The arrival with players chatting, getting used to the pitch, doing there own little bits n pieces, getting help from fellow players in the process and the warmup proper…..you could see that it all bode well. The match itself, WOW, for the neutral, (there weren’t many of those) it would be fair to say it was entertaining. For all those involved, Parents and Guardians, Grandparents,  Uncles and Aunts, Sisters and Brothers, Club Officials…enthralling, exhausting, agonising, jubilant and rapturous. Garryowen had the honour and chose to kick short, Bohs started how they meant to continue, the forwards getting over the gain…

The match, like any semi final was a tight run affair with Bohs enjoying most of the territorial advantage. Bohs defence was strong, firing off the line to nullify the OC threat, particularly through their midfield. The game was low scoring, both teams fighting hard, however, the OC executed whenever they managed to get into the red zone, while the home team were just not behind the eight ball in attack on the day. Old Crescent took a two point advantage with two minutes remaining and managed to hold out for the win. Joy for the men in blue and…

While the weather was lamentable, the atmosphere in this away trip to play Bruff RFC in Kilballyowen Park was anything but. Perhaps it was the feel good factor of the result in the big smoke, multiple teams getting ready to do battle in the grounds or the great turnout from a set of highly enthusiastic supporters…whatever the external influences, the main drive comes from within, within the individual and within the team(s) and those supporters aforementioned bore witness to a fiercely contested fracas worthy of the also previously mentioned contest at (the other) H.Q. With the wind swirling and the…

The Team travelled to County Clare to play at Scariff against Scariff/St. Marys in the third round of the league. Bohs opened the scoring with a try halfway through the first half through solid defence followed by good forward ball, quick ruck, fix n’ pass through midfield and a fine finish from Ryan Angley showing the acceleration of an E.V. The second try followed a couple of minutes later from a penalty with Kevin Griffin hot stepping off both feet to present well and Caden Smith picking from the base to score through the crease. The third try came from…

With the development league well and truly in the rear-view mirror, Bohs welcomed St. Senan’s to Annacotty in the first League-League game of the season … Both teams gave it their best shot and no doubt were optimistic for the day. Bohs however proved worthy winners with fine run-catch-pass on show. The photos included show the boys working hard to support in attack and get across in defence. There were great carries from the pack and nice back line on show. The ever-speedy Cormac Devitt bagged a brace while Ben O’Connell picked from the back of the ruck and identifying…

The last of the 2021 Development League Games saw the U14 Robins travel to the Banner Country to play west Clare side Kilrush RFC. The rolling vistas and fresh air made for a fine start to a Sunday morning for players and supporters alike. The team played well displaying some sound fundamentals and nice integrated team defence and attack scoring nine tries along the journey. Every player had a good ‘cut’ during the match and the team spirit on display was very encouraging. In rugby, team work to set up scoring opportunities are vital and central to the game, examples…

Last weekend we had three games with the U14s, U17s and U18.5 all taking to the field over the last 5 days. Up first is the match report from the U14s game vs Young Munster By any measure, an excellent game of rugby with two teams of young gladiators engaged in rugby combat, the onlookers fixated as the story unfolded. Bohs started well with Brendan Morrissey going at the line with a huge assist from Ben O’Connell on the latch to open the account. Young Munster had multiple big carries during the game, none more so than from midfield with…

Last weekend was again a busy weekend for our underage teams with four teams taking part in competitions Our U13 team took on Shannon RFC on Sunday morning in a sunny Annacotty in the Development league at 1.00 pm. Shannon got off to a very strong start scoring 4 tries to nil in the first half. However, our lads showed a lot of determination in the second half scoring 2 unanswered tries, final score 4 tries to 2 in Shannon’s favour. This is the team’s first defeat of the season and as we all know some times you learn more…

On a day made for rugby UL Bohemain RFC U15’s took to the the pitch in Pa Healy’s field (better know in modern terms as Grove Island). Is was a fitting venue considering the opposition, the combination of Ballina/Killaloe and St Marys are in part coached by the great Brendan Foley who cut his very teeth as a young rugby player in this very same venue some years ago. The game started a a relatively low pace with each of the sides cautiously testing the others defences. The home side had the majority of the possession in the opening ten…

It was another busy weekend for our underage teams, with the Pat Lawler Tournament hosted in Annacotty and two of our underage teams competing in competitions. UL Bohemian RFC are extremely proud to report that our U13s won the cup for the first time since 2009. you can read the full report on The Pat Lawler Tournament on the link below Next up over the weekends games was the UL Bohemian RFC U14s Boys who lost out Narrowly to Old Crescent RFC in a brilliant display of rugby by both teams in hard conditions. The score at one point stood…