Longford Rugby’s and Bornacoolas Shane Mallon selected for Ireland U20 Six Nations Squad
Congratulations to Longford RFC’s Shane Mallon who started on the left wing for Ireland U20s on Friday night, played in Musgrave Park, Cork, where they crushed Wales U20s 53-05 in winning by a record margin.
Most of the play went down the right-wing so Shane did not have any chance to get among the try scorers. However, he put an impressive all-round performance especially defensively where he secured four turn overs and made some crucial last ditch tackles.
A memorable moment was a kick and chase up the wing where he then secured a turnover penalty from the Welsh player who had gathered his kick ahead.
Everyone in Longford RFC was glued to the tv and were exceptionally proud of Shane and look forward to seeing get more game time across the six nations.
A far tougher task awaits both Ireland sides this weekend as they travel to France. Ireland U20s play France on Friday at 8pm in Marseille. Fingers crossed that Shane gets more game time and we can all enjoy watching Shane again and having Longford RFC mentioned prominently on national TV!
Senior Women
Longford Senior Women’s home game versus Arklow was cancelled by Arklow at short notice with the game awarded to Longford. Next up is an away trip to Greystones on the 20th.
Women’s Leinster League Fixtures 2021-2022
03/10/2021 Longford v Portlaoise (Conceded by Portlaoise)
24/10/2021 Longford 17 v New Ross 19
31/10/2021 Arklow 19 v Longford 07
14/11/2021 Longford 41 v Greystones 0
28/11/2021 Naas 52 v Longford 15
05/12/2021 Garda/Westmanstown v Longford (Postponed)
12/12/2021 Portlaoise 8 v Longford 5
16/01/2021 Longford 32 v Naas 20 CPL Park
30/01/2021 New Ross 07 v Longford 17
06/02/2022 Longford v Arklow CPL Park (Conceded by Arklow)
20/02/2022 Greystones v Longford
13/03/2022 Longford v Garda/Westmanstown CPL Park
Notes
Time to Dust off the Boots, Vet’s Rugby is here
A date in your diary for the Vets team is Friday/Saturday February 25th/26th when we hope to welcome the Garda Vets to CPL Park for our inaugural match.
The final details should be confirmed this week. In an effort to make sure players can still find their boots and their tubes of deep heat, there will be a (training) session for an hour on the 4G pitch at seven this Friday.
We invite everyone who has expressed in an interest in playing Vets rugby to join in for a not too strenuous blow out. The only qualification you need is to be over 35 and have played rugby before! We welcome all players who have played for Longford or are from the general area who would like to play some Vets rugby.
We have invites to play other teams and an end of season blitz tournament on the first weekend of April for all those who are interested.
If you are interested in getting involved, please email [email protected] or give Tommy Butler a ring/text on 0863143968 or come along to training. Just to note initially only players with previous rugby experience will be eligible to play.
Coaching Seminar
Longford RFC hosted a brilliant coaching seminar on Wednesday past where Coaches from all levels within in the club heard how to improve their coaching skills from Steve Coy, Colm Glynn and Senior Men’s Head Coach Glenn Baskett.
Well done to Gerry Carthy on organising this great initiative which was very well received by all those that attended.
