Terenure College RFC

28.06.06 Follow Terenure's tour to Argentina
Thanks to Mark Mahony and Ciaran O'Neill for tour updates. Click on here to relive the tour

The Annual Golf Competition for Leinster Senior Clubs took place on Thursday 15th June 2006 at the Grange Golf Club.
Thirteen Clubs with 8 Players each took part in this Foursomes Competition with three score cards to count and was played in wonderful weather conditions.

Terenure RFC were worthy winners this year with a magnificent score of 197 ½ and in doing so defended the Cup they won last year. Runners up were Blackrock College RFC followed by Wanderers FC in third place. Our appreciation and thanks to the Grange Golf Club for the condition of the course and their fine facilities.

This competition was first played in 1934 when the winners were Bective Rangers FC and is an important date in the Club Rugby diary. The Cup is named after and was donated by Lorcan Sherlock former High Sheriff of Dublin whom we understand from learned scribes hailed from Clontarf.

03.07.06 Terenure win one, lose one
Terenure finished off their tour of Argentina with a 21 - 47 win over Los Tordos. Earlier in the week they went down 46 - 27 against Club Newman. Full tour diary here

05.07.06 Leinster Senior Cup Draw
Terenure have been drawn in Section A for the Leddin Finance sponsored Senior Cup draw for 2006/07. They are joined by Suttonians, Greystones and Skerries. The competition starts on September 9th at home to Suttonians.

Sept 9 Suttonians (H)
Sept 16 Greystones (A)
Sept 23 Skerries (H)

18.07.06 Pre season fixtures announced
Terenure's 1st XV will take on Bective Rangers and Old Wesley before embarking on their Leinster Senior Cup campaign, opening next season. They take on Bective at home on August 26th and Old Wesley away a week later.

20.07.06 J1 and J2 fixtures announced
The league fixtures for the Junior 1 and Junior 2 Teams have been announced by the Leinster branch. The J1's start their campaign at home to Dublin University on Sept 17th while the J2 team start their campaign at home to Clontarf on Sept 23rd. These fixtures have been added to the team pages. J1 Page / J2 Page.

The seasons fixtures will pan out as follows

27.07.06 UL Bohs first up for Terenure
Terenure's 1st XV can look forward to a trip to Limerick to play UL Bohs in the first round of the AIB League for 2006/07 on October 14th - the full list of fixtures is on www.irishrugby.ie - don't forget to look under Division 1.!!! We have 8 home games and 7 away games with the last fixture at home to St Mary's on Saturday April 21st .

The fixtures can be found here

31.07.06 AIB League Fixtures for 2006 added
The AIB League fixtures for 2006 ahve been added to the website - these can be found under the All Ireland League link

31.07.06 Coach Kevin West on the upcoming season
The fixture list makes juicy reading.We have some great home fixtures. But perhaps the overall impression is that it just hammers home the rise in standards.Each and every fixture looks significant and there are certainly no easy games.

With that in mind the majority of those players who want to
contest for places have bn meeting regularly in the Gym for
the last three weeks and we will start pitch training on Tuesday 15th August.

31.07.06 Awww referee, come on.
Terenure College RFC have the proud distinction of having the most active referees in the Leinster Branch. Along with this Terry Doyle is President of the ARLB and Norman Camier is vice president. Brendan Jenkinson and Dan Wallace are also committee members. Terenure College RFC encourages the development of the clubs referees.

If you wish to become a referee contact the IRFU or the Leinster Branch, or one of the clubs many referees here - EMAIL . There is also a beginners seminar on in Old Belvedere RFC on August 20th at 9.30am

August

01.08.06 Fore !!! Golf Outing
Terenure College RFC annual golf outing will take place at Beech Park Golf Club on Friday 25^th August. Tee times are 9am - 1pm and 2.15pm – 4pm. Cost €70 which includes golf and the meal which will take place along with prize giving in the clubhouse at 9pm. Please call Ricky Muldowney after 6pm on 087-2442031 for tee times.

16.08.06 J1's staff required
Terenure College RFC are in the process of looking for a new baggage master and new manager for the Junior 1 team for the forthcoming season. Are you the man for the job? If you are interested please contact Tim Duggan or email the webmaster with appropiate details.

30.08.06 George Trenier Memorial Trophy
Terenure J1 will play Garda at 5.30pm in Lakelands this Saturday 2nd
September for the inaugural George Trenier trophy which has been kindly donated by George's wife, Irene. It is intended to make this an annual fixture and a fitting tribute to the memory of George who was a great servant to both clubs.

30.08.06 Mini Rugby is back
Mini Rugby will commence this Sunday 3rd September at 11am. We look forward to seeing old faces and welcoming any new recruits. We would be delighted to hear from any parents who are interested in giving a helping hand out at training, social or general assistance. If you can help please ask for Joe Quinsey or Julia Brent.

30.08.06 Terenure College Past Pupils Union
Terenure College Past Pupils Union's website can be found on the Terenure College homepage or by going directly here

September

11.09.06 Terenure Open Leinster Cup with a win
Terenure opened their Leinster Senior Cup campaign with a 45 -22 victory over Suttonians in lakelands on Satuday. John Coffey scored a brace of tries in a good victory over the Division 3 side. Next up Greystomes away next Saturday at 3.00pm who beat Skerries 52 - 05

Lakelands Park: Terenure College 45 (J Coffey 2 tries; R McCarthy try, 5 cons; K Mahony, A Dunlop, J Bollard, B Flanagan try each) Suttonians 22 (M Fourie, D Fitzgerald, A Ronan try each; P Maguire pen, 2 cons)

13.09.06 Club Draw
The 1st and 2nd club draws of the season take place in our New Lounge on Friday September 29th at 9.30pm. Please send your tickets in ASAP for your cahnce to win prizes of over €3000 each month. Tickets at the bar or contact Mags at 0871311264.

13.09.06 Mona Doyle RIP
The President and members of Terenure College RFC wish to express their deepest sympathies to Terry Doyle (President of Association of Referees, Leinster Branch), Benny Doyle (Former President of Terenure College RFC) and Marty Doyle on the passing of their mother, Mona.
May she rest in peace.

