A delighted Ian Prendiville lifted the Leinster League Division 1 Trophy last night. The First XV were away to Clontarf at Castle Avenue for a wet and miserable double header Division 1 final and Ulster Bank League match which they…
Lansdowne’s highly-impressive form after the half time interval continued on the Aviva back pitch last Saturday as the Ulster-Bank-sponsored AIL Division 1A League completed the first third of the regular season. Once again, the inspiring half-time words of Coaches Mike…
Lansdowne continued their good start to U20s league with comprehensive win over Navan on a crisp winter’s afternoon in Ballycorus. Lansdowne took the game to Navan straight from the kick off and were 14-0 up after 3 minutes with tries…
Saturday morning bragging rights over the cornflakes in the Ruddock household distinctly belong to Dad Mike, as his Lansdowne side gave St. Mary’s, captained by his son Ciaran, a second-half rugby lesson at Templeville Road last Friday night. Club Captain…
Lansdowne started brightly and after sustained pressure, a neat kick by Peter Hastie was well fielded by Sean Gavin to open the scoring in the left corner. Shortly after the restart Lansdowne were caught in possession and Terenure replied with…
It is a compliment to Cork Con that they are the benchmark side in terms of measuring how your squad is shaping up for a cut at the Ulster Bank-sponsored All Ireland League title. The reigning All Ireland League champions…
With Club Captain Ian Prendiville abroad on business, the honour of leading Lansdowne into this, their third match of the 2017-2018 Ulster Bank All Ireland League campaign, fittingly fell to former Club Captain Scott Deasy. Deasy led his side from…
Lansdowne won their second 2017-18 Ulster Bank-sponsored All Ireland League outing in a row following a hard-fought victory against an always-game Young Munster side on the Aviva main pitch last Saturday. Following a week during which the Lansdowne lost two…
Lansdowne kicked off their 2017-18 Ulster Bank-sponsored All Ireland League campaign with a tricky away fixture against newly-promoted Buccaneers, a club with strong links to the Connacht squad and Academy. Rain arrived on cue for the kick-off, and a persistent…
Just prior to kick-off, the rain came down in bucket loads, and then got heavier. The result was a wet, slippery ball and a tight contest that would be fought out mainly through the two packs. Old Belvedere have had…
