Competitive sport can be cruel, with the margin between success and failure often separated by a hair’s breadth. For many Lansdowne supporters, last Saturday in Lakelands Park will go down as such an occasion. Having defended a narrow lead, 13-12,…
Wow! This was a humdinger of a game by any standards and had the large and enthusiastic crowd well entertained in a showpiece game for the Energia-sponsored AIL Division 1A on the Aviva back pitch last Saturday. Nine tries scored…
Lansdowne recorded a comfortable victory in the latest round of the Energia- sponsored All Ireland League with a comfortable win against a young UCC side, who had seven Under 20’s in their starting side, at a sun-dappled Lansdowne Road on…
The Killing Fields has never been an easy trip for Lansdowne, and so it proved once again as the home side gained some revenge for their Bateman Cup final defeat at the hands of the D4 side last month. Lansdowne…
Rugby podcaster Justin Middleton produced some great statistics before last Friday’s epic AIL Division top-of-the table encounter between hosts Lansdowne and their North side visitors, Clontarf, on the Aviva Stadium back pitch. In the last 23 AIL games over the…
Three months to the day since Trinity sprung what was then considered a surprise win in the corresponding fixture at the Aviva Stadium, Lansdowne duly exacted revenge with a narrow victory last Saturday in College Park. We even had the…
What a fantastic result for Head Coach Mark McHugh and his assistant coaches, Phil Horan, Mark Flanagan and Damien McCabe! A superbly prepared Lansdowne side took on and bested a gallant but ultimately inferior Young Munster team in this season’s…
What a difference a week makes! Having lost to a fully locked and loaded UCD side on their previous outing, Lansdowne bounced back with a seven try demolition of Garryowen in their Energia All Ireland Division 1A clash last Saturday….
The turning of the year saw the turning of the fixtures in the Energia Ireland-sponsored AIL as we entered in to the second phase of the League in Round 10 last Saturday in Lansdowne Road. The visitors to the Aviva…
The Ballynahinch club have always been convivial hosts, and they threw a great spread for their Christmas lunch last Saturday. The occasion was the visit of Lansdowne for the last Division 1A match of the Energia Ireland-sponsored AIL in 2021…
Favourites Lansdowne duly despatched a game, if ultimately out-gunned UCD side on the Aviva back pitch last Saturday as the Headquarters team took the honours with a bonus-point victory. Lansdowne thus retained the Billy Sutherland Cup, a trophy presented by the late…
It was a beautifully crisp Saturday morning as the Lansdowne team bus pulled into Dooradoyle. The freshly cut pitch looked resplendent and the travelling squad set about their pre-match warm up routines. Still smarting from a last minute defeat to…
