J5 XV — Season 2011/12

Clondalkin Game:

St.Mary's J5-B startedthe defense, of their league title, with a narrow loss to Clondalkin. The matchwas relocated to St. Mary's, due to bad weather.

We started at a non stop pace and were on top for the opening periods, of the game.

We scored some great triesand were soon 14-0 up but injuries to critical positions broke up our flow.Clondalkin were able to exploit this and soon were able to tie the game, we wentback in the lead with a well taken penalty but Clondalkin hit back with twopenalties to take the lead, which they would not give up. We hitat them withgusto but were unable to break them down.

This was a greatperformance from a team that had a mix of experience and new players,withcomplete commitment. The problems in this game will be corrected throughtraining, so a big turnout is required at training

Finalscore:

Clondalkin- 20

St. Mary's - 17

J5 XV 15-21 Stillorgan

On Saturday the J5’s played their second game of the league campaign at home. They were trying to got over a very narrow defeat the previous week.

It was a tough game from the start against a strong Stillorgan side. However we struck the early advantage through the boot of Caolan Reid to go three up from a penalty. In a tight game Stillorgan went over for a try soon after.

The 2nd half was just as tight. Stillorgan scored early. The J5’s continued to battle back throughout the half and went over twice. The last one ensuring a losing bonus point.

The game ended 21-15 to Stillorgan.

Scorers:

Tries - Anthony O'Hanlon and Stephen Joyce

Conv - Adrian Malone

Pen - Caolan Reid

St. Marys took on the Emerald Warriors on Saturday in the J5 League in Suttonians. Due to the AIL game between Boyne and Suttonians both teams were forced to change in the car park. The Warriors have a much changed team this year having drafted in a few ex-AIL players. Ex-St. Marys player Ray Conboy has also moved to the Warriors as out-half.

The game started at a ferocious pace. The Warriors back-row took a hold of the game and dominated the breakdown with a little help from the man in the middle!! The warriors opened the scoring with an early try due to some lax defending by St. Marys to made the score 5-0. The wind played a significant part in the game with Marys playing into it in the first half.

At the start of the second half, Warriors got another try to leave the score 10-0. This seemed to shake the J5s who went on to score a great try by No.8 Trav which was converted by Barnes. 10-7. A number of penalties were run from in front of the posts as the J5s chased the win. This was to be the turning point as the failed to score again. Final score 10-7.

On Saturday the J5’s were down in Lakelands for the Local Derby game against a strong Terenure side.

We knew this would be a tough game for us. Straight away we got stuck into it. There was plenty of big hits put in early on. Some great work saw us go over for an early try. We held the lead up to just before half time. In the last play of the half Terenure went in for try to take the lead 8-5.

Unfortunately Terenure came out the stronger in the second and got another score. We battled hard for the rest of the half. We were unlucky to concede another 2 tries. Game finished 35-5 to Terenure.

Next up is a home game against Clontarf on the 5th November at home. The team is progressing well. It is a feeder team this season to our J4 “B” team. A win in our next game will ensure we can move ourselves into mid table.

Frustration, frustration, frustration. The J5s kicked off against Clondalkin in a game they knew they could win and should have won. With 5 players who are in their first year of rugby, Marys looked the more confident team and took the game to Clondalkin in the first half. Out half Andrew Fitz converting a three pointer. Marys continued to apply pressure and had 90% possession and 75% territory in the first half but failed to score. Missed kicks and bad handling undoing some great set piece work. Clondalkin got a break away try and went into half time 5-3 up.

A number of injuries reduced the Marys team but Clondalkin again score against the run of play to make the score 12-3. This inspired Marys to play and scrum half Keith Mc Carthy setup Andrew Fitz to score. 12-8 with 8 minutes to go. Marys were camped on the line but couldn’t score. A very spirited and courageous performance but lacking in execution.

