“Big thank you to Finn Valley from all of us at Malone, for your hospitality, we all had a fabulous weekend. From the joint “tactics” meeting on Friday night, through the couple of hours of competitive and entertaining rugby and of course the big bouncy castle, we all had a great time… So much so, […]
Finn Valley RFC hosted the final County Donegal mini rugby festival of the season on saturday. Donegal Town, Ballyshannon, Tir Chonaill and Finn Valley put out teams at u8,u10 and u12s to end a season of progression for the young guns. Attending the festival was Ulster Branch Community Rugby Officer Darren McGuigan who paid tribute […]
A vist to Stranorlar Co Donegal, for Armoy to play Finn Valley in the inaugural meeting of the 2 clubs. It was agreed prior to the match that the game would be played as a double header meaning that 4 league points were up for grabs for the victors. It was Armoy who took the […]
It was a great day for rugby, with the sun out and very little wind, so the lads of the newest Rugby club in Ireland took to the field for one of the last games of the season. Everyone of the guys that lined out felt that the was something special going to happen, they […]
Ballyshannon U15’s 19 Finn Valley U15’s 5 Good win today for the under 15s in Stranorlar with all three tries coming from Bari Kane and two conversions from Jamie Curran. Well done lads! [youtube rXYBncI57O0] John Murray JNR [youtube gv3GIcT0Vg8] Hard luck yo our senior team who were defeated 17-0 at home to a very […]
Inishowen 24 – 0 Finn Valley Report by Jeremy Blackman “.. he crossed the mountain and the rain continued to fall, thumping in paradiddles on the canvass across the shoulders of his fathers borrowed donkey jacket. The rain ran off the high moss banks and onto the stone of the road, picking out the bright […]
CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES From the Donegal County Mini Festival held at Finn Valley RFC , Stranorlar. Clubs attending were – Finn Valley, Innishowen, Tir Chonaill, Ballyshannon & Donegal Town.
The InTouch Rugby photographer Rob irwin of Ulster 99 squad was there to catch the action from both teams and both clubs got pictures links below INTOUCH PICTURES ~ The following link brings you to the pictures of the Ulster rugby team, the Tir Chonaill v Finn Valley Pictures are on the last page of […]
Finn Valley RFC, Donegal Town RFC and Ballyshannon RFC ran successful Tag Rugby Festivals at their local clubs recently. Ulster Branch Club Community Rugby Officers Barry Laverty(Finn Valley) Declan Gallagher (Donegal Town) and Ray Gallagher (Ballyshannon) had been in schools delivering sessions of the non contact game to children aged 8 to 12 culminating in […]
Rugby is on the rise in Donegal. With Ballyshannon, Donegal Town, Inishowen, Finn Valley, Tir Chonaill & Letterkenny all developing the senior game not to mention a host of schools getting stronger all the time. Interviewed below Shane Toolan comments on the rise of the sport in Donegal and the aspirations of the clubs & […]