18.09.06 Terenure dispatch Greystones
Terenure dispatched Greystones in Dr Hickey park yesterday to keep them top of their Leinster Senior League group. Alex Dunlop scored a hat-trick in a tight 1 point victory.

Dr Hickey Park: Greystones 27 (J Power try, 2 pens, 3 cons; G Herrera, S Malone try each) Terenure College 28 (A Dunlop 3 tries; A Hughes try; M O'Neill 2 pens, con).

20.09.06 Coffee Morning in Aid of Our Lady's Hospice
There will be a coffee morning held in aid of Our lady's hospice tomorrow Thursday 21st September from 10.30am to 2pm in the New Lounge

25.09.06 Terenure qualify for AIB Cup
Terenure defeated Skerries on Saturday in Lakelands to ensure their qualification for the AIB Cup and more importantly the quarter finals of the Leinster Senior Cup. The quarter final will take place next Saturday at home to Old Belvedere in Lakelands.

25.09.06 Terenure defeat Skerries
Terenure put in a fine second half performance to defeat Skerries by 39 points to 6 in Lakelands on Saturday thus advancing to the quarter final stage of the Leinster Senior Cup. Tries from Killian Colemand, James Blaney, Shane Cullen and Daragh O'Doherty secured victory over a gritty Skerries side.
Photos

Terenure College 39 (K Coleman, J Blaney 2 tries each; S Cullen, D O'Doherty try each; A Hughes pen, 3 cons) Skerries 6 (O Keane 2 pens).

25.09.06 Terenure J2's defeat Clontarf
Terenure College 33 Clontarf 14 - Terenure's J2 started the league in fine form with a 19 point victory over Clontarf in Lakelands on Saturday. Next up Coolmine away.

27.09.06 New U13 and U12 Pages
There have been two new pages added to the website for the U13's and U12's mini rugby teams. These pages detail both teams fixtures for the coming season and are available here - U13's U12's

30.09.06 Terenure go down to Belvo
Old Belvedere jinxed Terenure again defeating them 18 -08 in the Leinster Senior Cup in Lakelands on Saturday.

31.09.06 J1's defeated by Wanderers
Result 18-7 to Wanderers
Scorer K Molloy 1 Try R Devlin 1 Conversion

The J1's did not perform in this encounter and let an efficient Wanderers team outscore us on a 2 to 1 try basis over the 80 minutes. While we did some things well it was clear that we have some work to do together to function as a team when the pressure comes on. We turned over a lot of ball and on occasion frustration set in and we conceded penalties at the breakdown which gave away hard won territory. Not one to remember but one to use as a yardstick of what we need to do to improve. Simplicity and workrate on basics is sometimes better when things are not going your way but we did not adapt to this on this occasion. Roll on St Mary’s this weekend as I am sure a lot of players will have something to say in this match based on the performance against Wanderers.

11.10.06 U13 and U15 in action
Terenure's U13's take on Coolmine away this weekend, while for the first time the U15's take on Boyne at home at 1pm boith games on Sunday

11.10.06 Weekend Results
1st XV Terenure College 5 - 0 Barnhall
J1 Terenure College 3 - 3 St Mary's College
J2 Terenure College 29 - 29 Greystones

11.10.06 J1 Report
J1's drew 3-3 with St Mary's at the weekend. In a match where we were lucky to draw we would have been unlucky to lose. A draw was a fair result. The match was played with a high intensity and great team work and we created chances to score as did St Mary's but excellent defence by both sides left the scoring at one penalty a piece.

13.10.2006 Big game preview
UL Bohemian v Terenure AIB League - preview

16.10.2006 U13 Report
Terenure U13 B'S lost 36-26 to Coolmine on Sunday in their first League match After a poor start in which the much bigger Coolmine pack scored 3 quick tries, Terenure eventually setteled into the game moving the ball quickly & producing some great running rugby to score a couple of tries of their own

16.10.2006 Weekend Results
Junior 1 Clontarf 40 - 3 Terenure College
Junior 2 Guinness 0 - 29 Terenure
Under 13 Terenure College 26 - 36 Coolmine

16.10.2006 Terenure struggle in Limerick
UL Bohemian 43 - 08 Terenure College
UL Bohemian provided Terenure with a valuable lesson on their return to the top flight. This season is not going to be easy. Bohs secured the full points and a bonus point defeating Terenure by 35 points in total - Terenure's fourth loss to the Limerick side. Next up Dungannon on Saturday.

16.10.2006 Junior 1 Report
J1s lost 40-3 against Clontarf away on Sunday. While we played some good rugby at stages it was not consistent. Some missed tackles which led to soft tries didn't aid the cause and we were playing catchup all day. We had lost some players from the selected team in advance of the match and also on the morning of the game which made it difficult for all concerned and may have been a factor in this performance.

18.10.2006 Mini Rugby - Car Parking
If you are involved in any way in mini rugby on Sunday mornings in the club please read the following notice with regarding to parking NOTICE

18.10.06 Christina Nobel Children's Foundation
Terenure College RFC are proud to support the Christina Nobel Children's Foundation. For more information click here

23.10.06 Terenure kick start season
Terenure gained some valuable points at home to Dungannon on Saturday with a 23 - 12 victory over the Ulster side. Tries from Bollard, Crawford and McCarthy earned the points. Up next: Belfast Harlequins on Saturday.

TERENURE 23 (J Bollard try; G Crawford try, dr gl; R McCarthy try pen, con) DUNGANNON 12 (R McCarter 3 pens, 1 drop goal)

Terenure: G Crawford; B Flanagan, J Bollard, K Coleman, R McCarthy; S Cullen, D Hegarty; J Barretto (K Mahoney 75), J Blaney, B Gill (M Hamilton 62), D O'Doherty, K O'Dwyer, B Moroney, A Dunlop (capt), C Connolly (P O'Malley, 78).

23.10.06 J1's suffer in Greystones
J1s lost 55-19 against Greystones at home on Sunday. In scoring our three tries we showed we can play good rugby but defence and commitment to the breakdown was poor for the most of the day and this let a very good running side get soft tries throughout. Need to drastically improve.

