Balbriggan Rugby Football Club Dublin Ireland.

Weekend 25th/26th Novemeber
Minis
Balbriggan U12s side traveled to Guinness on the weekend. Both teams showed great talent resulting in a high scoring battle. Balbriggan scored seven great tries with Dara O Cuiningan scoring a triumphant four out of seven. Other try scorers were Ruauri Obyrne, Aaron Bruton and Glen Foley. However Balbriggans ability to score from many positions didn’t stop Guinness scoring nine tries to take the win. Although Balbriggan walked away with a lose, there were many outstanding performances across the field and in particular Glen Foley and Aaron Bruton played outstanding.
Balbriggan RFC Youths
Windy conditions didn’t help Balbriggans U14 with a win. Balbriggan U14s faced Ashborne on the weekend at Bath Rd. Balbriggan started strong with great ball retention and field position. Unfortunately Balbriggan could not convert pressure into points and lost 31-0. There were great performances from keen new comers Joe and Walter, and a strong performance in a new position from Jamie Fogharty.
Home advantage proved strong for Malachy Malones U16s side with a 29-0 win over neighbors Swords. Brian McAuley and Dave Sheriden proved too strong for the second week in a row both crossing the line. Other tries were scored by Rua, Darren and new comer Stephen. The U16s are looking great and developing into a stronger team each week.

Weekend 18th/19th of Novemeber
Balbriggan RFC Minis
Balbriggan under 10s battled at home against Ashbourne, and almost lost their unbeaten run of 8 games after a very exciting 4-4 draw .Balbriggan took the lead with tries from Robert O Byrne and Liam Thornton but conceded four tries to be 4-2 behind going into the final 5 minutes of the game. Balbriggan lads upped their performance considerably, with man of the match David Goodman scoring two break away tries using his scintillating pace to score in the corner on both occasions. Defensively Balbriggan was strong with bone crunching tackles made from Brian Smyth, Stephen Sharpe and Jordan Murphy against the much bigger Ashbourne team. There were outstanding performances in the pack from Adam McCaffrey and Harry Corscoran.
Balbriggan’s Under 7s played their first matches of the year against close neighbors Skerries. In their first match Balbriggan lost narrowly 5 – 2. They played very well in the second match drawing 5 all. Scorers on the day for Balbriggan were Kean Nulty who also excelled in defence, Ruairi Kennedy who scored three and Sean Hussey. Others who also played really well in attack and defence were Liam Ruelens, Ben Casey and Darragh.
Balbriggan RFC Youths
Balbriggan under 14s conceded a win against strong runners Navan. Balbriggan were missing quiet a number of key players, resulting in the match being a friendly with both teams mixing to make a great match. The end result was a win for the Navan team 52-10.
Balbriggans U16 and 18s battled it out against Dundalk on the weekend. Balbriggan walked away with one win and one lose. Both matches were close with a strong performance to Balbriggan’s U16 team coming away with a win. Try scorers Tony Hammond, Dave Sheriden and Brian McAuley led to the 19-12 win over Dundalk. Another outstanding performance to Dave Sheriden. Balbriggan’s U18 lost to Dundalk 22-7.

18/10/06 Balbriggan Community college Enter junior and Senior Leinster Rugby Cup
The Balbriggan Community College played their first inter school rugby match last Thursday with an away friendly to St Marys in Drogheda. The match gave both sides the opportunity to hone their skills for their respective first round Leinster Junior Cup matches this week. As a follow on from the Marys match Balbriggan’s Junior side will be away to Tallaght with victory ensuring a second round birth in the Cup. It is Balbriggan’s first entry at Junior Leinster level following their Senior counterparts footsteps who entered the Cup for the first time last year. The Junior sides entry alongside the Senior team has completed another chapter in the development of Balbriggan rugby.
The Marys match itself proved most advantageous with a number of players and numerous combinations tried by Balbriggan. Lead in the forward pack well by Ian Rogan and John Courteney Balbriggan threw themselves into the match against their slightly more experienced opponents with running rugby being the theme of the day. It was St Marys however that reaped any benefits from their attacks scoring two tries towards the end of the first half. Balbriggan then started the second half the better with out-half Anto Murphy coming into his own and getting his side going forward. This better control of the ball saw Balbriggan surging up field eventuating in a try to Daryl Whyte. Back in the game Balbriggan rung the changes to look at different options and to give all an equal shot at securing a jersey for the following weeks Cup team. It was at this stage of the match that flanker James O’Neill came into his own ably assisting Balbriggan’s man of the match Shane Egan in securing possession and shutting down St Mary’s attack with text book tackle after text book tackle. Balbriggan then made another break with Chris McMahon shooting down the sideline with the try-line beckoning. McMahon in his excitement tripped over his own foot and the opportunity was lost. St Marys scored soon after and any opportunity for Balbriggan to win was gone. The team now look forward to their Cup match with Tallaght knowing full well they will be better for it from their match with St Marys who were worthy winners.