Clondalkin under 12’s played their local rivals Barnhall RFC away on Sunday fielding two teams consisting of both experienced and new players.
Despite a slow start by Clondalkin in the first match, down 4-0 at half time, Clondalkin put up a courageous fight back in the second half to pull 2 tries back, but in the end Barnhall prevailed. However, this was to be the only loss of the day for Clondalkin U12’s. There were some excellent individual performances from Daniel Featherstone, Peter O’Neill to name a few but over all a great team effort was displayed by the two Clondalkin teams with Sinead Brennan as player of the day. Cillian Sallier moved from outhalf to inside centre for the remaining matches and this was to be the turning point for Clondalkin as he made a number of crucial defensive tackles in addition to gaining serious meters in attack which gave the Clondalkin the edge. A great day was had by all concerned with the final tally from 4 matches seeing Clondalkin edge the overall result against Barnhall with two wins one draw and one loss. Clondalkin Head Coach Noel Bergin was very happy with his charges, commenting that it was one of the best performances he had seen from his side and feels that the future of Clondalkin Rugby is in a healthy state.
Clondalkin Rugby Club continues to look for new members – both boys and girls from the ages of 6 years to 12 years are welcome to participate. The aim is to encourage the playing of rugby and in doing so promote fun for both players and coaches, to help young boys and girls develop physically, psychologically and socially. Training takes place on Sunday mornings at 10.30am to 12.00pm – for more information, visit For more information visit www.clondalkinrugby.com
Senior rugby roundup: Clondalkin 1st XV advanced to a second round of the Provincial Towns Cup with an emphatic 70 points to 8 victory against Boyne in Drogheda on Sunday 25th February, running in a total of 12 tries in the process. Touchdowns from Mark Molloy, Derek Glennon (2), Matt Stapleton, John Walsh, Mikey Russell (2) Sean Brennan, (2) Simon King, Paul Nolan and Ali Collier, with 5 conversions from Ben Foran set up a 2nd round meeting at home on 22nd February against Gorey RFC. Ending a 4-game losing streak, this win was an important confidence booster with critical league matches in the fight for finishing positions in Leinster League Division 1A coming up in the weeks ahead.
Clondalkin 4ths continued their recent impressive form by winning under lights in Clontarf on Friday 23rd, Clondalkin 3rds picked up a useful win away to UCD in Division 8; the 2nds XV narrowly lost a high scoring fixture 32 vs 36 against Dundalk and the Clondalkin women’s team won away from home 24 vs 13 in Longford.
