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Connacht To 'Front Up, Rise Up' For Lily Mae
18 January 2013, 10:35 am
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The home of Connacht Rugby will host next week's encounter between the O2 Ireland Wolfhounds and England Saxons
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Connacht Rugby have announced that a percentage of all sales for the O2 Ireland Wolfhounds fixture against England Saxons - at the Sportsground on Friday, January 25 - will be donated to little local hero Lily Mae Morrison.
Connacht Rugby have contacted those close to Lily Mae to say that they wanted to help in any way possible to ensure that funds continue to be generated for the brave girl's battle against cancer.
10% of all ticket sales for the O2 Ireland Wolfhounds v England Saxons match will be donated to Lily Mae, whilst a bucket collection will also be held at the venue on match night - Friday, January 25 (kick-off 7.35pm).
After the match, both teams will sign match shirts which will be auctioned off either on Connacht Rugby's Facebook page in a silent auction or at a black tie fundraiser that is being held for Lily Mae in Galway on the same night of the game.
All proceeds from the bucket collection and auction will go directly to the Sunni Mae Trust which was established for Lily Mae.
Connacht Rugby's head of commercial Alex Saul said: "We were shocked when we became aware of Lily Mae's issues with HMV and we decided that we wanted to help because we are in a position where we can do something.
"Lily Mae is a local hero battling against the odds and that speaks out in buckets to us as a group. Our Chairman Jimmy Staunton called me this morning and it was his idea that we do something.
"That got the ball rolling and we started making calls. I have no doubt that Connacht and Ireland rugby fans will come out in force to support this initiative."
In addition to the funds raised at the O2 Ireland Wolfhounds match, Connacht Rugby will donate 10% of all tickets bought at the box office for Friday's match against Zebre in the Heineken Cup.
All proceeds will go directly to the Sunni Mae Trust on the reconciliation of the match accounts.
Tickets for the 02 Ireland Wolfhounds v England Saxons clash are currently on sale from Connacht Rugby and Ticketmaster.ie.
Connacht Season Ticket holders are entitled to a 50% discount (maximum two discounted tickets per Season Ticket holder and one family discounted ticket per family Season Ticket holder).
Ticket Prices: €20 Adult Terrace, €25 Adult Enclosed, €15 Concession, €5 All Children (Under-18), €10 Season Ticket holders and €25 Family Season Ticket holders.
Provincial News
23 May
It has been confirmed today that Bank of Ireland has agreed to become the main sponsor of Munster Rugby from July 2013. The sponsorship includes exclusive branding of all playing and training kit for the Munster senior and 'A' squads.
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22 May
After 22 rounds and two play-off games, the 2012/13 RaboDirect PRO12 season wraps up on Saturday with the final at the RDS appropriately between respective first and second seeds and provincial rivals, Ulster and Leinster.
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22 May
Previewing Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final against Leinster with Cóilín Duffy, Ulster winger Andrew Trimble said: "We really motivated for this game. People are talking about us being the best Ulster side in a few years, we had that record of 13 wins in a row at the start of the year. We want to win trophies, and there's no point having those records unless we back them up."
22 May
Ulster hooker Rory Best spoke to IrishRugby.ie's Cóilín Duffy ahead of Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final against Leinster at the RDS, discussing the match itself and how he is looking forward to captaining Ireland during next month's summer tour to North America.
22 May
With support from Department for Social Development, IRFU (Ulster Branch), the Irish FA and Ulster GAA are joining forces and using the power of sport to promote positive cross-community relations.
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21 May
Connacht Rugby hosted an information evening for parents of the province's Sub-Academy players who are coming into this summer's training camp.
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20 May
Ulster has signed tighthead prop Bronson Ross from Coventry RFC on a one-year development contract.
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20 May
The Leinster squad trained in UCD today ahead of Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final against Ulster at the RDS (kick-off 4.45pm), with several injury concerns for the management to contend with arising from the Amlin Challenge Cup final victory.
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20 May
Samoan international James So'oialo will join the Connacht squad this summer. So'oialo, who played in the 2011 Rugby World Cup, was recently named in the Samoan squad for their upcoming tour to South Africa where they will face Scotland, Italy and the Golden Lions.
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19 May
Following the epic Dublin 2013 finals which featured Heineken Cup success for Toulon and an Amlin Challenge Cup victory for Leinster, there was good news on the qualification front for Connacht and Perpignan who both secured places in the 2013/14 Heineken Cup.
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