AIL 2024/2025

StevenToast

Nenagh going up to 1A...the most incredible end to a game you will ever see....UCC winning by 11 points with a couple of minutes to go...somehow lost!!

What a sensational season...Munster Senior Cup champions and promotion to the top league in the country....

Club of the year!

Lost Ormond

Im shook. That was epic. Phoenomenql

Lost Ormond

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123391678#Comment_123391678

It was phenomenal. Amazing effort from entire 23 that togged. Great game. Huge crowd. Amazing effort from nenagh. Lot of wrexked bodies well after final whistle. From a playoff to go down to 2B in 22 to 1A in 26. Unreal.

FitzyClonskeagh

That’s why I asked the question of the current coaches. It’s a huge statement but if your the current coaches you obviously would be looking over your shoulder which isn’t great. The money is nuts.

FitzyClonskeagh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123383699#Comment_123383699

That’s why I asked the question of the current coaches. It’s a huge statement but if your the current coaches you obviously would be looking over your shoulder which isn’t great. The money is nuts.

Lost Ormond

Wrong thread

Lost Ormond

Any here goung to aviva tomorrow? If i wake up early enough may try go up to the finals

luke9311

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123392538#Comment_123392538

I getcha yeah…. I dunno they full set up other than sherif still there as pointed out from someone’s earlier reply, mick McGrath I think always has been on a player coach role taking up an S&c position and now have Skehan there but for what it’s worth I think he goes back years with them or atleast relationships do the brother Andy I think was once either a youths coach or u20 with them years back before he ever came Michael sct coach. So I guess there’s a bit of a link there. I’d say it’s building a while tho, 2/3 seasons ago at the very start of the season they made a Leinster league cup final v barnhall and mick only just moved from malahide then and I think they just but in a long term strategy in place since then really. I’m not a supporter of that club or no affiliation with them before anyone asks if I do I’m just going by memory here

OldRio

Final on TG4 at the moment. KO 4.00pm.

OldRio

First try to Clontarf

Lost Ormond

7-5 to con now

Boscoirl

last 5min of the Nenagh match

https://youtu.be/MKJKFfRzY6Msi=PbURoWJUK6mOADna

Lost Ormond

Half time 14 12 to con

Lost Ormond

22-21 to tarf. 2 minutes to go. Savage game

Lost Ormond

And finishes 22-21

Chirpo123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123394584#Comment_123394584

Jeez that final pass was a bit dodgy!!!

Stainalert

Congrats to Clontarf yesterday and well done to Nenagh (amazing story)

Lost Ormond

https://www.irishrugby.ie/2025/04/30/energia-all-ireland-league-awards-shortlist/

Award nominations

Stainalert

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123407034#Comment_123407034

Men’s Division 1A

Conor Kelly (Clontarf) – The division’s top points scorer and a key player for the club as they topped the league and reached the semi-finals. He has scored four tries and kicked 48 conversions and 24 penalties.

Dan Goggin (St. Mary’s College) – He has played at 12 and 8 this season as Mary’s continued the form that saw them back in the top flight. He has earned high praise for his back row switch and has the most minutes played for the club.

Jack Kelleher (Cork Constitution) – He is their joint-second top try scorer and has racked up the most dominant tackles and lineout steals in Division 1A. A huge leadership presence for the reigning champions.

Andy Marks (Lansdowne) – A standout player for Lansdowne as they dug deep during the season to force their way back into the Top 4. The club’s top try scorer he also features high in the charts for carries, metres gained, lineouts won and defenders beaten.

Men’s Division 1B

Calum Dowling (Old Belvedere) – He has captained the team back to top flight in addition to being the division’s top try scorer and racking up over 1300 metres. A leader on and off the pitch for the club.

Alex Molloy (Old Wesley) – He was the only Division 1B player involved in Ireland Club XV and has racked up the most tackle breaks and line breaks in division while also ranking second for offloads and running metres.

Kevin O’Flaherty (Nenagh Ormond) – He has played the most minutes for the club this season. The double centurion captained them to promotion play-offs and their first Munster Senior Cup.
Conor O’Shaughnessy (Blackrock College) He has had a great debut season to date with 37 conversions and 15 penalties to his name as well as grabbing 3 tries, adding significantly to the team’s firepower.

