex Gregory, being complemented by fluid passing and running play from the likes of Conal O’Callaghan, Sam Malone, Robert Malone, Brian McCahill, Milo Moore, James O’Connor and Leo MacRuairi. Also very noticeable was the increasingly influential contributions from newcomers Sean Leonard, Ben Wogan and Aaron Speight. The first encounter ended 3-2 courtesy of tries from Sam Malone, Leo MacRuairi and Ronan McDonnell. The second match was a 6-4 victory for the Black Sharks with tries scored by James O’Connor, Fionn Duffy, Sam Malone (2), Milo Moore and Leo.
Team Manager Jason was delighted with a clean sweep and more importantly believes the lads have now clicked into gear and firing on all cylinders with work in training starting to bear fruit. It bodes well for the undoubtedly tougher challenges to come.
Posted on November 4, 2013 by Element Design , Posted in News ,
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Dundalk 3rd V Balbriggan 3rd
The weekend of mix bag results continued for Dundalk RFC the third’s side faced a travelling Balbriggan side at the Mill road. It would be the side’s first home game on a crisp sunny Sunday afternoon. The squad were without their captain Cathal Myles and Bryan Crosby took charge of the side in his absence. Dundalk started the match with some solid play in the first half. Pearse Campbell showed his skill scoring an excellent try within the first ten minutes which Ray McCabe converted. McCabe added a penalty soon after. The first half continued with good work from the front row. Unfortunately, Balbriggan broke free to score a soft try in the right hand corner bringing the score line to 12-10 at halftime.
The second half would not fair much to Dundalk’s favour. Unfortunately, for the Dundalk side a combination of youth and inexperience in the squad failed to react to the increased pressure from Balbriggan and despite being strong at the set pieces Balbriggan took control too. This will not dishearten the Dundalk’s thirds who have seen consistent numbers at training and working hard each week. The improvement from week to week will surely result in more wins.
XV Squad:
1.Andrew Holmes, 2 John Kerr. 3. Steve Smyth, 4. Bryan Crosby, (C) 5. Thomas Thornton, 6. Stephan Traynor, 7. Daniel Mc Govern, 8.Gavin Mullen. 9.Grattan O’Hagan, 10.Ray McCabe, 11.Pearse Campbell, 12.Mike Doyle, 13.Rory Mc Ardle, 14.Gerry Lawless, 15.Eamonn Roe.
Subs: Barry Callan, Aaron Mulligan, Chris Mc Geady. Chris Hinchy, Richard Mc Guinness, Joey Brady, Eric Fitzgerald, Niall Kerley.
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Dundalk 2nds produced an excellent team display to beat a strong Wanderers team 29-20 at the Aviva Stadim back pitch on Saturday last. Dundalk took the lead when they broke down the pitch and some excellent offloading saw outhalf Donal Clare go over to make the score 5-0. Wanderers playing into a strong wind maintained good control off the ball and forced a number of penalties and converted two to go up 6-5. Dundalk got themselves on the attack again. This time Donal Clare barged his way over beside the posts and James Shields conversion to put Dundalk ahead. Dundalk continued to attack and had an overlap outside however Clare’s crossfield kick went straight to the Wanderers winger and he raced away to put Wanderers ahead 13-12. Dundalk’s poor discipline would come back to haunt them as they received two yellow cards in quick succession through Laurence Steen and James Shields. Dundalk showed excellent commitment in defence to hold out Wanderers until half time. Dundalk managed to keep Wanderers scoreless during the sin bin periods and spent the majority of the second half on the front foot attacking and trying to get back in front.
They eventually got ahead when hard carrying by the forwards got them into the Wanderers 22 and Stephen Soraghan was the forward who got the ball down and Shields conversion put Dundalk 6 points up. Dundalk didn’t let up and went about building on their lead. They did that when Laurence Steen broke the cover to get Dundalk’s bonus point try and Robert Williams’s conversion put Dundalk 13 up with 10 minutes to go. Wanderers got a try with 2 minutes to go when their impressive winger got his second try. But there was no sign of nerves from Dundalk and they forced a late penalty which Williams converted to deny Wanderers a losing bonus point and Dundalk left with 5 points. Dundalk are now up to 3rd match against Tullow at 1pm in Mill Road this Saturday in Leinster Seconds League 1a and continue with a home
Team:
James Shields, Robert Shields, Robert Williams, Kieran Lenehan, Joe Olaoye, Donal Clare, Simon Byrne, Will Lauaki, Sean Arrowsmith, Dermot Laide, Diarmuid Sloane, Stephen Martin,, Chris Brady, Laurence Steen. Subs Chris Duffy, Stephen Soroghan, Michael Crawley, David McGuinness.
