Ulster Bank League 2015-2016 Talk/Gossip/Rumours

Mc Love

Shannon lost away to Bucaneers

turtleshead

Tough day at the office for YM, always knew it would be difficult only 5 starters featured in the semifinal, and both half backs still under 20. Kept with lansdowne for 40 mins but they dominated the second, unlucky with some tries but still a lot to come into the team. Missing Dave O'Mahoney, Gearoid lyons, Dan goggin, the South African 9, James O'Connor, Ben Kilkenny, Darren Gallagher, Ben Betts all who will start when available.

The Lost Sheep

All results
Division 1A:
Galwegians 12 Cork Constitution 11, Garryowen 14 Ballynahinch 10, Lansdowne 29 Young Munster 6, Old Belvedere 27 Terenure College 8, UCD 16 Clontarf 24

Division 1B:
Ballymena 27 Belfast Harlequins 23, Buccaneers 21 Shannon 11, St. Mary's College 46 Dolphin 10, UL Bohemians 5 Old Wesley 33, Blackrock College 11 Dublin University 10

Divison 2A:
Corinthians 18 Queen's University 30, Malone 20 Banbridge 23, Thomond 15 Cashel 16. Skerries 0 Naas 16

Division 2B:
Armagh 21 Dungannon 20, Bective Rangers 28 Highfield 27, MU Barnhall 20 City of Derry 32, Seapoint 18 Rainey Old Boys 21, Sundays Well 15 Greystones 20

Division 2C:
Boyne 31 Midleton 29, Dundalk 16 Bruff 35, Kanturk 27 Wanderers 32, Navan 54 Sligo 10, Tullamore 12 Old Crescent 13

Fine win for wegians. Was in glenina this morning for short while but couldn't stay but great win for them first time out
Surprise results for me are Bective beating Highfield considering their seasons last season

Leinster5

Was at the Old Belvedere vs Tereunre and Lansdowne vs Young Munster games.

Old Belvedere look very strong this year, they've been crying out for a quality hooker and out-half as of late and they seem to have fixed that. They bullied Terenure for most of the game in horrible conditions. Strong set-piece and Staunton was superb at keeping them on the front foot. Terenure looked a touch off the pace but will no doubt bounce back.

Lansdowne impressed me hugely with their back line and powerful scrum. Horan, Predeville and Roche stood out for me even when they were without Kelleher, Dooley and Fitzpatrick. I was told they had 4 new faces in the squad(Allen, O'Rourke, Darcy and Mills) and all featured. They've lost several players but look just as strong. Young Munster clearly missed their absent key men and fell apart in the 2nd half.

Stainalert

I know we're a game into the season already but saw this preview on Knockon.ie - Well written with some good stats

http://www.knockon.ie/2015/09/11/ubl-1a-tier-1-season-preview/

garryowenman

Does anyone know where I'd find the starting teams for the Yesterdays UBL 1A+b games

Stainalert

garryowenman wrote: »

Does anyone know where I'd find the starting teams for the Yesterdays UBL 1A+b games

Can usually get on limerickrugby.ie but not there this week.

The Lost Sheep

garryowenman wrote: »

Does anyone know where I'd find the starting teams for the Yesterdays UBL 1A+b games

Rob Murphy has round up including teams on knockon.ie

Stainalert

Going to get these in early because I think the world cup is likely to dominate peoples thinking as we get closer to the weekend:

1A
Clontarf v Old Belvedere - Very tight with home advantage to shade it for Clontarf

Young Munster v Garryowen - Difficult place to go and will depend on how many Munsters get back - Garryowen

Ballynahinch v UCD - UCD likely to have a lot of their Leinster players available - UCD

Cork Con v Lansdowne - Con got off to a poor start last weekend and under pressure to deliver - Con

Terenure v Galwegians - Really surprised with Terenure last week think they will bounce back - Terenure

1B
Dolphin v Ballymena - Ballymena can see Dolphin continuing to struggle although should be stronger this week

Bel. Harlequins v UL Bohs - Harlequins

Old Wesley v Buccaneers - Great match up going to side with Old Wesley

Shannon v Blackrock - Shannon

Tarf1234

Stainalert wrote: »

Going to get these in early because I think the world cup is likely to dominate peoples thinking as we get closer to the weekend:

1A
Clontarf v Old Belvedere - Very tight with home advantage to shade it for Clontarf

Young Munster v Garryowen - Difficult place to go and will depend on how many Munsters get back - Garryowen

Ballynahinch v UCD - UCD likely to have a lot of their Leinster players available - UCD

Cork Con v Lansdowne - Con got off to a poor start last weekend and under pressure to deliver - Con

Terenure v Galwegians - Really surprised with Terenure last week think they will bounce back - Terenure

1B
Dolphin v Ballymena - Ballymena can see Dolphin continuing to struggle although should be stronger this week

Bel. Harlequins v UL Bohs - Harlequins

Old Wesley v Buccaneers - Great match up going to side with Old Wesley

Shannon v Blackrock - Shannon

Hard to disagree
1A
Tarf v OB - Tarf only going to get stronger with a few players back from what I've heard. Tarf win
YM v Garryowen - Going to back Garryowen. YM sound like they've gone backwards even though on paper they looked decent last week.
Ballynahinch v UCD - UCD looked leaderless and terribly disciplined last week (same as in LL). Both will get players back from provinces - Ballynahinch
Con v Lansdowne - Con looked like they had a good side out last week. On paper Lansdowne look down powered. Con
Nure v Wegians - Nure second season syndrome? Wegains coming up with confidence. Wegians.