Men’s Division 2A

David Whitten (Instonians), He made the Ireland Club XV team along with being a leader for Instonians to their 3rd straight Division title win, a big presence on the field.

Bevan Prinsloo (Instonians), 22 tries puts him in a league of his own, no one has scored more tries than Prinsloo this season across all Men’s Divisions in the regular season.

Adam Chester (MU Barnhall), Making the top four was a big goal this season, and Chester has been consistently finding the uprights for the Leixlip men to get over the line in tight games.

Killian Marmion (Greystones), He has been an important player for years now at Greystones and challenging for promotion this season, he was the big player to grab scores and along with that bring wisdom to the younger players.

Men’s Division 2B

Jamie Kavanagh (Wanderers), whether it was Lineouts, Tackles, Tries or Work rate, Jamie Kavanagh was a star this season for the title winners, really standing out in a season where a lot of Wanderers played led by example.

Ben McCaughey (Dungannon), The top scorer in 2B this season, has had a lethal boot that has driven Dungannon first into the title race and then into the promotion hunt after being 5th last season.

Callum Smyton (Clogher Valley), in their first season in the Division Clogher Valley made the promotion playoffs, and Smyton has been an impressive part of that. With his 13 tries and how involved in the play he has been as well the leadership he brings to the team.

Oisin Fagan (UL Bohemian), while they missed the playoffs, Fagan was a standout performer for Bohs this season, and only McCaughey had more successful attempts at the posts.

Men’s Division 2C

Joey O’Connor (Clonmel), just missing the playoffs. O’Connor was the key man for Clonmel helping to make them more competitive this season, the only man to score over 200 points.

Rhyan Whelan (Enniscorthy), with his try scoring and goal kicking, Whelan proved a big asset to Enniscorthy this season. His ability to add scores in 13 out of 14 games this season, helped keep the scoreboard ticking over in their favour, only losing 3 games with him featuring.

Jordan Soli (Dolphin), Dolphin made the playoffs in 2C and Jordan Soli has been a big part of that challenge. 58 successful kicks at the posts, 7 tries, their top scorer, he has proved a big asset this season.

JB Du Toit (Midleton), almost crowned champions, Midleton had their best season in recent years, and JB was a big part of that, his try scoring topped the charts, while his workrate, tackles, and overall play have kept everyone on their toes.

arsebiscuits1

Calum Dowling an easy pick for 1B you'd imagine.

He's top or near top of stats on both sides of the ball. In some cases he's the only forward to feature in attacking categories such as line breaks and metres made

Stainalert

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123407648#Comment_123407648

Andy Marks "lineouts won" took me by surprise !!

Hey_Ho_Lets_Go_3

Awards & Winners:

• Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division Player of the Year 2024/25: Eilís Cahill, UL Bohemian 

• Energia All-Ireland League Men’s Division 1A Player of the Year 2024/25: Dan Goggin, St Mary’s College 

• Energia All-Ireland League Men’s Division 1B Player of the Year 2024/25: Kevin O’Flaherty, Nenagh Ormond 

• Energia All-Ireland League Men’s Division 2A Player of the Year 2024/25: Bevan Prinsloo, Instonians 

• Energia All-Ireland League Men’s Division 2B Player of the Year 2024/25: Jamie Kavanagh, Wanderers 

• Energia All-Ireland League Men’s Division 2C Player of the Year 2024/25: JB Du Toit, Midleton

TheSunIsShining

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123395870#Comment_123395870

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Screen grabs of the pass. Looks 3m forward at least....

hold my beer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123410345#Comment_123410345

Forward momentum could account for that. Looks like it comes out of his hands flat at worst.

Lost Ormond

Never forward..

Wont start new thread for while yet but already have seen few coaching changes or at least some clubs coaches say theyre not continuing

axeldoonbeg

Ormond

You might have a different view if you were UCC ! Maybe we should send it to Owen Doyle for review !

Looking forward to next season and your very worthwhile contributions !

Enjoy the summer and the hurling !

