Hamilton Park, Strandhill, Sligo, Ireland – Founded 1890
First team star, Jordan Farington, is running a Summer 7′s Train & Play session at the club for 14 to 17 year olds on Friday evenings at 5.30pm.
Quality Coaching in a controlled and fun environment focusing on the core skills in 7′s rugby that cross over to the 15 aside game. 45 minutes of training followed by 45 minutes playing. Players don’t need to be part of a team – just turn up and join in!
Please note that there’s a €5 per session cost
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!
Ballinrobe 12 :: Sligo RFC 45
On the 7th of March, on a day with conditions perfect for rugby, Sligo U-16s took on Ballinrobe U-17s at Ballinrobe Racecourse in the Under 17 Plate.
Sligo started well and scored with Diarmuid O Dowd-Hill on the sixth minute after great pressure from Sligo. Enda Gavin stepped up to take the kick 5 meters out from the touchline, but missed the difficult conversion. Ballinrobe quickly responded with a try against the run of play, conversion was missed by the Ballinrobe 10. After sustained pressure from the Sligo team, a gap was made and Eddie Connell capitalised and touched it down underneath the posts. the conversion was easily taken by Enda Gavin which put sligo up by 7 points with a score of 12-5 to Sligo. Continue reading ‘Under 16s through to Under 17 Plate Semi’s’
Sligo RFC U13 39 :: an Gaeltacht 22
Sligo Under 13’s made it two out of two in the Connacht Cup with another win in their clash with An Gaeltacht in Strandhill on Sunday. The conditions were perfect and in front of a big home crowd, Sligo put on their best display of rugby this season.
An Gaeltacht came out firing on all cylinders and forced Sligo back into their own half for the first ten minutes, creating a penalty opportunity which they capitalised on opening the game, making it 3-0. Continue reading ‘Under 13s Rumble On’
Sligo u15’s continued the clubs excellent start to the youth cup competitions will a win over Buccaneers in Dubarry Park Athlone last Saturday. This was Sligo third success over Buccaneers in 2 weeks with the under 14’s and u16’s both winning their cups games against the Athlone based side the previous weekend.
Building on hard games against Ballina, Longford and Mullingar over the past month Sligo played a very controlled game of rugby and looked like winners from the kick off. Continue reading ‘U15’s kick off cup campaign will a win in Athlone’
Sligo RFC U16s 22 :: Buccaneers U16s 0
Sligo’s U16s powered their way into the final of the Connacht U16 league with a superb team performance against a strong Buccaneers outfit at Strandhill on Sunday.
Sligo RFC’s Under 16 Squad (photo supplied by ShootingStars.ie)
The home team scored four tries without reply on their way to a convincing victory.
Buccaneers kicked off and immediately put the home outfit under pressure, but some fine driving play by Sligo forwards Diarmuid O Dowd Hill and Jamie Mc Govern gave outhalf Enda Gavin the space to clear his lines and avert the danger. Continue reading ‘Sixteens Power to Final’
Sligo RFC 24 :: Westport RFC 0
Sligo under 13s opened their Connacht Cup campaign with an impressive 24-0 win against Westport on Saturday. The Sligo team took an early lead with a bustling run up the middle from débutante Haddie Moussa to score under the post. Darragh Cummins converted to make a seven point lead. Continue reading ‘Under 13s progress in Cup’
Sligo RFC 29 :: Creggs RFC 5
Sligo under 14s topped the league on Sunday with a win against Creggs of Roscommon. The game was a much laboured affair in the opening minutes with the Xmas rest taking its toll on the skills of the game, Sligo broke the deadlock when Darragh Byrne ran a try in from a good individual run off the wing. Evan Mc Garth stepped up to kick the conversion from a difficult angle but the trusty boot failed to bring it between the posts. From the kick off Rory Mullan collected the ball and with some better movement the ball was taken into Creggs 22 by Steven Kearins where he drew the defence in to create a small gap for Evan McGrath to touch down for a fine try. Continue reading ‘U14s Top the League’
Shooting Stars have posted a gallery of images from the recent u16 league game between Sligo RFC and Galwegians (which Sligo won 44-0!)
Click here to view the rest of the images from this game.
Sligo RFC 39 :: Westport RFC 0
The Sligo under 14s notched up an other convincing win last Sunday against Westport at home. From the kick off the home team hit the ground running piling pressure on to Westport’s defence and it was not long before Conan O’Donnell ran in a superb try. The coversion didn’t make it over the bar but Mc Grath was back for the kick off and claimed the ball to take a great run into the Westport half again putting position back to O Donnell where he headed again for the line fending of several wesport tacklers before notching up try number two. Again the conversion dropped short from the boot of Evan Mc Grath’. Continue reading ‘Under 14s Continue to Impress’
Sligo RFC 41 :: Ballina 7
Sligo under 14 took to the field on Sunday against Ballina in their 3rd league match this season. The opening fifteen minutes of the game saw the possession swing from side to side with no points on the board for either side. A penalty from Evan Mc Grath from a difficult angle slipped away from the posts not helped by a strong breeze that made conditions tough on a very sticky pitch. The kick off from Ballina gladly landed in the hands of Ryan Bright which was worked through the oppositions defence and finished off in a well deserved try by Sligo’s captain Darren Byrne. Evan Mc Grath converted to give Sligo lads the boost that was badly needed to get their confidence back in the game. Heads were up and try’s came rolling in from Daniel Ford, which was well back up by superb rucking from the four power houses Jake Sexton, Ryan Bright, Elyassa Hamza, and Conan O’Donnell. Continue reading ‘Under 14s overpower Ballina’
Sligo’s Aaron Spring continued to realise his potential when he played the full 80 minutes for the Irish u19 schools team when they took on the Australian schools team at Belfield last Friday. Blindside flanker, Spring, is a product of Sligo RFC’s youth setup and is an inspiration to all young players coming through the system.
Sligo RFC extend congratulations to Aaron Spring who has been selected to start at blindside flanker for the Irish U19 schools team that are taking on their Australian counterparts at UCD on Friday at 3pm. This is another big step for Aaron, a product of the Sligo RFC youth program, and as ever he is sure to continue to impress. All at Sligo RFC wish him the best of luck in this and his future representative career.
Corinthians 0 :: Sligo RFC 15
Sligo completely demolished Corinthians in a 15-0 victory in Galway which saw the Sligo side completely outclass a resilient Corinthians side last Saturday evening. Tries from Diarmuid O’Dowd Hill and James O’Hehir in the first half gave Sligo the breathing space to dictate the play for the rest of the game. Continue reading ‘U16's outclass Corinthians’
Dunmore 5 :: Sligo RFC 31
Sligo under 14 kicked of their campaign this weekend with a strong performance against Dunmore of Galway. The first half saw the first try go over the line in the first 5 minutes from Darragh Byrne. Evan McGrath ran another try’ within 15 minutes in to the game. Sligo pack battled hard with strong performances from Ryan Bright and Ronan Redmond pushing the Dunmore team back into their own half. As pressure was piled on Dunmore were forced to kick to gain breathing space but the ball was only to land into the safe hand of Sligo’s captain Darren Harte who had an outstanding match. Daniel Ford and Diarmiud Mulligan pushed the Dunmore players on to the back foot with some fantastic ball work that lead to another try from Conan O’Donell. Sligo’s defence was put under pressure for the dying moments of the first half but good work from Jack Keegan, Ronan Redmond and Enda Clarke kept the Dunmore team from crossing the line. Continue reading ‘U14s defeat Dunmore’