1B
Dolphin v Ballymena - Not an easy trip but going with Ballymena
B Quins v UL - Quins to take the home win
Old Wesley v Buccs - Great start last week for Wesley. I think they'll keep it going
Shannon v Rock - Too former giants hard to really gauge either. Shannon

The Lost Sheep

Any thoughts on lower division games?
Cashel Nenagh should be interesting and probably tie of the weekend though Terenure and Galwegians could be a super game. Cashel have to be favourites and have won both league encounters between the 2 sides since Cashel went senior but hard to say in derby games.

The Lost Sheep

Cashel Nenagh game scheduled for tonight is off as a mark of respect to Eddie Connolly, who passed away last night, and his family connections in Cashel RFC

turtleshead

1A

Clontarf v Old Belvedere - Clontarf

Young Munster v Garryowen - Garryowen, Munsters seriously weakened at the moment, and Garryowen have signed half the Academy

Ballynahinch v UCD - UCD

Cork Con v Lansdowne - Lansdowne too good Con badly missing their general

Terenure v Galwegians - Terenure

1B
Dolphin v Ballymena - Dolphin

Bel. Harlequins v UL Bohs - Harlequins

Old Wesley v Buccaneers - Old Wesley

Shannon v Blackrock - Shannon

phog

YM v Garryowen ended with a draw.

Duncan Casey set to play with Shannon tomorrow v Blackrock

The Lost Sheep

Last nights results
Division 1A:
Clontarf 20 Old Belvedere 14
Young Munster 16 Garryowen 16

Division 2B
Highfield 24 Sunday's Well 11
Division 2C
Wanderers 31 Boyne 13

The Lost Sheep

Anyone care to give a round up of todays results etc?
Stand out result....

Bridge93

Can't say I saw or heard of much else due to the Ireland or Japan games but Rock won down in Shannon for their second win of the season already

The Lost Sheep

All results
http://www.irishrugby.ie/club/35580.php#.Vf50B03bLcs

Stainalert

That's a big result for UCD

Clontarf looking pretty strong as well

The Lost Sheep

Stainalert wrote: »

That's a big result for UCD

Clontarf looking pretty strong as well

Theyd half a dozen academy guys playing so you'd expect them to do well at this time of year....

Next weekends fixtures. Might try go to a game in Limerick if not refereeing as no games in Galway next weekend....
1A
Friday
Lansdowne v Terenure College
Saturday
Clontarf v Ballynahinch
Garryowen v Cork Con
Old Belvedere v Galwegians
UCD v Young Munster
1B
Saturday
Ballymena v Dublin University
Buccaneers v Blackrock College
St Marys College v Shannon
UL Bohemians v Dolphin
4.30 Old Wesley v Belfast Harlequins
2A
Saturday
Malone v Galway Corinthians
Naas v UCC
Nenagh Ormond v Queens University
Skerries v Cashel
Thomond v Banbridge
2B
Saturday
2pm Bective Rangers v Rainey Old Boys
Armagh v Highfield
Dungannon v Greystones
Seapoint v MU Barnhall
Sundays Well v City Of Derry
2C
Saturday
Boyne v Sligo
Dundalk v Tullamore
Kanturk v Old Crescent
Midleton v Wanderers
Navan v Bruff

Tarf1234

Stainalert wrote: »

That's a big result for UCD

Clontarf looking pretty strong as well

OB had a man sent off very early for Head-butting. They'll be happy enough with the LBP considering that.

The Lost Sheep

Will be interesting to see how Trinity do against Ballymena next weekend after this last few days in Oxford where they finished runners up in the inaugural World Universities Cup.
Trinity beat Siberian Federal University 14-3, University of British Columbia 8-0, New Zealand Universities 11-10 in group stage. They beat the hosts 21-0 in the semi final but lost final to University of Cape Town 17-0

Stainalert

Looking forward to the Terenure Lansdowne game this Friday - should be a cracker

Braken

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

Will be interesting to see how Trinity do against Ballymena next weekend after this last few days in Oxford where they finished runners up in the inaugural World Universities Cup.
Trinity beat Siberian Federal University 14-3, University of British Columbia 8-0, New Zealand Universities 11-10 in group stage. They beat the hosts 21-0 in the semi final but lost final to University of Cape Town 17-0

What is the criteria for qualification for this event...how come UCD,UCC,Queens aren't there?

