Energia All-Ireland League: Men’s Division Playoff Finals
Energia All-Ireland League Division 1A Promotion/Relegation Playoff Final, Thomond Park, Limerick 6/5/2023 Shannon vs Highfield Shannon’s Joshua Costello goes in to score a try Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Ken Sutton
It’s a day of high stakes club rugby as eight teams are in action with their division status on the line in the Energia All-Ireland League Men’s Divisions.
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Saturday May 6th 2023
Energia All-Ireland League Men’s Division 1A Promotion/Relegation Play-Off Final:
SHANNON 32 HIGHFIELD 12, Thomond Park
Scorers: Shannon: Tries: Michael Cooke, Joshua Costello 2, Luke Rigney; Cons: Michael Cooke 3; Pen: Michael Cooke 2.
Highfield: Pens: James Taylor 4
HT: Shannon 10 Highfield 12
Live Stream (via Highfield RFC): https://www.youtube.com/live/-czxIZhO5rg?feature=share
SHANNON: 15 John O’Sullivan, 14 Aran Hehir, 13 Cian OHalloran, 12 Harry Long, 11 Joshua Costello; 10 Michael Cooke, 9 Ethan Coughlan; 1 Conor Glynn, 2 Jordan Prenderville, 3 Darragh McSweeney, 4 Ronan Coffey (capt) 5 Jade Kriel, 6 Colm Heffernan, 7 Kelvin Brown, 8 Lee Nicholas. Replacements: 16 Shane Carew, 17 David Maher, 18 Cathal Hynes, 19 Odhran Ring, 20 Jack O’Donnell, 21 Alan Flannery, 22 Daniel Hurley, 23 Luke Rigney.
HIGHFIELD: 15 Seán Quaid, 14 Ben Murphy, 13 Cian Bohane, 12 Mark Dorgan, 11 Luke Kingston; 10 James Taylor, 9 Chris Banon; 1 Cillian Buckley, 2 Travis Coomey, 3 Daragh Fitzgerald, 4 Sean Garrett, 5 Eoin Keating, 6 David O’Connell (capt), 7 Amhlaoibh Porter, 8 Miah Cronin. Replacements: 16 Robert Murphy, 177 Ian McCarthy, 18 Niall Downing, 19 Mark Fitzgibbon, 20 John O’Callaghan, 21 Richard Cassidy, 22 Colin O’Neill, 23 Gavin O’Leary.
Energia All-Ireland League Men’s Division 1B Promotion Play-Off Final:
BLACKROCK COLLEGE 29 MU BARNHALL 21, Stradbrook
BLACKROCK COLLEGE: 15 Brian Colclough, 14 Hugo Godson Treacy, 13 Matthew Dwan, 12 David McCarthy, 11 Christopher Rolland; 10 Peter Quirke, 9 Mark Edwards; 1 Andrew Savage, 2 Niall Hardiman, 3 Joe Byrne, 4 Cian Reale, 5 Hugh Doyle, 6 Roy Whelan, 7 James Burke,8 Matthew Cosgrove. Replacements: 16 Liam McMahon, 17 Jack Mullany, 18 Stephen Mc Loughlin, 19 Josh Dixon, 20 Ross Barron, 21 James Fennelly, 22 James Moriarty.
MU BARNHALL: 15 Conor Duggan, 14 Sean Sexton, 13 Sean Higgins, 12 David Dooley, 11 Conor Lacey; 10 Adam Chester, 9 Robert Holt; 1 Geoff Brooks, 2 Cathal Duff (capt), 3 Darragh Bellanova, 4 Anre O’Neill, 5 Ryan Doyle, 6 Shane Sweeney, 7 Abdul Olaosebikan, 8 Thomas McKeown. Replacements: 16 Gareth Murray, 17 Conor Turley, 18 Keith Farrell, 19 Shane Stokes, 20 Fergus Stanley, 21 Conor Neville, 22 Jack Hannon, 23 Darren Hudson.