A very important (and first!) league win of the season for the J5 Team on Saturday at home v the Emerald Warriors on Saturday. Well done all! The final score was 20-7 and reflected a tough 80 minute battle against an organised Emerald Warriors side. St Mary’s started well with a dominant period of ‘possession rugby’ with the backs and forwards linking well to mount a number of attacks within the first 20 minutes. Our well balanced back row linked extremely well with Jody Brooks on hand to take the final pass from a long, powerful Dave Balfour break from the base of the scrum…and Jody then barrelled his way over between (and nearly through!) the posts for the opening score. Adrian Malone easily converted. Deservedly, 7-0 to the boys in blue! More pressure from St Mary’s during this excellent spell coughed up another penalty about 25 meters out … which was again dispatched by Adrian Malone. 10-0. The Emerald Warriors are a well drilled side and were full of running all day. They eventually found a way through our defences on 5th or 6 phase ball to score a good team try. Converted to make it 10-7 at half time. Although full of running, the Emerald Warriors had plan A and only plan A as a game plan. A tense 20 minutes at the beginning of the second half realised scoring chances for both sides but none were converted. An important penalty in front of their posts allowed Adrian Malone slot his 3rd from 3 attempts to put St Mary’s 13 -7 up. (Right decision to take the points here) Another period of tense rugby followed as both sides attempted to run the ball along their respective backlines for the most important, next score. Daithi Crowley tried a hugely ambitious long range penalty from inside our half during this nail biting period … and only just missed as it hit the post to go wide. Worth trying. A bizarre incident followed next whereby 29 players heard an imaginary whistle blow and they all stopped playing…all apart from James Hynes that is…..who had the good sense to keep playing until the referee blows his whistle (twice?!) and ran half the length of the pitch to go under the posts untouched by human hand for the winning try! Good awareness. Converted to make the final score 20-7. A win in the league! A first win of the season! A great feeling for all involved. A great and committed team effort. Onwards and upwards now lads!

Bobby O’Connor

J5 XV 12-22 DLSP

On Wednesday night the J5 panel 2nd team took to the pitch for a tough away league game against DLSP. Fresh from their recent win last Saturday they were led into battle by captain Mossy.

DLSP started the stronger of the two sides. They caught the Mary’s side cold and after a few minutes they went over for a try. 0-5. After this lapse, the J5’s played themselves back into the game. Unfortunately a few minutes later centre Daithi Crowley was knocked out from a tackle. Thankfully he came around after a few minutes and was taken off the pitch. For the remainder of the half there was some good defensive displays and great attacking rugby from the J5s. A great move across the backline in the Salmo 22 saw Club PRO Keith McCarthy go over for a try. 5-5. That’s the way it stayed until half time. Unfortunately just before half time in a bizarre accident, second row Marco took a knock to the side of head and had to come off.

Ian McCarthy and Bobby O’ Connor dished out the half time tongue lashing.

In the second half DLSP again started stronger. They went over for two tries in the opening 10 mins. 5-19. Mary’s continued to battle to try and get back into the game with some more great defending and attacking displays. They were unable to take their scoring chances. With 20 mins left DLSP hit a penalty to leave the score 22-5 in their favour. The last 15 mins was all about St Mary’s. Attack after attack. Great play finally paid off with Brooks going over in the corner. A superb kick by Daly from the sideline brought the score to 12-22. Marys built from the restart with some more attacking momentum. In the end we just ran out of time. Final score 22-12 to DLSP.

We have two big games coming up on the 28th for the J5 panel. Our first team have a must win away game down in Kilkenny against the Normans. While our second team face a very tough home derby game against the neighbours, who are running miles away with the league with a very strong side.

