J4 Rugby Metro League

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Fixtures out for phase 2.St.Marys v Coolmine this saturday(weather permitting).

[Donny B.]

From Leinster rugby:

With the weather failing to improve and the forecast for the rest of the week being particularly grim, a decision will be made tomorrow morning on the club fixtures scheduled for this coming weekend.,,

With the distinct possibility that all games will be called off it is the intention of the Competitions Committee to refix all games before Christmas, which includes weekend 17th/18th/19th December (other than Leagues that already have a full schedule between now and then such as Metro J2 and J5 Leagues).

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All Leinster Rugby off this w/end.

[Soundgav2]

And Mary's are the champions...

[Amz]

5 - 5 draw against Terenure won it for them.

Barnhall needed Terenure to beat Mary's to have a chance of winning. Sounds like it was a decent competition.

[Donny B.]

Congrats to Marys and also Malahide, Suttonians, CYM and Clontarf who've won their leagues in the J4 lower levels.

I think Marys should go on a proper two week piss-up to celebrate!

[uncle fester]

Looks like teams and fixtures are confirmed.

Section A1
St Marys College RFC
Coolmine
Blackrock College RFC
Greystones
Clondalkin
Wanderers

Section A2
Lansdowne
Old Belvedere
Terenure College RFC
Clontarf
NUIM Barnhall A
Stillorgan

Section B1
UCD
A.I.B
CYM
Dublin University
NUIM Barnhall B
Newbridge

Section B2
Swords
Seapoint
De La Salle Palmerston
Guinness
Navan
Monkstown

Section C
Railway Union
Unidare
Malahide
Tallaght
Millmount House
Normans
Parkmore
St Marys College RFC B

I thought the Normans would have gone into J5 as they are a new team?

[sarah_lennon]

I thought the Normans would have gone into J5 as they are a new team?

Saw them play Stillorgan J5 in a friendly and they didn't look like a standard above tbf

[uncle fester]

And in breaking news, Marys may only be entering one team in J4 this year. They always had a tiny squad and have lost 9 players to retirements/work over the summer so some of them may be moving to J3 with the others merging into the J4B squad. Watch this space.

Yeah. It's a bit odd about the Normans but fair play to them for having a go at the higher standard.

[Darce]

And in breaking news, Marys may only be entering one team in J4 this year. They always had a tiny squad and have lost 9 players to retirements/work over the summer so some of them may be moving to J3 with the others merging into the J4B squad. Watch this space.

This seems to be the way of it in all clubs this season.

Would be interested in hearing how others are fairing numbers wise...

[Leinsterman]

Would be interested in hearing how others are fairing numbers wise...

About 25% of games have been cancelled so far this season IIRC across the province due to clubs suffering from player numbers dropping.

[Darce]

Would be interested in hearing how others are fairing numbers wise...

About 25% of games have been cancelled so far this season IIRC across the province due to clubs suffering from player numbers dropping.

Sounds about right

[Leinsterman]

I see Blackrock are already indulging in some jiggery-pokery with fielding teams this season.

· Metro J2 League – Blackrock College has withdrawn leaving a vacancy in Pool 1.


· J3 League – Blackrock College has been allowed to enter a team in J3 League Section “A”, moving a J4 team up (they will field at both J3 and J4 this season).

Withdrawn from J2 and now fielding a team in J3. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Darce]

It's all quite genuine I can assure you

[was never late ref]

Blackrock involved in jiggery pokery......! ..........shocked !!!

and we are assured by a Blackrock boy that it is "quite genuine "...........!!!!!

Darce , just as i choose NOT to believe my parents about Santa Claus , Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny.........with respect , if you can prove their existance or even that of the Boggey man , then i may believe your goodself !!

[Darce]

The way it is, the guys who played J2 last year are gone. They have retired en mass.

The team that played J4 last year are moving up to J3 this year and the club are attempting to build a completely new J4 team, just as we did 3/4 seasons ago.

There is no jiggery pokery that you speak of.

[Leinsterman]

The way it is, the guys who played J2 last year are gone. They have retired en mass to reappear in the J6 cup at the end of this season

[Darce]

All 20's pennant players and 4 j4 players in that J6 cup team. It was fair game

[uncle fester]

All 20's pennant players and 4 j4 players in that J6 cup team. It was fair game

Yes. Heineken cup medal winners and ex-Ireland A players with the cream of the young fellas versus lads who had never played the game before.
That certainly sounds like fair game to me.

[Darce]

With no J6 League, you can effectively enter who like on your team (with no regrading, obviously)

And 20's pennant is hardly the cream of young lads.

Also, there was no HEC Medal winners in the side.

It's not designated a development cup by the branch. That would be what J5 is for. That is a developmental grade, as directed by the branch.

And Mary's have done their fair share of cup bangers before, so there's no point in getting all high and mighty about it...