It is always an exciting and thrilling day to watch ladies rugby. To see the sheer effort that goes in to field the team, to travel fairly long distances to take on sides with no guarantee of the victory. Speaking to a Ballyshannon player during the week revealed how delighted they are when a team […]
Ballyshannon’s second league game got off to another great start on home ground on Sunday last. The first 5 mins of game was loose play until Ballyshannon got there heads in the game and started dominating. From a big Shannon scrum a ball was won against the head and fed to outhalf Siobhan Coughlin who […]
Senior men recorded another great win against Virginia 2nd’s today, in a game started slow with only one penalty scored in the first 20 minutes (0-3 Ballyshannon). The first try came on the 21st minute when captain Paul Cassidy took a ball on 15 meters out and used all his power to break the line […]
Ballyshannon senior men had the weekend of when Armagh cried off from their scheduled league match at the Lakeside Centre. This Saturday we hopefully return to league action against Virginia again away in the league. Our mini section return to competitive action this Saturday when they travel to a blitz at Finn Valley Rugby Club […]
Ballyshannon senior men had another good win on the road on Saturday last when they defeated Clogher Valley (Fivemiletown) 36-12 with tries coming from captain Mark Rooney(2) Darragh Tyrell, Dara Keown and Dominic Gillespie. This Saturday we are at home to Armagh with a 2.30pm kick off at the Lakeside Centre and it would be […]
Ballyshannon Rugby Club opened there league campaign in fine fashion when they defeated Cavan 2nd XV with a comprehensive score line of 50 points to ten in Cavan. An eight try rout was testament to a fantastic all round team performance with some huge individual performamces. What was very encouraging about this performance was the […]
Ballyshannon 10 Sligo 2nd XV 13 Ballyshannon senior team had a useful run out today in their first game of the season when they took on Sligo 2’s at the Lakeside Centre. A new look Ballyshannon side seen a host of new faces with three players making their rugby debuts, th… e Gillespie brothers Darren […]
Preparations are in full swing for Ballyshannon Rugby Club’s Tag Tournament scheduled for Saturday August 11th at the Lakeside Centre. In what should be the biggest tournament ever held at the Lakeside, event coordinators Linda Loughlin and David Hoey are putting in a trojan effort to ensure a great days crack is in store. Tag […]