26.10.06 AIB Cup Draw
Terenure will play Malone (again) in the 1st round on the AIB Cup on January 12th / 13th 2007.

25.10.06 Terenure College RFC Rugby Academy
Today, Terenure College RFC launched its rugby academy. Those selected will be given specialist and quality input over the next three years to enhance their physical and rugby development. These players will be involved in 5-6 sessions per week. Link

23.10.06 All aboard to Belfast
There will be a bus departing Terenure College RFC at 9.30am on Saturday. Destination: Belfast Harlequins. Names behind the bar please. The bus will stop off in historic Hillsborough for a spot of lunch.

23.10.05 50 not out (hopefully)
Leinster and Terenure College fullback Girvan Dempsey was due to be presented with an ERC elite award - it's a cap - for making his 50th appearance for Leinster in Europe against Gloucester on Saturday but it transpired prior to the match that there had been an error. He was credited with playing against Llanelli at Stradey Park in the 1998-99 season and although down on the official teamsheet withdrew from the game prior to kick-off because of injury. He was replaced by Gordon D'Arcy. Hopefully this weekend Girv.

31.10.06 Attention Club journalists
If there is any club member currently studying journalism could they please contact the club PRO, Mr Arthur Fitzpatrick. We are looking for a budding journalist to write some articles on the 1stXV's matches.

31.10.06 Two from three for 1st XV
Great displays from Dara O'Doherty, James Blaney and Al Dunlop help Terenure secure their first win on the road in the 2006/07 AIB League campaign. Tries from Shane Cullen, James Blaney and Al Dunlop giving us a 23 - 18 victory in Belfast. Full Match Reports Results Table

TERENURE G Crawford; B Flannagan, J Bollard, C Coleman, A Hughes; S Cullen, R Vij, J Barretto, J Blaney, S Nolan, S O'Doherty, K O'Dwyer, B Moroney, C Connelly, A Dunlop (c)
Subs M O'Neill for S Cullen, 63 mins; K Mahoney for J Blaney, 73 mins

31.10.06 J1's Win
J1s won 37-23 against Bective Rangers at home on Sunday. A vast improvement on previous two weeks. Players heads were in the right place and the effort from all was exceptional to produce a very good performance and scoring some super tries. Work ethic, support and commitment were keys to this success. A lot done - a lot more to do. Roll on next weekend. Next Match v DLSP Away Sunday 5th November 2.30pm.

03.11.06 Old School Ties
Article from Irish Rugby based around tomorrows game

06.11.06 J1's Record another victory
J1s won 32-12 against DLSP away on Sunday. A curious match whereby we never looked under pressure but never also got going. Scrums are an area to work on this week after a difficult afternoon. Good effort by all concerned but maybe concentration at times drifted. Two wins on the trot, can we make it three on Friday night?

06.11.06 Weekend Results
1st XV Blackrock 31 - 19 Terenure College
J1 DLSP 12 - 32 Terenure College
J2 Monkstown 33 - 44 Terenure College
J3 DLSP 28 - 10 Terenure College
J4 Terenure College 74 - 0 Stillorgan
J5 Wanderers 16 - 08 Terenure

27.11.06 Weekend Results
Junior 2: Old Wesley 12 - 22 Terenure College
Junior 4: Terenure College 44 - 3 Old Wesley
Junior 4: Newbridge 3 - 12 Terenure College
Under 13: Terenure 27 - 19 Barnhall

20.11.06 Weekend Results
Junior 1: Terenure College 22 - 17 Suttonians
Under 20: St Mary's College 43 - 12 Terenure College
Junior 4: Terenure 59 - 12 Portarlington
International: Ireland 21 - 06 Australia

J1s won 22-17 against Suttonians at home on Saturday. Terenure started very well and were rewarded early on with a well worked try down the blind side. A second try followed soon after. The defence had a lapse to let the Suttonians wing run nearly the length of the pitch to score a try against the run of play. Terenure knuckled down again and just before half time scored the third try. The second half against the wind was very difficult for all concerned but the workrate of everyone was excellent to hold Suttonians to 12 points to 7 in the second half to secure the victory. A very good performace and again the bar has been set as to the level we can play.

13.11.06 Weekend Results
Junior 1: Old Belvedere 20 - 08 Terenure College
Junior 2: Terenure College 12 - 21 Old Belvedere

J1s lost 8-20 against Old Belvedere away under lights on Friday. Terenure started well and were rewarded with an early penalty which was converted to give us the lead. We then let in a well worked try to Belvedere followed by a penalty and were trailing 3-8 going into 1st half injury time. A well placed kick allowed Belvo score again at this vital stage to put a 3-15 scorleine at half time which was not fair on the play by both sides. The second half, like the first was very level with Belvo probably making slightly more ground with the ball in hand. Both teams scored excellently worked tries in this half to leave the score at 8-20 going into the last 10 minutes. A lot of pressure from Terenure was in vain as Belvo held out to win. A good performace based on the injury list on the night and disruption to the pack.

06.11.06 'Rock beat 1sts
Ireland Under-21 international Fionn Carr ran the show for Blackrock College as he scored 16 points in their electric 31-19 win overTerenure . ‘Rock moved up to sixth place thanks to Carr’s man-of-the-match performance at Stradbrook. Despite leaking an early try to ‘Nure scrum half Derek Hegarty, the hosts led 17-7 at the break with both Carr and winger David Rowan touching down. A brilliant break by Carr set up winger Andy O'Neill for a third quarter try and Leinster’s Des Dillon, who acquitted himself well in the second row, grabbed ‘Rock’s bonus point score. ‘Nure completed the scoring with a Graham Crawford try and a penalty try.

27.11.06 A Big Weekend ahead.
it is a big weekend for Terenure College. The AIB League rolls back into town after a three week absence. UCD make the short trip from Belfield to take on Terenure College. The Belfield side sit second from bottom and suffered a first defeat in 10 years in the colours game to a strong Trinity side. Nothing will be held back in Lakelands on Saturday. UCD , coahced by former Terenure College man Bobby Byrne and former SCT coach John McClean will be out for revenge. The same goes for Terenure recently beaten by old rivals Blackrock College, they will have everything to prove. BE THERE - SATURDAY 1430 LAKELANDS PARK.

