Hamilton Park, Strandhill, Sligo, Ireland – Founded 1890
Due to time constraints, the Sligo Rugby Football Club fundraising draw, due to take place on the 21st of August has been posponed until the 26th of September.
The draw, in which Prizes of €1,000, €500 and €250 are up for grabs, will take place in Mc Hughs Bar Grattan Street Sligo on the evening of the 26th. Some tickets are still available for purchase. For details contact Ross Mannion at the Record Room, Grattan Street, Sligo.
The long awaited Connacht Under 16 League Final between Sligo RFC and Galwegians has been fixed for this Sunday in Castlebar for 12pm KO. Your support would be greatly appreciated!
Next up on the adult Rugby calander is the annual St Stephens day game in which the town based players line out against their country counterparts. This is always a keenly contested affair, and with the Town team gaining the upper hand in last seasons enconter, the country lads are sure to be out for revenge. All players who are home for Christmas or are visiting the area for the holiday season are welcome. The match kicks off at 2.30 on the 26th.
The draw for this years Heineken Junior Cup took place in Ballinasloe on Wednesday last hosted by the the local Ballinasloe RFC. The President of Sligo RFC Brendan Leahy together with Conor Frazer joined what was a very well attended gathering despite the weather conditions.
The draw is always of great interest as every club in Connacht is involved in this competition and like all Cup draws the minnows can be pitted against the strongest. Continue reading ‘Sligo get a very interesting Junior Cup draw’
Sligo’s journey in the AIB all Ireland Junior Cup continues when they face Leinster league high fliers Tullamore at their home in Spollanstown next Saturday. Sligo will be looking to continue their rich vein of form following their well crafted victory over Munster side Clonmel in the first round last week. Continue reading ‘Sligo to Face Tullamore’
Following a two week break Sligo take on Clonmel RFC in the AIB Junior cup in Clonmel next Saturday.
So far in this seasons league campaign Sligo’s expansive rugby has delighted their followers with a total of 24 tries scored in 5 matches with the majority of these tries coming through their exciting backline.
However, as is often quoted in rugby circles “Forwards win matches and backs decide by how much” and the work of the Sligo pack has been instrumental in the Sligo success story so far. Continue reading ‘Sligo take on Clomel in AIB junior cup’
NOTE: The U19 league fixtures for 2009/10 have just been published to our Teams page.
There’s lots of action this weekend with all sections of Sligo Rugby Club involved.
At home we kick-off with a Juvenile blitz at the IT Sligo sports complex on Saturday morning (10am) followed by U15s at Hamilton Park (12pm), U16s again at Hamilton Park (2.45pm) and on Sunday Sligo RFC U17s take on Creggs at 12pm.
Sligo First XV are away to Buccaneers on Sunday with the 2nds away to Westport and the U19s away to Corinthians.
So get your Club colours on and do your best to try and support at least one of our teams this weekend!
Please be sure to check out our Teams page for the latest fixtures and keep an eye on our facebook page for upcoming events.
Updated League Fixtures for the J2 League (North) are now available on our Teams page.
Please note that fixtures for our 1st team, U17s, U16s and U15s are now also available on that page.
Sligo’s Junior league campaign begins on Sunday 20th against Galwegians. Kick off is at 3 o clock at Hamilton park in Strandhill.
Sunday, 13th Septemer – Sligo First Team travel to Castlebar for a challenge game. Kick off is at 2.30.
County Cavan RFC 7
Sligo RFC 27
Sligo RFC’s pre season preparations continued in a positive fashion with a fine win over a physical Cavan outfit at Swellan park in Cavan last Saturday. The match initiated the revival of a long standing fixture between the two clubs, which through the 70s, 80s and 90s saw the clubs battling it out on the pitch for the right to lift the Elliott cup.
Playing into the slight breeze, Sligo started the game strongly with the pack winning the early exchanges and securing clean possession for the half back pairing of Billy Leahy and Frankie Feeney to use. Some fine kicking saw Sligo camped in the home sides half. In the seventh minute this territorial advantage was almost rewarded when a fine line-out take from James Wilson was quickly moved to midfield, full back Julian Rippon expertly changed the angle and looked destined to score but was hauled down short of the Cavan line. Cavan were awarded a scrum but good pressure from flanker Simon Coulter caught the home team in possession behind their own line and the resulting scrum was awarded to the visitors. A fine drive from Sligo’s front row of Adrian Mc Hale, Ross Mannion and Jason East shunted their opposite numbers back and the Sligo scrum drove over the tryline to allow veteran number 8 Peter Mullan the opportunity to touch down. Rippon was narrowly wide with the conversion. Continue reading ‘Sligo take spoils in Elliott Cup encounter’