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Wanderers 19 Dundalk 10
Dundalk made the trip to Lansdowne Road on Saturday to face top of the table Wanderers. Two
points separated the sides in the league before kickoff and Dundalk were looking for a win that
would put them top. Playing under the shadow of the Aviva stadium Dundalk had to quickly adapt to playing on the
artificial surface as Wanderers started off the game strongly and put huge pressure on Dundalk’s
defence and scrum early on. But the Dundalk defence held strong and it wasn’t long before they got
on the scoreboard. Wanderers were penalised for going off their feet at a ruck and Ultan Murphy
stepped up to slot over the penalty just inside the Wanderers half to put Dundalk 3-0 up after
10 minutes.
The next twenty minutes of the opening half belonged to Wanderers. Good play by
their out-half gave them strong field position inside the Dundalk 22. With a dominant set-piece
Wanderers had an ideal platform to attack off but Dundalk’s defence stood strong and there were
huge tackles going in by Jonathan Gray, Robert Farrell and Ene Faatau. But eventually Wanderers
sustained period of pressure paid off and after going through several phases of play a gap opened
for the Wanderers second row and captain to get through for the opening try which was converted.
Dundalk tried to respond but perhaps kicked too much ball away which gave possession back to the
south Dublin team. Again Dundalk found themselves defending back inside their own 22. Eventually
Wanderers were awarded a scrum and from which their number eight picked and got beyond
Dundalk’s defence. He was stopped short of the line by a great tackle from Owen McNally but found
his support players for them to get over for their second try which again was converted. Dundalk
responded well but were unable to get on the score sheet again before half-time leaving the score-
14-3 at half time.
The second half was to be no easier for Dundalk as they faced into a stiffening breeze and were
certainly up against quality opposition. However again this season the Mill Road men dug deep and
stuck together. They started the second half well holding onto more possession but simple errors
and lack of accuracy at times stopped Dundalk from gaining more from their possession. Again it was
Wanderers who got the next score. Another good kick by their full-back give Dundalk a defensive
lineout five metres form their own line. An overthrow allowed Wanderers to steal the ball at the
back and resulted in them getting over for their third try. The conversion was missed which left
the score at 19-3. Wanderers were now looking for a bonus point fourth try. But the last twenty
minutes belonged to the Mill Road men. The forwards who were excellent in defence all day brought
the game to Wanderers, resulting in quicker ruck ball which allowed out-half Jonathan Williams
to release his outside backs. Isaia Petelo and McNally in particular crossed the gain line time and
time again which then allowed the Dundalk pack to move onto the ball. Wanderers were feeling the
pressure and Dundalk got what they deserved when Williams crashed over for Dundalk’s first try
which Murphy converted, 19-10 with 15 minutes to go. Dundalk threw caution to the wind and ran
at every occasion, tapping penalties and playing with real width and tempo. However they just could
not get the scores they needed and may feel hard done by when Petelo was deemed to be held
up short and scrum-half Thomas Campbell got over but was judged to have lost the ball forward.
Wanderers were delighted to hear the final whistle as they held out for victory.
Dundalk will be bitterly disappointed not to have least got a bonus point, which many felt they at
least deserved from this match. But if they can play like they did for the last twenty minutes for
eighty minutes then they may still have a say were the league title ends up come March. Dundalk
had great and brave performances throughout the team but credit has to go the pack and especially
Ciaran Brannigan, Robert Farrell, Mike Bentley, Chris O’Hanlon and flankers Brendan Hadden and
James McConnon for not taking a backwards step all day.
Team: U Murphy, O McNally, I Petelo, MJ McKevitt, R O’Hagan, J Williams, T Campbell, E Faatau,
B Hadden, J McConnon, M Bentley, C O’Hanlon, R Farrell, J Gray, C Brannigan Subs: C Williams, D
McGuinness, L Steen, S Murphy, J Shields
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Dundalk RFC is delighted to offer what we believe is a more attractive alternative to the IRFU 5 year ticket OFFERING. Dundalk RFC hereby offers members their own 5-Year Aviva Stadium ticket which will guarantee excellent, Category 1 tickets for every home international for the next 5 years, starting with the upcoming 2013 Autumn Internationals. The offer document which is available to download below, gives a broad outline of the of the offer for your consideration. A legally binding contract will be provided to all purchasers upon purchase of the ticket. The number of tickets on offer is limited to 10, with 2 having already been purchased, leaving 8 remaining.
Anybody interested in purchasing these tickets or in receiving more information with a view to considering a purchase, please contact Honorary Ticket Secretary Brian Byrne on 087 2411234 or by email at brian.byrne@ecci.ie or Honorary Treasurer Alan Byrne by email at abyrne@marshmackey.com. We would encourage everyone interested to act quickly to avoid disappointment as there has been significant interest expressed already we can only guarantee a further 8 tickets at this stage.
Dundalk RFC would like to thank all members for their continued vital support of the club.
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Please download the fixture list for the girls tag fixtures below as there has been a slight change to the fixtures:
Click to Download –> TAG GAMES 2013-2014 temp adjusted
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Please donwload the spread sheet below to view the mini fixtures for under 7s,8s,9s,10s,11s, and 12s. (October to December)
Click to Download —> NE Leinster Fixtures Oct to Dec 2013 FINAL V2