Elsewhere it is a big weekend for the J1 side who also take on UCD. UCD like Terenure have had an up and down season. Winners against DLSP on Saturday UCD seem to be on a bit of a roll and sit two places behind mid table Terenure. Terenure have improved of late winning three from their last four outings. Dave Lynaghs side will be all out to put one over the 'Collidge' side.

The other fixtures include some juicy encounters with the J4 sides both up against tough opposition. Both sides will be looking to get to the topof their respective tables.

27.11.06 Dempsey OK after big collision
Ternure's Girvan Dempsey failed to emerge from the Ireland dressing room for the second half against the Pacific Islanders yesterday after being knocked unconscious during the latter half of the first period. Whilst the 69 times capped full back finished the first half he was retired at half time. Happily he took to the field with the team after the game suffering no ill effects from his meeting with the Islander.

27.11.06 A good weekend for Terenure
It was a 100% record weekend for Terenure College as all teams in competition won their games. The Junior 2 side currently sit in fourth plac2 in the table after a 10 point victory over Old Wesley on Saturday. Terenure College 1 sit second in their table after a 41 point victory over Old Wesley and Terenure College 2 sit joint top with Bective Rangers after a narrow 9 point victory over Newbridge also on Saturday. The U13's dispatched Barnhall in their league fixture on Sunday completing the unbeaten record.

07.12.06 New Scrum Laws
The IRB Council has approved a change to the Law that governs the scrum. This follows a review of the scrum by the IRB Rugby Committee and its Law Project Group following recommendations made by the IRB’s Medical Committee. The Law change will see the implementation of a four stage “crouch, touch, pause, engage” sequence for the initial scrum engagement at all levels of the Game from 1 January, 2007.

To view videos and more details on these new laws visit the IRB website here

04.12.06 Terenure narrowly lose out

Fergus McFadden grabbed a personal haul of 18 points as UCD finally secured their first win of the league campaign - a 28-22 defeat of Terenure College. McFadden, the Ireland Under-21 centre, scored a try, two conversions and three penalties to help College break their duck. Terenure, thanks to tries from hooker Kevin Mahony and out-half Shane Cullen, led 12-11 at the interval. Two McFadden penalties pushed UCD back in front before the sides swapped four tries in the closing half-hour. Flanker Conor Connolly and hooker James Blaney crossed for ‘Nure, while the visitors counted on a controversial penalty try, which saw Terenure dropping a maul close to their line, and McFadden’s effort.

Meanwhile the J1s won 29-11 against UCD away on Sunday. Terenure played very well in terrible conditions and were rewarded for their patience by scoring 4 tries in the first half and one in the second. Not a day for running rugby with the strong wind and driving rain but both sides made few errors considering the conditions. Terenure had the upper hand in the forwards and used their heads to drive at the UCD pack close in for all the scores in the first half. In the second half the defence was very good but we did manage a large penalty count against us which put us back in defence mode on more than one occasion. A very well worked try off the base of a scrum was the reward for the second half display which was played mainly in the Terenure half due to the conditions. A very good team performance and a 100% record in lineouts (1 from our total of 1 lineout on our throw in the match – must be a record). Next week sees Old Wesley who are ahead of us in the table but on yesterdays performance should hold no fear for this team.

Next Match v Old Wesley Home Sunday 10th December 2.00pm (please note kick-off time).

04.12.06 Weekend Results
1st XV Terenure College 24 - 28 UCD
J1 UCD 11 - 29 Terenure College
J2 Terenure College 25 - 10 Seapoint
J3 Naas 13 - 08 Terenure College
J4 Monkstown 10 - 44 Terenure College
J4 Terenure College 14 - 30 Greystones
Under 20

10.12.06 J1's on a roll
J1s won 13-8 against Old Wesley at home on Sunday. Terenure played very well in the first half in soft conditions to turn around 10-0 up due to two well worked tries. The interpassing around the contact area caused the Wesley defence problems and we were unlucky not to score at least another try. Playing with the wind in the second half we were not as accurate as in the first and played a good bit without the ball. However stout defence and good covering made for a solid win in the end even though the last few minutes we were under pressure from a very good Wesley pack.

Next Match v Carlow Away Sunday 17th December 2.00pm (please note kick-off time).

09.12.06 Terenure left cursing luck
Terenure College were left cursing their luck as they slipped to a 27-13 defeat to Shannon, allowing the defending champions in for three late tries. Playing with the wind in the first half, 'Nure broke into a 13-3 lead with experienced hooker James Blaney, playing against his old team-mates, crashing through for his second try in as many games. The home side still held a 13-6 lead by the 76th-minute, but Shannon almost effortlessly took control. Mossie Lawlor rampaged up the left wing, ducking out of three tackles to touch down, and in injury-time, Limerick Gaelic footballer Stephen Kelly bagged two impressive scores. Kelly raced onto a chip through from replacement Andrew Thompson for his first, and the winger won the race to his own kick ahead for his third try of the league campaign.

09.12.06 Weekend Results
1st XV Terenure College 13 - 27 Shannon
Junior 1 Terenure College 13 - 8 Old Wesley

07.12.06 Kick Off for AIB League Games changed
Terenure will kick off against Shannon this Saturday at the changed time of 2.15pm. The game against Ballymena has also been brought forward to 2.15 for next week. This is due to the short winter days and fading light.

08.01.07 J1's defeat Barnhall.

J1s won 12-9 against Barnhall away on Sunday. Overall a good match based on conditions and a good work out after the Christmas excesses. Terenure started well but we kept on turning over the ball when we had worked ourselves into good positions on the field. Terenure started to offload a bit more in the tackle and this got us into the opposition territory but maybe we took it a ruck or maul too far and could not make use of the slow ball. A bit of pressure on Barnhall allowed us to block a kick which we scored the first try which was excellently converted from the touchline. The second half started the same as the first with most play happening in the middle of the park. The highlight was a good rolling maul in the second half secured our second try and the much needed win. Next up is Lansdowne which is a huge match for us. Hopefully all the eligible 1^st XV squad players will assist us in this one as they should every week.
Next Match v Lansdowne Home Sunday 14th January 2.30pm.

