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Abbeyfeale RFC 12 Tralee RFC 3 After several postponements, Abbeyfeale finally got to play Tralee in the final in Cullinagh Park Newcastle West on fri 02/05/08. Both teams arrived with full panels to chose from. Tralee had a few new faces from the team we beat comprehensively in the league in January. That said the [...]
Tue, May 6 2008 » Match Reports, U13 » No Comments
Abbeyfeale RFC 14 Charleville RFCÂ 12 Sunday 16th Abbeyfeale travelled the short distance to NCW to play Charleville in the league final. Opening exchanges saw a very tight game ahead as is normal with encounters with Charleville. With 6 minutes gone Charleville turned over Abbeyfeale on there own 22, the ball was moved wide and [...]
Tue, March 18 2008 » Match Reports, U13 » No Comments
Abbeyfeale 22      Charleville 22  Abbeyfeale and Charleville met in a highly charged league semi- final at the grove on Sat.Both sides rose to the occassion putting on a fine display of open rugby. from the whistle every ball was contested and the bigger Charleville  pack did not deter the Abbey front five .Abbeyfeale were [...]
Tue, February 26 2008 » Match Reports, U14 » Comments Off
Abbeyfeale RFC36 Killorglin RFCÂ Â 05 Played Killorglin Sunday Morning at the Grove in the league semi final. A Full panel of 24 players were available. Dan G got the game underway with a high kick which was gathered well by the Killorglin No 8. He broke the first tackle before been held up by James [...]
Mon, February 25 2008 » Match Reports, U13 » No Comments
Abbeyfeale 40 Castleisland 15 Abbeyfeale played Castleisland at the Grove on Sunday 17th. We had a smaller panel than usual due a lot of the players away on hols for the mid tern break. However, those who were present were eager to show what they could do. From the start Abbeyfeale were dominant and only [...]
Wed, February 20 2008 » Match Reports, Mini Rugby U12 » No Comments
Abbeyfeale travelled to NCW RFC on 16/02/08 to participate in a tournament which consisted of hosts NCW RFC, Bruff RFC and Barnet RFC visiting from England. Abbeyfeale 14 Bruff 10 We played Bruff in our opening game. A poor kick off from Abbeyfeale gave initial advantage to Bruff. An early chip in behind the back [...]
Wed, February 20 2008 » Match Reports, U13 » No Comments
 A “disjointed approach” and players out due to injury led to another unfortunate loss for Abbeyfeale Seniors on Sunday. The side went down 14-5 to Mallow, in sunny conditions at the Cork side’s home ground. The match started evenly with both sides putting up a strong attack until the fifth minute when Abbeyfeale had the [...]
Wed, February 20 2008 » First XV, Match Reports » No Comments
Abbeyfeale 59Â Kanturk 7 Abbeyfeale traveled to north cork on sat. last to play a long awaited friendly with Kanturk .The team entered the lions den with some apprehension as Kanturk emerged with a large panel and a lot of physical presence.but as the saying goes “the bigger they are the harder they fall” played [...]
Thu, February 14 2008 » Match Reports, U14 » No Comments
The Under 12 panel travelled to Shannon RFC on Sunday 10th last to compete in the 5th round of the North Munster Mini rugby series. Opposition on day was hosts, Shannon Black, UL Bohs. Scarriff RFC did not travel. Abbeyfeale 20 UL Bohs 10 The opening exchanges in this first game were very scrappy on [...]
Wed, February 13 2008 » Match Reports, Mini Rugby U12 » No Comments
Travelled to Limerick on Saturday to play Young Munsters in a return match. The ground was heavy from the recent spell of bad weather but everyone was grateful that for once the rain gear was not needed. Y Munsters started very strong and had Abbeyfeale pinned back on the own 10m line for opening exchanges. [...]
Mon, January 28 2008 » Home, Match Reports, U13 » No Comments