IN a week when one of Ballina’s greatest ever players ended his long and proud innings in the green of Connacht, Heffernan Park echoed to the symphony of rugby’s new generation.
Gavin Duffy learned the rudiments of the great game on the famous patch of grass on Creggs Road and if he was on the sideline last Wednesday he’d be a proud man.
Seven schools from the North-West had gathered on his old stomping ground for the schools blitz and the sun was high in the sky. There was no better way to spend a few hours.
Local schools Moyne College and St Muredach’s were on hand. Both were clad in red – Moyne sporting scarlet uniforms, Muredach’s in a darker shade of the same colour……. for the full story follow http://domestic.connachtrugby.ie/201405162946/the-north-west-connacht-schools-rugby-blitz