08.01.07 Weekend Results
1st XV Terenure College 18 - 08 Buccaneers
J1 Barnhall 09 - 12 Terenure College
J4 Terenure College 21 - 07 CYM Photos
J4 Old Belvedere 20 - 05 Terenure College

08.01.07 Terenure secure valuable points
Terenure secured some valuable points against Buccaneers on Saturday with a hard fought 18 - 8 win over the Athlone side. Tries from Darragh O'Doherty and and Shane Cullen secured the victory with Rob McCarthy adding two penalties and a conversion. Terenure's victory was helped by two Buccaneers yellow cards but the crowd were incensed when a second yellow card was not handed to Buccaneers full back after a knee first lunge into Shane Cullen after his try.

Terenure played extremely well and looked more like the side that won Division 2 last year. Their first try came from a superb rolling maul well directed by Mark Mahony, the second from a superb Cullen break. Buccaneers fought back with a try but it was too little too late. Terenure sit fourth from bottom away from the danger zone.
AIB Table
Photos on Flickr

12.01.07 Terenure v Malone Head to Head
TERENURE COLLEGE (13th, Div One) v MALONE (15th, Div Two),
Lakelands Park, 2pm Referee: Leo Colgan (Munster)

Previous Meetings: 8 (Terenure W7, D1, Malone W0); At Lakelands: 5 (Terenure W4, D1, Malone W0)

Last Match: April 29, 2006 - Terenure College 50 Malone 20, Lakelands Park (Division Two)

2006/07 League Form: Terenure: WLLLL Malone: LWLLL

Terenure - Notes:
*They have played one Ulster club at Lakelands already this season - they managed to beat Dungannon 23-12
*They first played Malone during the 1991/92 season (in Division Two) and have never lost to the Belfast outfit in eight meetings in AIB competitions
*They are one of six Leinster clubs to have qualified for this term's AIB Cup - they qualified for the competition by winning Section A of the Leinster Senior League Cup, beating Suttonians 35-22, Greystones 28-27 and Skerries 39-6 before they went down 18-8 to eventual winners Old Belvedere
*They have lost four of their last five AIB League games
*This is the only Division One v Division Two match-up in the first round
*Top Points Scorer: Robbie McCarthy - 26; Top Try Scorers: Alex Dunlop, James Blaney - 3 each

13.01.07 Terenure safely through
Terenure are safely through to the next round of the AIB Cup following a 12 - 07 defeat of Malone. They will play Clonakility in the Quarter Finals 23.01.07 Terenure defeat Lansdowne and move to safety
Terenure College collected only their second win in their last six AIB League matches with a one-try defeat of Lansdowne on Saturday afternoon.

AIB LEAGUE: DIVISION ONE: Saturday, January 20

LANSDOWNE 3 TERENURE COLLEGE 7, Lansdowne Road back pitch

Scorers: Lansdowne: Pen: Robbie Dolan

Terenure: Try: Stephen Nolan; Con: Mark O’Neill

‘Nure, facing the headquarters side in the league for the first time in four seasons, took the spoils thanks to prop Stephen Nolan’s second half try.

In atrocious weather conditions, the hosts took the lead in the fifth-minute of first half injury time when full-back Robbie Dolan swept over a penalty.

Lansdowne’s Leinster lock Devin Toner and James Blaney, ‘Nure’s player-coach, were sent to the sin-bin for scuffling and then tighthead Nolan was decisively mauled over on 56 minutes. Replacement Mark O'Neill, who slotted in at out-half, tapped over the conversion.

LANSDOWNE: R Dolan; N Walsh, N Ronan, G Stafford, J Coleman; M Ashford, D Coughlan; J Lyne, G O'Meara, K Cleere, A Maher, D Toner, D Lavin (capt), J O'Donovan, R Jones.

Replacements used: S McCarthy for O'Donovan (half-time), P Doran-Jones for Cleere, K Corrigan for O'Meara (both 50 mins), S Whelan for Coughlan (64).

TERENURE COLLEGE: J Coffey; A Hughes, J Bollard, G Coffey, R McCarthy; S Cullen, M Mahony; J Barretto, J Blaney, S Nolan, D O'Doherty, K O'Dwyer, B Moroney, A Dunlop (capt), C Connolly.

Replacements used: M O'Neill for McCarthy (18 mins), K Mahony for Blaney (52), M Hamilton for Barretto (71).

Referee: Jonathan Peak (Ulster)

29.01.07 Terenure defeat Garryowen.
Terenure's pack proved the difference between the two teams as Alex Dunlop and Mark Mahony secure Terenure's points

Terenure College 23 (Penalty try; A Dunlop, M Mahony tries; M O'Neill dg; R McCarthy pen, con)
Garryowen 13 (C Doyle try; E Hickey 2 pens, con)

Verdict: Terenure College turned an inspired display up front to put a dent in Garryowen's top four aspirations at Lakelands Park yesterday.

Terenure College: J Coffey; A Hughes, J Bollard, G Coffey, R McCarthy; M O'Neill, M Mahony; J Barretto, J Blaney, S Nolan, D O'Doherty, K O'Dwyer, B Moroney, C Connolly, A Dunlop

Garryowen: E Hickey; A O'Loughlin, K Hartigan, F Quaglia, C O'Boyle; C Doyle, A Kingsley; R Brosnan, D Varley, E McGovern, M Melbourne, E Mackey, P Melville, A Kavanagh, D Sherry
Referee: Dave Keane (IRFU)

07.12.06 Abuse of match officials
Dear All,
Please find below a copy of the Code of Conduct relating to the abuse of Match Officials. Unfortunately there is an increasing trend towards the abuse of officials by players, team management and supporters. If a Club is found guilty of such abuse the penalties are very severe from loss of International Tickets, to suspensions, loss of league points, fines etc. Due to this increasing trend the Management Committee of the Branch, with the support of the ARLB, have introduced a Code of Conduct. EVERY Club is expected to adhere to the code. We would ask that you put the code in a prominent place in your club, that you circulate it to all you members and you bring it to the attention of everyone involved on and off the pitch in your Club.

