NAKED! BUCCANEERS PLAYERS HAVE BEEN FEATURE IN A NATIONAL NEWSPAPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For Charity Calendar!

NAKED! NAKED! What is rugby coming to!!!! lol REPORT Barely there Buccs: Local rugby stars bare (almost) all for charity calendar Introducing the ‘Buccs Nearly Bare Calendar 2015’, whereby the rugby stars of Athlone are showing off a whole new side for the year ahead. Those at Buccaneers RFC have organised a ‘naked calendar’ to […]

Castlebar RFC Founding members launch new initiative in plans for future!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The following clubs were represented at that meeting: Ballinasloe, Castlebar, Galway Town, Galway Grammar School, Queens College Galway and Ranelagh School Athlone. Only Castlebar, Ballinasloe, and Queens College (now NUIG) still survive. Castlebar RFC was founded in February 1971. Over 40 people attended that meeting in the Imperial Hotel in Castlebar. Among those who attended […]

Tackle Injuries in Professional Rugby Union

Abstract Background: The tackle is the most dangerous facet of play in rugby union, but little is known about risk factors for tackle injuries. Purpose: To estimate the injury risk associated with various characteristics of tackles in professional rugby union matches. Study Design: Descriptive epidemiology study. Method: All 140 249 tackles in 434 professional matches […]