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…
What a cracker of a match! Played in perfect conditions on the Aviva Stadium back pitch, both sides served up a display of rugby fit to grace any field in what was a tremendous show-piece for the Energia-sponsored AIL, culminating…
Last Friday evening, Lansdowne, armed up with their Covid Certs and the Lansdowne faithful, duly took on the seasonal Friday-night trek across the Liffey to take on our old Northside rivals, Clontarf FC, in Division 1A of the Energia Ireland-sponsored…
As an advertisement for the Energia-sponsored AIL, they don’t get much better than this. Two sides totally dedicated to their respective causes, both unbeaten and determined to keep things that way. Lansdowne’s preparations were disrupted before the start as Michael…
Lansdowne recorded their third win in a row in the latest round of the Energia- sponsored All Ireland League with a comfortable win against a young UCC side at the picturesque Mardyke grounds in Cork on Saturday. Winger Michael Silvester…
Early days yet, but Lansdowne continued their impressive opening form in the second round of the Energia- sponsored All Ireland League with a hard-fought win against a dogged Terenure side on Saturday in Lakelands Park. The pre-match selection was disrupted by the…
Following a directive from the IRFU on the 12th of March 2020, all rugby activity on the island of Ireland was suspended until the 29th of March. Little did we realise at the time that this was only the tip…
For many people attending this Leinster rugby season-opener, it was not so much the fact that it pitted two old foes against each other, it was the simple pleasure in being able to watch a game of rugby. As is…
God be with the days when a Leinster Senior Cup second round fixture would have the talk of the club for weeks beforehand. A sizeable crowd would have turned up to support their respective sides as they battled for a…