LkRugby25

Plenty of unrest in Shannon it seems - heres a whatsapp message doing the rounds

To Whom It May Concern,

There comes a time in the life of every great institution when it must look inward—when it must face hard truths, confront uncomfortable realities, and ask itself how it strayed so far from the path that once defined its greatness. Today, with a heavy heart and a deep sense of loss, I write about Shannon Rugby Football Club—once the pride of Munster, the envy of Irish rugby, now a ghost of its former self.

This club, our club, was not built in a boardroom. It was not stitched together by press releases or handshakes behind closed doors. It was forged in the mud and the rain of Coonagh and Thomond Park. It was hammered together by the sweat of steel-hard forwards and the fire of fearless backs. It was made by men who didn’t play for photographs or titles, but for the jersey, for the crest, for Shannon.

And yet, where are we now?

From Division 1A to 1B, now stumbling into 2A like a wounded warrior led by blind shepherds. What once was unthinkable has become routine: empty stands, echoing clubhouses, and a scoreboard that tells the tale of a slow, self-inflicted death. The saddest part? This didn’t happen because of lack of talent. It didn’t happen because rugby changed too much. It happened because of the very people we trusted to guard our legacy.

President O’Carroll. Chairman O’Driscoll. Secretary McConkey. And now, the latest addition to this misbegotten dynasty, Coughlan. None of them bore the bruises of the game. None of them wore the blue and black in battle. None of them earned the right to steer this ship. Not one of them can say they’ve walked off a pitch in a Shannon jersey, broken and proud, for the cause of the club. Their fathers didn’t play, nor did their sons grow into warriors. But they were present, weren’t they? On the sidelines, in the photos, around the boardroom tables, like ghosts who never bled but still haunt the place.

You see, they inherited positions, not purpose. They built fiefdoms, not futures. And in their ambition to be seen, they forgot what it means to serve. They brought in their own, surrounded themselves with nodding heads and family names, turning Shannon into a social club for sons of privilege rather than a forge for working-class grit and rugby pride.

What they don’t understand—what they never understood—is that this club was always more than a place to be seen. It was a refuge. It was a sanctuary. It was a proving ground for boys who wanted to become men and for men who wanted to become legends. It wasn’t about sponsorship dinners or Instagram posts. It was about lineouts under floodlights and songs in the bar long after the final whistle.

They speak of modernisation. They boast of strategy meetings and rebranding efforts. But what good is a new logo when no one fears you on the pitch? What good is a social media campaign when you can’t field a team with heart? Every time they plaster a hashtag over a loss, they dig the grave deeper. Every time they hand a jersey to a name instead of a merit, they betray the sweat-stained ghosts of the men who built this place.

And yet, we are not without blame. We, the old guard, watched it happen. We grumbled into our pints. We muttered on the sidelines. But we did not rise. We did not fight. We let the ballboys grow into board members without ever asking them what they knew about a ruck, a scrum, or the price of loyalty.

It’s not too late. It can’t be too late. Not for Shannon. The bones of this club are still strong. There are still boys in Limerick who dream of the jersey. There are still fathers who tell tales of great days in Athlone, Cork, Dublin—days when Shannon walked onto any pitch in Ireland and made the other team tremble. There are still old warhorses willing to teach, to lead, to stand in the gap.

But first, we must demand honesty. We must end the era of inherited power. The club must be led by those who understand what it is to lose, to win, to fight for something bigger than themselves. We must bring the game back to the players, not the politicians in committee rooms.

Let this letter be not just a lament but a call. A call to the forgotten heroes, the sidelined warriors, the young talent suffocated under politics. Rise. Speak. Take back what is yours. Shannon was built by the people—let it be reclaimed by them.

In memory of what was. In hope of what could be.

Lost Ormond

SurSurpeised thia hasnt been commented on before. Harsh naming the officers of club as not their fault. Shannon lost its way but letter is right about it being a self inflicted drop

CBC14

believe Michael Harding moving from Corinthians to Old Crescent. Peter Malone taking over UL Bohs, Tony Smeeth stepping down from Trinity - anyone hear this? Carlos Spencer taking over in Nure ? Surely not true 😂

phog

Saw this on BlueSky, not on an official account so not linking it