My half-time notes should have remained unwritten: “It would be foolish to say this was over, despite the bonus point. Garryowen have shown enough to be a threat in the second half. First ten minutes will be critical.” I’ve also…
Lansdowne got their 2019-20 season off to an excellent start on the Aviva Stadium back pitch with a comprehensive win against the students of UCD. If ever there is a good time to play Collidge, it’s on a Leinster “A”…
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This Leinster Senior Cup fixture was a very testing and competitive opening game for Lansdowne against a Terenure team a little bit further into their pre-season. There was plenty of cobwebs and lots of match rustiness in evidence but some…
Lansdowne lost out in the “Winner Takes Home Advantage” stakes in the final round 18 of the All Ireland League on the Aviva Stadium back pitch last Saturday. From what had been regarded before the kick off as a tight…
Lansdowne went into Sunday’s Metro Cup decider versus Old Wesley with a double to play for having beaten the same opponents in the league final only week previously. Both sides had also beaten each other at home during the regular…
Lansdowne celebrated the Club’s inaugural President’s Charity Day in style with a seven-try blitz against Garryowen in a most entertaining match on the Aviva back pitch last Saturday. There is little doubt that the Headquarters club have made the new…
Scott Deasy’s 100th All-Ireland League appearance was destined not to be a happy one as the AIL Title holders went down to a 35-26 loss against a battling Terenure College side at Lakelands Park last Saturday. Not for the first time…
After six seasons in Division 1B, during which they were at one time staring down the barrel of a drop into Division 2A of the AIL, the famous Shannon Club deservedly took their place back at the top table this…
Arriving in Cork on the back of a nine-match winning streak, Lansdowne were the bookies favourites to complete the season double over the Leeside students, who were languishing second from bottom of the league. Instead, it was the College side…
What a cracker of a match! The elements, which had condemned the first meeting between these two sides in mid-December to a water-boarding forward slog, relented this time and conditions were nigh perfect for winter rugby. The outcome was a…
A match similar in many ways to the AIL game between the two sides last October – cold and wet, with a wind sweeping the rain in from the city end of the Dooradoyle ground. A similar outcome, too, with…