You are responsible for the actions of your members and management. Please be pro-active in stamping out the trend of abuse of officials. If it continues we will not keep our referees, we will have difficulty in recruiting new referees and the entire game will suffer.

Yours sincerely,Dorothy Collins.

February

19.02.2007 Steve Nolan AIB Club International
Terenure Steve Nolan has been selected in the Ireland AIB Club International side to take on the England Counties selection this Firday night in Donnybrook. Well done to Steve on this well deserved place.

19.02.2007 Weekend Results
1st XV 22 - 16 Dolphin
J1 30 - 40 Blackrock
J2 21 - 17 Blackrock
J3 39 - 5 Skerries
U20 22 - 12 Greystones Photos

19.02.2007 Terenure not Dolphin friendly
Alex Dunlop plunged over for a crucial try as Terenure College denied Dolphin at Lakelands Park. Terenure rise to 8th in the table 9 points off a play off spot.

The Dubliners kept up their record of never having lost to Dolphin at home in the league – that is five wins and one draw now – as Leinster ‘A’ lock Dunlop struck in the closing stages.

The visitors burst into life and with tries from back line flyers Eric Moloney and Ed Mills – they led 13-12 at half-time.

However the Cork side could only add a Barry Keeshan penalty on the resumption as Robbie McCarthy kicked a penalty and converted Dunlop’s match-winning try.

19.02.2007 Rock knock Nure
J1s lost 30-40 against Blackrock away on Sunday. A couple of soft tries being the difference between the two sides in the end. This dead rubber however was entertaining and it was a good run out in preparation for the Metro Cup which starts this Thursday night. Terenure played very well in the first half and scored three good tries. However some slack defence gave away the advantage on a couple of occasions to keep Blackrock in touch at half time. In the second half Blackrock upped the tempo and were rewarded with 4 tries of there own to open up a gap. Terenure came back and scored a penalty and a converted try but that was that. All 20 players had a good run and mission accomplished as in we have finished our matches in the J1 League. Roll on the cup.

Next Match v Old Wesley Away Thursday 22^nd February 7.30pm please note kick-off time and day).

19.02.2007 Terenure 20's down Greystones
Terenure put in a huge second half performace to out play Greystones on Sunday and ran out 22-12 winners Photos

14.02.2007 Good luck to the SCT
Terenure College RFC wishes the very best of luck to Terenure College SCT as they take on CBC Monkstown in the Quarter Finals of the Leinster Schools Senior Cup today in Templeville Road

14.02.2007 11th v 10th on Saturday
Terenure will be looking to leap frog Dolphin on Saturday as last years two promotion winners take on each other in Lakelands Park. Terenure have had a good run recently and they will be looking to put their AIB Cup defeat to Clonakility aside when they take on their Division 2 final opponents Dolphin. Of course the final never took place but a win on Saturday should secure Division 1 rugby for another season in Lakelands. Come along and support the team in this crunch encounter.

14.02.2007 Recent Results

10.02 J2 Terenure 19 -09 St Mary's College
10.02 U20 Terenure 11 - 38 Dublin University
04.10 U20 Terenure 5 - 27 Blackrock
04.10 J4 Terenure 17 - 12 Wanderers

10.02.2007 Nolan in club panel
Congratulations to Terenure's Steve Nolan on his inclusion in the AIB Club International Panel to take on England Counties XV and Scotland over the coming month.

05.02.2007 Terenure Crash Out

Terenure College 22 - Clonakilty 31
Scorers: Terenure: Tries: David Cazabon, John Bollard, Mark Mahony, Kevin Mahony; Con: Cazabon

Clonakilty are taking on the top flight all by themselves after knocking Terenure College out of the AIB Cup at Lakelands. Clon are the only Division Two side left in the draw for next month's cup semi-finals, with heavyweights Garryowen, Shannon or Harlequins to provide their opposition, after their fifth league or cup win on the trot. In the sides’ first ever clash, the Cork side raced into a 26-10 half-time lead – Derek Dillon, Dan Spencer, Eoin Murphy and Colin Murphy all grabbed tries. Hooker Alfie Harte kicked three first half conversions. Clon centre Paul Dillon scooted in for a 44th-minute try to put the result in little doubt, although cousins Mark and Kevin Mahony did hit back for ‘Nure. Terenure: D Cazabon; A Hughes, J Bollard, K Coleman, B Flanagan; M Gillespie (M O'Neil), M Mahony; M Hamilton (N McCarron), K Mahony, B Gill (S Nolan), A Moss, K O'Dwyer, B Malony, A Dunlop. Replacements used: M O'Neill for Gillespie, N McCarron for Hamilton, S Nolan for Gill.

01.02.2007 History to be made
History will be made at Lakelands Park on Saturday afternoon as Terenure College and Clonakilty clash for the very first time in AIB League or Cup competition.

Terenure College - Notes: *They have played three Munster clubs already this season, two of them at Lakelands Park, and lost two of these three games - they are one of three Leinster teams that are pitched against Munster opposition in the AIB Cup quarter-finals
*They qualified for the last-eight by winning Section A of the Leinster Senior League Cup earlier this season
*This game is the only Division One v Division Two duel in the cup quarter-finals - Terenure have never played Clonakilty before in league or cup
*They beat Malone 12-7 in the first round at Lakelands Park on January 13 and have won their last four league and cup games
*Currently in eleventh place in AIB League Division One, they also reached the cup's quarter-final stage last season where they lost 35-21 at home to St. Mary's College

2006/07 AIB League Top Points Scorer: Robert McCarthy 31 points
2006/07 AIB League Top Try Scorer: Alex Dunlop 3 tries

January

30.01.07 Dempsey to earn 70th cap
Terenure's Girvan Dempsey will earn his 70th Irish Cap this Sunday when he lines out at full back for Ireland's clash with Wales in the Millenium Stadium. Well done to Girvan.

