Photo © Clontarf Rugby In their first competitive outing in almost a year and a half, a nascent J1 team put in a spirited performance away to a strong Clontarf side. With new Head Coach Phil Donnellan at the helm,…
Last Friday night, the 1st XV played Wanderers in the Leinster Senior Cup, marking a strong return to rugby with a 3-27 win. John O’Sullivan, sports writer with the Irish Times, was on hand to document both the game and…
Lansdowne Legends 7s claimed the seniors 7s tag title on Monday night over the Blue Waves from St Mary’s RFC. Played on the Thornfield pitches in UCD and captained and led by the irrepressible Paul ‘Clincher’ Clinch, Lansdowne looked dead…
We are pleased to congratulate Lansdowne players Jack Nolan and David Donohue who were announced as part of the final U-18 Clubs squad ahead of the Interprovincial Series. Their first interprovincial fixture takes place on Saturday, 21 August, in the…
Great to see so many new faces and indeed some old ones, as the new crop of Lansdowne 20s faced off against the J2s in a pre-season warm up. Games like these are always an active affair as the order…
Last Saturday, we had the pleasure of welcoming 11 members of the Golden Oldies Tour from 1981 to the club for a reunion lunch. We asked organiser Bryan O’Neill to give us a little background on the tour which you…
This week, Leinster Rugby annouced two new cup competitions for the 2021/22 season, kicking starting the return of junior rugby in the 12 counties. The Bank of Ireland Leinster League Cup (Colm O’Shea Cup) and the Bank of Ireland Metropolitan…
As if with biblical symbolism, at 2.00pm on Saturday the storm clouds cleared at HQ just in time for the kick off, marking the first encounter for the J2 – J3 squad with another team in 18 months. The long darkness all…
Lansdowne FC Newsletter Update August 2021. August is typically a month where we catch up on holidays, head for foreign shores or the 4 corners of our own wonderful country so hopefully you have all had or are currently enjoying…
In a historic week for Irish Sevens Rugby, Adam Leavy, Foster Horan, Ian Fitzpatrick and Mark Roche all became Olympians in Japan. While the campaign may not have gone their way, Lansdowne, as a club, could not be prouder of…
The season plan is coming together with further fixtures for the senior and junior teams being released. The dates for the J1 & J2 Metro Leagues and the U20 rescheduled McCorry Cup 2021 fixtures, as well as the Leinster Senior…
It has been quite the week for clubman Ronan Kelleher! Following his four tries in Saturday’s game against USA in the Aviva Stadium, Ronan arrived in Capetown today to join the British and Irish lions Squad. Ronan had already been…
