AIL 2024/2025

Lost Ormond

Don't get to a game today as working.

Hopefully all will be played this week

Division 1 previews

https://www.irishrugby.ie/2025/01/24/energiaail-mens-divisions-1a-1b-round-12-previews/

Lost Ormond

https://www.irishrugby.ie/2025/01/25/energia-all-ireland-league-mens-divisions-round-12-results-round-up-2/

luke9311

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123099304#Comment_123099304

lansdowne tarf game was one hell of a game to watch - real pity it wasnt recorded tbh

Stainalert

Ireland Club XV Training Squad:

Craig Adams (Terenure College RFC)
David Begley (Young Munster RFC)
Mark Best (Ballynahinch RFC)
Tadhg Bird (Clontarf FC)
Matthew Bowen (Cork Constitution RFC)
Jordan Coghlan (Terenure College RFC)
Charlie Connolly (Cork Constitution RFC)
Dylan Donnellan (Clontarf FC)
Calum Dowling (Old Belvedere RFC)
Richie Fahy (St. Marys College RFC)
Bailey Faloon (Young Munster RFC)
Lewis Finlay (City of Armagh RFC)
Des Fitzgerald (Garryowen RFC)
John Forde (Cork Constitution RFC)
Fionn Gilbert (Clontarf FC)
Hubert Gilvarry (Young Munster RFC)
Marcus Hanan (Terenure College RFC)
Conor Hayes (St. Marys College RFC)
Jack Kelleher (Cork Constitution RFC)
Conor Kelly (Clontarf FC)
Alan Kennedy (Young Munster RFC)
Adam La Grue (Terenure College RFC)
Donough Lawlor (Lansdowne FC)
Bradley Luney (Ballynahinch RFC)
Adam Maher (Cork Constitution RFC)
Luke Masters (Cork Constitution RFC)
Alex Molloy (Old Wesley RFC)
Rory Parata (Lansdowne FC)
George Pringle (Ballynahinch RFC)
Conor Rankin (Ballynahinch RFC)
Luke Rigney (Terenure College RFC)
Sean Rigney (Young Munster RFC)
Conor Ryan (UCC RFC)
Bobby Sheehan (UCD RFC)
James Taylor (Cork Constitution RFC)
Ronan Watters (St. Marys College RFC)
David Whitten (Instonians RFC)

Coaching & Management Team:

Head Coach: Adam Craig
Lineout Coach: Emmet MacMahon
Scrum and Defence Coach: Ger Slattery
Athletic Performance Coach: Mark Synnott
Performance Analyst: Michael Harding
Physiotherapist: Martin Dunlop
Team Doctor: Jay Cowie
Baggage Master: Paddy ‘Rala’ O’Reilly
Team Manager: Mark Hamilton

Lost Ormond

Thought there should have been some more players represented from the clubs leading 1B. Belvo and few others

Any way one friday game with the rest saturday this week

Lost Ormond

Galwegians had deserved win over bohs in ul. Getting the win late on f9r a change.

https://www.irishrugby.ie/2025/02/08/energia-all-ireland-league-mens-divisions-round-13-results-round-up-2/

ljsulster

Queens playing Exeter Uni in a ‘BUCS seeding fixture’ in March with a view to joining the BUCS structure. Does anyone know if this will be Queens exiting AIL or will it be a 2s team playing BUCS?

realhorrorshow

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123149465#Comment_123149465

Were you at the game? I see Jarrad Butler was playing for Wegians. Good to see them turn it around after a poor start to the season.

Lost Ormond

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123157272#Comment_123157272

Yeah saw some of game. They played like they had for most of season except finished strong unlike most games when they switched off/let opposition taie the win

bingobango12

Pretty poor game between Belvo and Wesley today, weather was bad for the majority of it but Belvo just about won it 13-10. Bad miss by the Wesley 10 in front of the posts around 35 yards out to make it 13-13 with 10 minutes to play.

Belvo 11 points clear of Nenagh with 4 games to go and they play each other next game week. Any kind of win and it will be fairly certain Belvo are promoted.

HanShotFirst

Buccs not having a great time of it. Looks like the slide down the leagues will continue.

Fully beaten by Old Crescent. Automatic relegation to 2B looks inevitable.

Lost Ormond

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123181360#Comment_123181360

Theyve been trying to play spme younger players but just struggling with everything this aeason. Theres no question theyre automatically relegated to 2B just when itll be matimatically confirmed is tbd…

HanShotFirst

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123181592#Comment_123181592

5 games left. Far from the Eoin 'Tayto' Brennan days now.

