Schools Rugby 2019-2020

[Pilotman123]

watched newbridge and pres bray yesterday.. newbridge have a huge pack.. and they were missing Donough Lawlor.

Berti Newman and Sam Prendergast very good at 12 and 10.

Let’s hope COVID doesn’t affect their cup campaign this year, would of been a very good final between them and Clongowes

[mildlyinterested]

heard that leinster u18 schools outhalf Charlie McNamee has switched from clongowes to michaels along with his younger brother James who was starting 10 for clongowes JCT last season.

[Pilotman123]

heard that leinster u18 schools outhalf Charlie McNamee has switched from clongowes to michaels along with his younger brother James who was starting 10 for clongowes JCT last season.

No way, that’s insane, that kind of carry on was unheard of back in my day. Very rare to see something like that

[mildlyinterested]

given the strange times, can't blame anyone who wants to spend time closer to home.

[Purist98]

heard that leinster u18 schools outhalf Charlie McNamee has switched from clongowes to michaels along with his younger brother James who was starting 10 for clongowes JCT last season.

He moved to Michael's last year

[mildlyinterested]

heard that leinster u18 schools outhalf Charlie McNamee has switched from clongowes to michaels along with his younger brother James who was starting 10 for clongowes JCT last season.

He moved to Michael's last year

Ah right.

[Oddshapedballs]

Anyone know if plans are being made for a schools cup to go ahead in the new year?

[Pilotman123]

Heard it might be happening in April hopefully there’s a vacinne by then please God

[blockhead]

This is fcukin brilliant, from Paul Howard

“I was quite young at the time, I was around 18, and had been asked to cover a schools rugby game for the Indo. I didn’t know much about it, it was new to me. I certainly didn’t know why it was taken so seriously.

“I remember my first match was Skerries against Blackrock, I think, and seeing 1500 people at this schools’ game. I was asked for 10 paragraphs, which was across six columns of a broadsheet daily newspaper. At that stage in my career it was definitely the biggest story I was ever asked to write, in terms of the word count. I couldn’t understand why it was taken so seriously. But I remember being confused by the mass of double-barrelled names on both sides. There were names everywhere! There may have been a few Roman numerals in there too.

“At one point I must have lost my concentration, but I gave a try to the wrong kid. I was then called in by the Indo, and was told, ‘We’ve had a solicitor’s letter about your match report.’

“I was thinking, ‘How could I libel someone in a match report?

“He [the sports editor] said, ‘You gave the try to the wrong kid.’

“‘Right…is that serious?’

“‘He said to me, ‘You have to remember with these kids. This kid was born, and his Dad brings a rugby ball to the maternity hospital and puts it in the basket with him. The kid is brought home and by the time the kid can stand up, the Dad is throwing a rugby ball at him. The kid then plays junior rugby with his pals in the park, and then he goes to secondary school and the plan is to make the Junior Cup team. He makes the Junior Cup team.

“‘Then he’s told the most important thing in his entire life is to make the Senior Cup team. And he makes the Senior Cup team. And in his very first match, he scores a try. And you get his f%~king name wrong.’

“I could see it as quite a reasonable thing to be upset when he explained it to me like that!

“The solicitor’s letter demanded a retraction, a correction and an apology. I was just told to be grateful they weren’t looking for damages.

“But that whole thing about the Dad who is ready to defend his sporting son’s honour with a solicitor’s letter is essentially the dynamic Ross has with Charles O’Carroll Kelly, so I stole that. It wasn’t a wasted lesson on me.”

Kid probably went on to fly planes or something.

[Dave Cahill]

Jaysus, I should get the solicitors on to the Anglo Celt about the 1955 Cavan Junior Championship final in which my father was incorrectly listed in the match report under his mothers maiden name.

[Pilotman123]

Heard that the cup could be happening in the campus at Quinta do Lago, Portugal with just Michael’s, Rock, Clongowes and Belvo competing. One of the Dads is able to secure some of the first batches of vacinnes that’s coming into Ireland and then it’ll take place in Portugal in January. Nothing confirmed yet but that’s a real possibility of happening.

[mildlyinterested]

Sounds like utter nonsense.

[mildlyinterested]

I see James Culhane was named rock sct captain.

[EnergiaPark70]

Michael Moloney named vice

[mildlyinterested]

Michael Moloney named vice

Some sort of rock team:

1. Paddy McCarthy
2. Scott Barron
3. Rory McGuire
4.
5. Alex Simpson
6.
7. James Culhane
8. David Walsh
9. Michael Moloney
10. Zach Quirke
11.
12. Ben Brownlee
13. Hugh Cooney
14. Tom Henderson
15. Reuben Moloney

[EnergiaPark70]

Any ideas of the St Michaels SCT this year very unknown about who is going to be playing

[Purist98]

Any ideas of the St Michaels SCT this year very unknown about who is going to be playing

Stephen Woods named captain with Hugo McWade and Sam Berman as vice-captains

[mildlyinterested]

Any ideas of the St Michaels SCT this year very unknown about who is going to be playing

Stephen Woods named captain with Hugo McWade and Sam Berman as vice-captains

Wild guess:

1. Daniel Barron
2. Zach Baird
3. Dylan Rogan
4. Max Dunne
5. Conor O'Tighearnaigh
6. David Woods
7. Dan Carroll
8. Stephen Woods
9. Fintan Gunne
10. Hugo McWade
11. James Nicholson
12. Sam Berman
13. Matthew Victory
14. Callum O'Reilly
15. Henry McErlean

[Oddshapedballs]

https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/bank-of-ir ... sday/?s=09

[mildlyinterested]

with another lockdown due in jan... it's going to be tight..