07.03.07 Weekend Results
Albert O'Connell Cup - Terenure 28 - 09 Clontarf
All other games off.

07.03.07 Terenure College SCT
We send both our congratulations and commiserations to Padraig Forde and his team on an excellent Senior Cup Campaign. The team were knocked out by Clongowes on Monday but fought all the way to the final whistle. A cruel stage to leave the competition but they showed much promise for the future. The JCT coached by Wexford Footballer Philip Wallace take on Blackrock next Tuesday

07.03.07 Well done to Paul Haycock
Terenure's own Paul Haycock refereed the Leinster Schools Senior Cup Semi - Final between St Michaels and Kilkenny yesterday and did a fine job. Well done Paul

07.03.07 Taverners off to World Cup

Scorers: Galwegians: Try: Anthony Barrett; Con: Nick Wakley; Pens: Wakley 2
Terenure: Tries: Alex Dunlop 2, Adam Hughes 2; Con: Rob McCarthy; Pen: McCarthy

Alex Dunlop and Adam Hughes scored two tries apiece as Terenure College got the better of Galwegians at Crowley Park. Nure struck for tries after 9 and 24 minutes to lead 10-6 at the break. Two Nick Wakley penalties kept the hosts in contention, although they did lose Connacht flanker Matt Lacey to a yellow card. ‘Nure prop Stephen Nolan also spent time in the sin bin and the Dubliners had to cope with losing player-coach James Blaney through injury. ‘Wegians saw Anthony Barrett cross the whitewash but they had Lacey sent-off for earning his second yellow late on.

08.03.07 Alex Dunlop in AIB Team of the Week
15 - Fionn Carr (Blackrock College)
14 - Derek Corcoran (Young Munster)
13 - Trevor Powell (Nenagh Ormond)
12 - Ben Martin (UL Bohemians)
11 - Kevin Barden (Old Belvedere)
10 - Greg Jacob (County Carlow)
9 - Peter McKee (Cork Constitution)
1 - Stephen Rutledge (Banbridge)
2 - Gordon Ryan (UL Bohemians)
3 - Dave Lillis (Corinthians)
4 - Chris Napier (Ballynahinch)
5 - Alan Trenier (Clontarf)
6 - Richard Dodd (Nenagh Ormond)
7 - Emmet Wardell (Wanderers)
8 - Alex Dunlop (Terenure College)

16.03.07 Liam O'Dea R.I.P.
The President, Management Committee and Members of Terenure College RFC wish to express their deepest sympathies to the family of Liam O’Dea, Vice President Terenure College RFC who passed away this afternoon. May he rest in peace.

Funeral Arrangements
Removal this Friday (16^th March) evening to Terenure College Chapel, arriving at 4.45pm. Funeral tomorrow Saturday (17^th March) after 12 noon Mass to Mount Venus Cemetery, Rockbrook, Rathfarnham. Family flowers only. Donations to the Irish Cancer Society.

13.03.07 Changes to club rules - SGM
The Management Committee will be sending out notice of the 'Special General Meeting' by post this week. In addition a letter will also be sent to those pavilion members who have not paid their subscription for season 2006/07. The letter will clearly state that any person who has not paid their subscription in full before 1st April 2007 will be removed from the club membership list on this date and no further correspondence will be forwarded from the club after that time. Any person wishing to re-apply for membership after 1st April 2007 must complete a mandatory direct debit form. Read more about the changes here

20.03.07 Isaac Kelly R.I.P.
The President, Management Committee and Members of Terenure College RFC wish to extend their deepest sympathy to the family of Isaac Kelly who passed away this morning. May he rest in peace.

26.03.07 J4's League Champions
Terenure's J4's defeated Old Belvedere by 19 - 12 to secure their 9th J4 League title - their 6th since 2000. Well done lads.

26.03.07 Tarf scrape by Nure
Terenure College 27 Clontarf 39, Lakelands Park

Scorers: Terenure: Tries: Jonathan Barretto, Adam Hughes, Alex Dunlop, Mark Mahony 2; Con: John Bollard
Clontarf: Tries: Max Rantz-McDonald 2, Kenny Dorian, Daragh O’Shea, Fiach O’Loughlin; Cons: Conal Keane 4; Pen: Peter O’Brien; Drop: O’Brien
HT: Terenure 10 Clontarf 21

Clontarf scored their sixth win in nine AIB League meetings with their Dublin rivals Terenure at Lakelands Park.

Tries from lively centre Max Rantz-McDonald, prop Kenny Dorian and full-back Daragh O’Shea had ‘Tarf 21-10 in front by the interval.

‘Nure kept in the hunt with unconverted efforts from prop Jonathan Barretto and winger Adam Hughes. An Alex Dunlop score then got the hosts back to within six points.

But ‘Tarf, who closed the gap on leaders Cork Constitution to six points, raced to victory with tries from scrum half Fiach O’Loughlin and Rantz-McDonald and two late kicks from Peter O’Brien.

08.03.07 IrishRugby.ie focus on Steve Nolan
Stephen Nolan, who originally hails from Haresmead, Foulksmills in Wexford, is a multi-talented tighthead prop playing for Terenure College in Division One of the AIB League. Read irishrugby.ie focus on Terenure's Club International here

11.04.07 Con send 'Nure crashing
Terenure suffered their heaviest defeat of the season on Saturday as Cork Con said goodbye to Temple Hill in style. Terenure could only manage 12 points to match Cons 62 in beautiful summer conditions. Terenure's point were scored by Shane Cullen and Mark Mahony.

Terenure take on St Mary's College in the final fixture of the season on Saturday April 21st.

02.04.07 FIXTURE CHANGE
Greystones v Terenure is now on Friday at 6pm in Greystones

02.04.07 Another final for Terenure
Terenure 13B's reached the final of the bowl with a great 19-12 victory over Lansdowne in the Semi final

02.04.07 AIB Legaue Weekend
Terenure, sitting in seveth place travel to league leaders Cork Constitution this Saturday for the second last AIB League encounter of the season. A win for Terenure should secure a finish at the top half of the table while Con will the looking to secure first spot. Terenure will be missing hooker James Blaney for the clash as he recovers from a broken leg.