Energia All-Ireland League Men’s Division 2A Promotion/Relegation Play-Off Final:
UL BOHEMIAN 20 DUNGANNON 16, Annacotty
Live Stream Details (€) : https://www.dungannonrugby.com/payments/ail-2b-play-off-final-livestream-93844.html
UL BOHEMIAN: 15 Darragh O’Gorman, 14 Jamie McNamara, 13 Captain Paul Clancy, 12 Juan Ignacio Garcia, 11 Ihechi Oji; 10 Harry Byrne, 9 Alan Kiely; 1 Kian Regan, 2 Kieran O’Shea, 3 James Burton, 4 Evan O’Connell, 5 Jay Traynor, 6 Ian Condell, 7 Richard Wallace, 8 Eoin Sweeney. Replacements: 16 Tom Cullen, 17 Pauric Nesbitt, 18 Padraic Galvin, 19 Sean Quirke, 20 David Rowsome, 21 Rory White, 22 Oisin Fagan.
DUNGANNON: 15 Ben McCaughey, 14 Mervyn Brown, 13 Matthew Montgomery, 12 James Girvan, 11 Peter Cashel; 10 Andrew McGregor, 9 John Russell; 1 James Gamble, 2 Daniel Mikolajczyk, 3 Sean O’Hagan, 4 Stephen Todd, 5 Cameron Steenson, 6 David Leyburn, 7 Adam Milligan, 8 James McMahon (capt). Replacements: 16 Ross Stewart, 17 Glenn Sinnamon, 18 Lewis McCrabbe, 19 Alexander Kennedy, 20 Luke McMullan, 21 Jack Weir, 22 Ryan Abernethy, 23 Arek Mikolajczyk.
Energia All-Ireland League Men’s Division 2B Promotion Play-Off Final:
SKERRIES 30 BRUFF 15 Holmpatrick
Live Audio Commentary (via FinalWhistle.ie): https://www.finalwhistle.ie/rugby/event/energia-ail-division-2b-playoff-final-2023-skerries-v-bruff/
SKERRIES: 15 Ronan Mulcahy, 14 Oisin McKey, 13 Kevin McGrath, 12 Michael Sherlock, 11 David Goodman; 10 Paul O’Loghlen, 9 Eoghan Carron; 1 Cormac Marrey, 2 Kieran Leonard, 3 Trevor Scuffil, 4 Sam Deering, 5 Ross Halligan, 6 Barry Murphy, 7 Joshua Ericson, 8 Peter O’Neill. Replacements: 16 Tomas O’Donovan, 17 John Sherwin, 18 Ben McKiernan, 19 Paddy Fay Watt, 20 Patrick Finn, 21 John Healy, 22 Dara Lowndes, 23 Taidgh Keane Boylan.
BRUFF: 15 Cian Clifford, 14 Shane Duggan, 13 Jack O’Grady, 12 Andrew O’Byrne, 11 Mark Fitzpatrick; 10 Sean Kilbridge, 9 Jake O’Riordan; 1 Brendan Keogh, 2 Thomas Quigley, 3 Kieran O’Dwyer, 4 Thomas O’Dwyer, 5 Brendan Gleeson, 6 John Clery, 7 Patrick Maher, 8 Cillian Rea. Replacements: 16 Dave Barrett, 17 TJ Coffey, 18 Eamonn Costello, 19 Craig Finn, 20 Conor Fitzpatrick, 21 Sean Hartigan, 22 Paul Collins, 23 Adam O’Dwyer.
IRFU Men’s Junior Interprovincial Championship – Round 2:
Leinster v Connacht, Portlaoise RFC, 2.30pm
Ulster v Munster, Inishowen RFC, 2.30pm
Sunday May 7th 2023
Energia All-Ireland League Men’s Division 1A Final
CLONTARF V TERENURE COLLEGE, Aviva Stadium, 3pm (TG4)