Lost Ormond

Just 7 games this weekend which had all been postponed a few weeks back due to the weather. However 4 games are in 2A and 2of the sises in promotionchase at rop are facing off

Lost Ormond

Old crescent beat clonmel in munster senior cup semi last night and play winners of young munster and nenagh who play tonight

Ulster cup also at semis but theyre not being played til around paddys. Banbridge dungannon and ballynahinch armagh

Lost Ormond

NEnagh won 32 31

Boscoirl

it was an amazing game of rugby.

Lost Ormond

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123196544#Comment_123196544

great game. Lot of good scores. Nice crowd. Plenty of niggle in game as well. Guaranteed a new name on cup as well which is a good thing. Nenagh lukely favourities but who knows ..

Lost Ormond

Big weekend of league games this weekend

Could See belvedere win the 1B title as they face only side who can catch them. Nenagh.

Terenure clontarf will be a cracker in 1A.

Greystones Barnhall tie of weekend in 2A where 4 sides fighting for 3 promotion places as instonians 12 clear at top and should win title next weekend

arsebiscuits1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123215252#Comment_123215252

A BP win for Belvo and denying Nenagh any match points will see them promoted this Saturday.

Nenagh have gotten 8 TBPs this season so far so I think smart money would be on them getting at least that again this weekend.

But it's the wild west of 1B Rugby. Anything can happen!

Lost Ormond

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123215796#Comment_123215796

Hoping to get to this if work finishes early enough on saturday. And really its anything other than a 4-0 4-1 or 5-0 result in nenaghs favour wins the league for belvo.

Will be huge crowd at this. Nenagh had good win over cookies in senior cup last weekend to prep for this. So big few weekends for nenagh coming

arsebiscuits1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123216956#Comment_123216956

I wont make it unfortunately which is a massive shame. One of the bigger games in Belvo in recent years for sure. You wont get parking in Belvo for this I reckon but there's plenty of on street parking around.

Belvo likely missing some of thier very impressive U20s contingency for this including Wisniewski. While he hasn't set the world alight in the U20s 6N he's been absolutely excellent for Belvo this year. Andre Ryan may feature however.

Belvo managed to weather a worrying injury crisis in the pack and hopefully are on the other side of it. A few key players should be back fighting fit.

Lost Ormond

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123218215#Comment_123218215

I know belvo well. Wont be going near anglesea road to park anyway. Yeah a huge game. Big crowd expected up from tipp. 20s missing could be some help for nenagh. Think nenagh hace a few injuries in pack as well. Will be interesting to see teams named.

bingobango12

Belvo with a deserved win and promoted to 1A. First time seeing Nenagh play. Their 10 and wing were both excellent, their wing in particular was probably most dangerous player on the pitch, strong and quick.

StevenToast

Congrats to old belvedere...dominated 1B this season....could go very well in 1A next year.

Lost Ormond

https://www.irishrugby.ie/2025/03/01/energia-all-ireland-league-mens-divisions-round-15-results-round-up-3/

Very close for semi spots in 1A with 6 still in contention for semis

Garryowen relegated and playoff will be armagh ot ucd.

Belvedere champions of 1B after deserved win over only side who could catch them. Nenagh. Nenagh are 7 clear of 3rd and 8 of 4th. As wesley and blackrock also lost today without a bonus point. Shannon 4 behind highfield and 8 behind trinity. Shannon likely to be relegated or in playoff. Trinity could be caught by highfield

Instonians only need 4 points to win 2A. Very close for 3 playoff spots. Cashel on 55, barnhall 54, corinthians 53 and greystones 52. At other end. Navan and ballymena level on 24 fightinf to avoid relegation playoff with buccs already down

Wanderers 6 clear of only side who could catch them dungannon. Wholl def finish 2nd. Clogher valley in 3rd should make playoffs 4th could be one of 3 clubs. At bottom malahide relegated bar a big surprise and sligo in relegation playoffs

Midleton 6 clear from enniscorthy at top of 2C. 7 points separate 2nd to 7th so plenty of chances for the 3 playoff spots. Tullamore 2 points behind omagh who are 6 off bruff in racw to avoid drop to junior.

Stainalert

Well done Old Belvedere on the promotion.

Things getting very tight in 1A at both ends of the table

Lost Ormond

Will be interesting to see findings of this

https://www.irishrugby.ie/2025/03/10/irfu-announces-comprehensive-external-independent-review-of-the-mens-energia-all-ireland-league/

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123256976#Comment_123256976

Review: The constant stripping of young talent into (sub) academies, with extremely limited return to clubs, diminishes the strength of the league and stifles the development pathways of non-identified talent. It also weakens the league as a product for a paying public

IRFU: All fine so

Lost Ormond

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123257466#Comment_123257466

TheTheres so much more to look at and the players who desire pro careers see sub academy and involvement with those etc as nevessary if they eant to transition to rugby as a gull time career