02.04.07 Weekend Results

Vice Presidents Cup Seapoint 8 - 28 Terenure
O'Connor Cup Terenure awarded walkover
Moran Cup Stillorgan 22 - 7 Terenure
JP Fanagan League Terenure 29 - 24 Clontarf

30.04.07 Winters Cup Final - Thursday
The Winters Cup Final between Terenure and Old Belvedere will take place this Thursday at 1830 in St mary's College RFC, Templeville Road. Please Support.

30.04.07 U13B Cup Final - Date Change!!
Will take place on Wednesday 2nd May at 7pm in Lakelands and not Thursday 3rd as previously advised.

30.04.07 Mini Rugby Full of Silverwear
Well done to the three mini rugby teams in action last weekend. The U12's won the Seapoint blitz, the U13's won their metro Cup Final in DLSP and the U15's won their Stratton Cup Final in DLSP. Special mention to the coaches for their dedication especially Murph (U12's), Bago (U13's) and Chips (U15). The future looks bright in Terenure. (Reports to follow)

U13 Report Here
Photos here

27.04.07 U13's reach final
Terenure have advanced to meet Greystones in the Final of the U13 Cup, after a pulsating hard fought 7-0 win over DLSP in the semi final @ the Iveagh Grounds last night. The final will be played at 11am in DLSP on Sunday before the U15 final.

Terenure eventually made the break through late in the second half, in a game dominated by hard tackling defences. The try was scored by Andrew Donohoe and converted by Colin Jones. Although a lot of the credit for the victory has to go to trojan work of Niall Lalor both in the lineout & in the rucks and mauls

27.04.07 Winters Cup Semi Final Pictures
Photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/terenurecollegerfc

25.04.07 U15 Cup Final - Sunday
Terenure Under 15s (Colts) will be playing De la Salle in the final of the Stratton Cup on Sunday the 29-04 in De La Salle at 12-30 all support welcome

24.04.07 U13 Cup Semi Final - Wednesday Night
The U13A'S play DLSP in the cup semi final tomorrow night (Wednesday) @ 7.00pm in Guinness - please support.

24.04.07 Terenure through to Winters Cup Final
Terenure defeated Old Wesley by 25 points to 18 to set up a meeting with Old Belvedere in the Winters Cup Final. Terenure went 7 points down early in the first half but never looked back from there scoring four tries to seal victory. The final is due to be played on May 3rd.

23.04.07 Gallagher snatches late winner.
Flanker Kevin Gallagher lurched over for the clinching try as Terenure College came from behind to snatch a four-point AIB All-Ireland Division One victory in fornt of a huge crowd at Lakelands on Saturday. Mary's looked set to retain the Dr Michael Smyth Memorial Trophy, which is fought for between the two Dublin clubs, as captain Barry Lynn added two penalties to lock Gareth Logan's first half try. The visitors led 8-3 at the break, with Robbie McCarthy kicking a penalty for the hosts. However, second half tries from number eight Alex Dunlop and Gallagher saw 'Nure triumph to finish eight in the final Division One table, four points ahead of neighbours Mary's.

Scorers -
Terenure: Tries: Alex Dunlop, Kevin Gallagher; Con: Mark O'Neill; Pen: Robbie McCarthy. St Mary's: Try: Gareth Logan; Pens: Barry Lynn 2.
HT: Terenure College 3-8 St Mary's College.

Photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/terenurecollegerfc

23.04.07
Greystones win through in Vice Presidents Cup
Terenure were defeated by four points in the final of the Vice Presidents Cup in Templeville Road on Saturday. After a poor first half Nure led 3-0 at half time and no-one could have been prepared for the second half which saw each team score three tries a piece with some superb play, including an interception inside his own half by the Ggreystones wing. The lead changed half a dozen times and both teams fought back well when down.

No-one could have expected such a high-scoring high quality 2nd half nor could anyone have predicted the outcome! Nure were very unfortunate to be leading 24-21 with a few minutes left having saved a certain try minutes earlier when 'Stones were over the line but superb defence prevented them from touching down - only to concede a try after a fantastic break by the Stones out half led to their centre scoring under the posts!

Hard luck to the Terenure side after putting up a great fight in only their thrid defeat of the whole season.

20.04.07 Terenure v St Marys Preview
Statistics compiled by Des Daly

19.04.07 Vice Presidents Cup Final
Terenure's J2's take on Greystones in the Vice Presidents Cup Final on Saturday at 3pm in Templeville Road. You could pop up to Templeville for the first half and down to Lakelands for the second half - or vice versa but please support them in ther final.

17.04.07 Saturday's Big Match Info
Terenure College RFC take on St Mary's RFC this Saturday in Lakelands. Please note that this final AIB League encounter will kick off at 3pm and not 2.30pm. There will be no parking available in the club grounds 'Lakelands' due to the marquee.

15.04.07 The Kevin O'Dwyer Interview
Kevin O'Dwyer turns 21 in four weeks time but he has other things on his mind like exams, rugby and St Mary's. One of the first members of Terenure College RFC's academy, we talk to the giant second row forward about his rise to prominence as a leading star in the club from his 'humble' beginnings on the GAA field...

15.04.07 Weekend Results
Vice Presidents Cup Blackrock 16 Terenure 36
O'Connor Cup Terenure 5 Bective 13

08.04.07 Weekend Results
Winters Cup Greystones 11 - 18 Terenure College
AIB League Cork Constitution 62 - 12 Terenure College

11.04.07 Con send 'Nure crashing
Terenure suffered their heaviest defeat of the season on Saturday as Cork Con said goodbye to Temple Hill in style. Terenure could only manage 12 points to match Cons 62 in beautiful summer conditions. Terenure's point were scored by Shane Cullen and Mark Mahony.

Terenure take on St Mary's College in the final fixture of the season on Saturday April 21st.

02.04.07 Another final for Terenure
Terenure 13B's reached the final of the bowl with a great 19-12 victory over Lansdowne in the Semi final

May
09.05.07 Terenure College R.F.C. A.G.M.
Terenure College RFC AGM will be held in the Clubhouse on Thursday 31^st May 2007 at 8pm. Only fully paid up members are entitled to attend or vote.

09.05.07 J4's complete the double
The J4 team completed the league and cup double by defeating Old Belvedere 14 - 12 last Thursday night. Well done to all involved.