Author: Diarmuid Kearney
12th Dec 2025
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Dromore’s Energia Junior Cup Bid Fuelled By Last Year’s Disappointment
The winter light hangs low over Barban Hill, the home of Dromore Rugby Club. That thin Ulster grey that makes…
11th Dec 2025
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Donnellan: Becoming The First ‘Tarf Team To Win It Would...
Champions walk with a different kind of weight. At Clontarf FC, it settles on the shoulders quietly, like the winter…
11th Dec 2025
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‘It’s About Us, It’s About Our Performance’ – Ballynahinch’s Milligan
Before the crowd gathers, before the lines are marked, before the supporters buses make the trip to the capital, and…
10th Dec 2025
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Barrett Brimming With Ambition As New Year Approaches
There is a certain relentlessness required to survive in modern Women's rugby, but what Sophie Barrett has done over the…
5th Dec 2025
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Leitrim Man Matthews Loving Life With Lansdowne
The road from Carrick-on-Shannon to the Aviva Stadium's back pitch is not a journey many young players grow up imagining.…
4th Dec 2025
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Fitzgerald Feels There’s More Belief And Unity In Tullow Ranks
In Tullow, where rugby has become a big part of their community, this season has asked more questions of their…
28th Nov 2025
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Energia All-Ireland Women’s Junior Cup: Semi-Final Previews
The semi-finals are upon us in the Energia All-Ireland Women's Junior Cup. There are two blockbluster clashes on Sunday as…
28th Nov 2025
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#EnergiaAIL Men’s Divisions 2A, 2B & 2C: Round 7 Previews
It is a mouth-watering return to Division 2 action in the Energia All-Ireland League, as a number of top-four tussles…