The Lost Sheep

Braken wrote: »

What is the criteria for qualification for this event...how come UCD,UCC,Queens aren't there?

It was invite only and only 1 Irish side was invited and imagine Tony Smeeth with all his connections in England, the US etc. Trinity most prestigious university in country as well got them the place.
These are the 8 sides who competed:
Trinity College Dublin, University of Oxford Blues, University of Oxford Greyhounds, University of Cape Town, New Zealand Universities, Waseda University (Japan), University of British Columbia (Canada), Siberian Federal University (Russia)

Oxford had a second side due to Stanford pulling.

The Lost Sheep

So thoughts on this weekends games?

Tarf1234

Looking forward to a few games. Lansdowne v Nure standout game for me.

1A
Lansdowne v Nure - should tell us a lot about both teams. Looking forward to seeing Lansdowne really challenged at home.

Tarf v Ballynahinch - Tarf should take this. Ballynahinch seem to be struggling word is they've lost a lot of players. Hopefully Conor O'Brien back for tarf after inter pros

Garryowen v Con - will be interesting too. Judging by results so far you'd have to go with Con. Who I believe were unlucky not to win last week.

OB v Wegians - OB struggling for depth already but still think they'll be too good for wegians. Did well to get a BP last week with a player sent off after 20/30 mins. Slattery and Riordan hugely important to their season.

UCD v YM - UCD should have loads of academy lads again and will probably win. They won't enjoy player munsters though.

1B
Ballymena v Trinity - would have to back Ballymena. Interesting to see what trinners are like this week after the universities. Strong possibility of a literal hangover.

Buccs v Rock - Home advantage to take it for Buccs. Both look like they're going well so far.

Marys v Shannon - Hard to know where Marys are having only played Dolphin who look like the whipping boys this year. However, if they have fanj and their 20s players involved they should win fairly comfortably.

UL v Dolphin - Dolphin look like they are seriously struggling. UL win

Old Wes v B'Quins - One thing is for sure Wesley will score lots of points!! Must already be odds on to be the highest scoring team in all 5 div's. Apparently they love their astro and just know how to play on it better than anyone else can

Not going to do lower divisions as I'm have little or no knowledge on them!

Tarf1234

Looking forward to a few games. Lansdowne v Nure standout game for me.

1A
Lansdowne v Nure - should tell us a lot about both teams. Looking forward to seeing Lansdowne really challenged at home.

Tarf v Ballynahinch - Tarf should take this. Ballynahinch seem to be struggling word is they've lost a lot of players. Hopefully Conor O'Brien back for tarf after inter pros

Garryowen v Con - will be interesting too. Judging by results so far you'd have to go with Con. Who I believe were unlucky not to win last week.

OB v Wegians - OB struggling for depth already but still think they'll be too good for wegians. Did well to get a BP last week with a player sent off after 20/30 mins. Slattery and Riordan hugely important to their season.

UCD v YM - UCD should have loads of academy lads again and will probably win. They won't enjoy playing munsters though.

1B
Ballymena v Trinity - would have to back Ballymena. Interesting to see what trinners are like this week after the universities. Strong possibility of a literal hangover.

Buccs v Rock - Home advantage to take it for Buccs. Both look like they're going well so far.

Marys v Shannon - Hard to know where Marys are having only played Dolphin who look like the whipping boys this year. However, if they have fanj and their 20s players involved they should win fairly comfortably.

UL v Dolphin - Dolphin look like they are seriously struggling. UL win

Old Wes v B'Quins - One thing is for sure Wesley will score lots of points!! Must already be odds on to be the highest scoring team in all 5 div's. Apparently they love their astro and just know how to play on it better than anyone else can

Not going to do lower divisions as I'm have little or no knowledge on them!

Stainalert

1A
Lansdowne v Terenure - Don't think Lansdowne will be happy with last week so would expect to see some sort of reaction

Tarf v Ballynahinch - Tarf will win well

Garryowen v Con - Depends a lot on whether Con can take their opportunities which by all accounts they didn't against Lansdowne last week. Going to go with home advantage here.

Old Belvedere v Galwegians - Belvo - agree with Slattery and Riordan comments.

UCD v YM - UCD will have way too much energy and fitness for Munsters although if Munsters can slow the game down they have a chance.

1B
Ballymena v Trinity - Agree Ballymena. Still think Trinity will do well this season though

Buccs v Rock - Buccs but Rock to be very competitive

St Marys v Shannon - Marys

UL v Dolphin - Definitely Bohs

Old Wesley v B'Quins - Wesley by a stretch

.ak

Might try and catch the Tarf game on Saturday. Last saturday before our season starts so we never really get to watch the seniors has our matches clash.