Hamilton Park, Strandhill, Sligo, Ireland – Founded 1890
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History was created at Hamilton park on Saturday when Sligo defeated Armagh to take their place in the semi final of the all Ireland junior cup for the first time since the inception of the competition.
Sligo’s will to win and determined approach won out against last years beaten finalists in the country’s premier junior club competition.
Armagh won the toss and elected to play with the aid of the slight breeze in the first half. This advantage was rewarded 2 minutes into the game when a penalty award on the home 22 was easily dispatched by the visitors to open their account.
Sligo restarted and immediately attacked their hosts. Some super pressure, in particular by Cathal Culhane and Paddy Conlon resulted in a penalty award inside the Armagh 22 and the excellent Mark Butler made no mistake with the kick to level the scores.
The restart from Armagh was poorly dealt with by the home team and the northern outfit wasted no team in regaining the initiative. A speculative chip through was recovered by the visiting chasers and crisp passing yielded a try in the corner to put 5 points between the teams. Continue reading ‘Seniors make history’
Important: The All Ireland Junior Cup match between Sligo and Armagh kicks off at 2pm tomorrow and not 2.30 as previously advertised
Last few Tickets available at a 50% reduction for Ireland V Argentina at the Aviva Stadium at 2.30 this Sunday.
Text 087 2613011 for details.
All you wanabee RoG’s come along on Saturday for a chance to win 50 euro at half time during the Sligo V Armagh All Ireland Junior Cup match.
All you have to do is kick the ball over the bar (from the half way line). Only 2 euro a kick!
Calling all Rugby Supporters! Get yourselves out to Hamilton Park this Saturday at 2.30 for what should be a cracker of a game between Sligo and Armagh in the All-Ireland Junior Cup Quarter Final – come on and get behind the boys!
The Connacht branch and the IRFU are delighted to inform you that there will be a fitness workshop for all coaches in Sligo the 29th of November. The workshop will focus on fitness and conditioning for young players to adult beginners at strength training. This workshop will be based on the newly updated fitness and conditioning content in the Mini and foundation coaching courses.
The focus of this workshop is physical activity and movement skill development. The evening will concentrate on stages 1 and 2 of the Long Term Development Pathway, but will also investigate physical development of strength and conditioning of adults beginners. We will investigate physical activity levels and guidelines, the windows of opportunity for young players, PHV, Fundamental movement skills and the most appropriate content for young players and beginners. Continue reading ‘Fitness workshop for coaches’
Sligo RFC 50 :: Castlebar RFC 5
Last Sunday,Sligo took on and defeated Mayo rivals Castlebar in the Northern division of the U14 Connaught League by a massive margin to cement their position at the top of the table. Sligo came out with all guns blazing to impress with an 8-try blitz over their visitors.
The powerful Sligo forward pack dominated the set pieces and worked well as a unit to win a great number of turnovers in the rucks and mauls.
The quality possession provided by the pack was put to good use by the well organised Sligo backline who used great width and speed to out run Castlebar. Continue reading ‘Sligo make it 3 wins from 3 in U-14 League’
Sligo RFC 24 :: Castlebar RFC 12
Sligo gained revenge for last seasons Cawley cup final defeat when they toppled holders Castlebar in their first round encounter at Hamilton Park on Sunday.
In ideal conditions for running rugby Sligo scored three trys without reply on their way to a hard fought victory. Castlebar kicked off and were quickest to settle with some well judged tactical kicking giving them a foothold in Sligo territory. Sligo were penalised for an infringement at the ruck and Castlebars Robbie Cusack made no mistake with the resulting kick to give his side an early advantage. Continue reading ‘Seniors advance in Cawley cup’
Sligo’s second 15 went down by three points in an ill tempered league encounter at Creggs road in Ballina on Sunday. The referee issued a number of yellow cards before sending off Ballina’s full back but Sligo were not able to capitalise on their numerical advantage. A Stephen Kilgallon try and a Brian Hynes penalty yield 8 points for the visitors but it was just not enough and the Mayo sides try and 2 penalties was enough to ensure victory.
Sligo’s cause was not helped by the loss of influential second row Dermot Kiely with a shoulder injury two minutes into the game and all at the club wish him a speedy recovery.
Corrib RFC 17 :: Sligo RFC 52
Sligo’s high scoring Connacht Junior league campaign continued apace with an eight try demolition of Corrib at Headford on Sunday. Sligo had the 4 try bonus point secured by half time and repeated the dose with four more trys after the interval.
Sligo won the toss and elected to play with the aid of the slight breeze in the first half. The opening minutes were dominated by a kicking duel with Corrib gaining the upper hand in the territory stakes. A well worked back line move saw the Galway outfit take the lead when centre Thomas Lee burst through for an early score which he converted himself. Continue reading ‘Another high score for Sligo’
The Club would like to extend their deepest sympathies to Berchmans Scully and his family on the sudden and tragic death of his son Eymard Scully. Eymard (aged 27) died tragically in Sydney following a car accident. The funeral will take place in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Ballymote, Co Sligo on Thursday, November 11, at 2pm. Berchmans Scully played at full back on the 1966 famous Sligo RFC side that won both the league and cup double.
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Congratulations to the Ireland U20′s side who beat Italy today 29-10 at Donnybrook. Sligo RFC senior team member Aaron Spring gained his first cap for the Ireland U20′s today when he came on as a replacement in the 64th minute of the game.
Aaron is the first player from Sligo RFC to be capped for Ireland at U20 level while still playing with Sligo RFC and everyone at the club congratultes Aaron and his family. Continue reading ‘Aaron Spring capped for Ireland U20′s as Ireland beat Italy’
