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…
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Moran Cup (2nd round??) Lansdowne 7 – 19 UCD All good things must come to an end and this J3 went out with the same spirit and adventure that characterized their whole season. From the opening kick out and the…
Albert O’Connell Cup (1st Round??) Lansdowne 46 – 7 De La Salle Palmerston. There really is never a dull moment with this J2 squad. Perhaps a bit like the French national team, their performances vary quite widely, depending largely on…
There are some changes to the 1st XV forthcoming AIL home games. Please see below: 1st XV v UCC will now take place on Sunday, 27th of March, KO 14:30 1st XV v Terenure will move from the Friday to…
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…
CLONTARF 20 LANSDOWNE 38 Sunday 6th of March 2022 Lansdowne U20s retained the JP Fanagan Premier 1 League title in a hard-fought encounter in Castle Avenue on Sunday. Needing 2 points to clinch the title from close rivals Old Belvedere, Lansdowne…
Metro League Division 2 Sunday, 6th of March 2022 Lansdowne FC J2 15 – 41 MU Barnhall Don’t believe what you read on score lines; this was a close and entertaining match. Two drastically different styles clashed: one a fast-paced…
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…
Metro League Division 5 Maynooth University Barnhall 5 – 28 Lansdowne FC Friday 25th February, 2022 Ah, the fickle finger of fate … or the various vicissitudes league campaigns … Whatever way you look at it, it was a tough…
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…
Metro League Division 5 Lansdowne FC 38 – 5 CYM RFC Friday 18th February 2022 Only the hardiest of supporters (kudos to Paddy Halpenny!) made it down to HQ on a Baltic Friday night, but the visitors from CYM had…
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…