J5 XV 7-37 Terenure

This wasn’t a game of rugby, it was a rugby event! The score line may read like a handy enough win for Terenure but that is too simple a synopsis of this important game of rugby. Faced with a decision to call off the game during the week (due to the availability of only 11 of the J5 squad for this league encounter v the Old Enemy as our first team travelled to Kilkenny) a brave decision was made to keep the fixture, not concede the points to Terenure and beg, steal and borrow players in order to play the match. Two days later, we still had 11 players. A rally call on Wednesday to the (marvellous!) Vets triggered a response that, as members of this Club, we should all be proud of. 6 Vets (all of which in rugby retirement or at least, should be!!!) offered their services and took the pitch to help out their Club last Saturday. Jamie Power, Aidan Manahan, Chris Richardson, Steve Martin, Bobby O’Connor and Sam Brennan (Yes, you heard right, Sam Brennan!) all took the pitch to, more than, make up the numbers. We were up to nearly a full squad before kick off with a few recent injured players coming back a week earlier to help the cause. By the end of the first half we had conceded 4 tries against a very well drilled and organised Terenure Team. This Terenure side would have held their own at J3 level, easily. (In fact someone suggested on the day that it was their J3 team) Things looked ominous at half time as we turned to play up the hill and against the elements. A decision was made to add ‘a bit of experience’ at half time….to the pack especially. Skipper Mossy rallied the troops which included coach Iano making his seasonal reappearance. Our second half performance could not have been predicted by anyone who watched the first half! As Sammy and Bobby entered the field and joined the scrum, the average age of the pack nearly doubled! The backrow linked up well with some great breaks off the back of the scrum. Started by Hegarty, then Lloyd, carried on by Ian Mc and Bobby all leading by example. A tight, committed, dogged half of clever, possession rugby by St Marys College RFC ensued. There must have been 300 ‘pick and drives’ in the second half alone! Terenure could hardly get their hands on the ball …. There was a 15 minute spell at the beginning of the second half when Terenure didn’t touch the ball once……as it was firmly stuck up the jumpers of a pack of St Marys College FRC forwards in possession of the most perfect mix of youth, experience, skill and spirit. (Note I didn’t mention fitness levels here!) This dogged 30 minute period was justly rewarded when Seanie Gilheaney picked and drove (again) from 5 yards out, on our 42nd phase ball, to go over the line for our first try of the afternoon! (Referee gave a penalty try in fact as he was unsighted and the tackle made on Seanie as he went over the line was criminal) Never was a try more deserved by a team! It was just rewards for a team thrown together minutes before kick off and was greeted with a great sense of achievement and pride by all wearing a blue jersey on the road pitch! During the post match analysis we discovered that amongst many individual achievements on the day, no record was more impressive than that of Sam Brennan, who (as a result of playing in a league match last Saturday in the year 2012) has now represented St Marys College RFC in competitive rugby in each of the last 5 decades! Well done Sammy! That’s some achievement.

We lost the match but we all felt like winners after the game! The power of sport, the pride in our Club, the St Marys spirit, the joy of team games! Last Saturday had it all!

Many thanks to another one of our guests, Mr Rose of Tralee, Fionan (Elf) Henry.

Bobby O’Connor

J5 XV 3-27 Clontarf

On Saturday the J5’s (2nd’s) put in a strong performance against a good Clontarf side. The St Mary’s side took the early lead with a well taken penalty from Sean Gilheaney early on. That is the way it stayed for most of the half. Late in the half Clontarf went in for a try to make 3-5. A missed penalty shot on goal by us meant that the score remained 3-5 at half time.

The rain got heavy in the 2nd half and made conditions under foot difficult. Clontarf got the early luck and went in for a try mid way through the half. 3-10 Despite a great effort St Mary’s fell away late on. Clontarf went in for a couple of late scores. Final score 3-27.

The defeat rounded off a bad day for the J5 set up. A good effort for the 2nd team which is a development team and complements the efforts of the J4 B very well.

The one that got away! A valiant defeat which could very easily have been a win….in fact, it should have been a win. The level of disappointment after the game is a measure of how far we are moving along as a team. We started well with some good pressure being applied on the Bective defensive line. This eventually resulted in a penalty which Fitzy slotted with ease from 28 meters. 3-0. Somewhat against the run of play, Bective mounted a rare attack into our half after 20 minutes which coughed up a kickable penalty from 30 meters. With the wind at his back, they converted. 3-3. Then completely against the run of play, a good Bective attack with forwards and backs involved carved us open and they touched down out wide. Not converted so 3-8. The Bective team was patchy and had some accomplished players and some who were not. All of their accomplished players got involved in their next play however and they scored again …admittedly through some weak attempts at tackling. Just before half time, we suffered a yellow card. So we were 3-15 at half time knowing that we were the better team. A great resolve to put things right at half time and we were off. Captained by stand in Captain Gareth Lloyd, the St Marys team woke up and played 40 minutes of pressurised and intense rugby. A missed long range penalty was followed up by more pressure on the Bective side who, at times, looked all bent out of shape by this pressure. Our new Brazilian forward, Rodrigo, was passed a ball out wide after a good move through our hands and barrelled over for a well deserved try in the corner. Daly slotted the conversion to make it 10-15 with 15 minutes to go. The next 15 minutes was all St Marys. Credit Bective’s defence, it has to be said, but no matter how we tried we couldn’t get over. We nearly scored 3 times with some outstanding team and individual attempts. We will learn from this match and especially remember the lessons for our upcoming Cup campaign.

Bobby O’Connor

J5 XV 16-10 DLSP

On Friday the J5’s (2nd Team) rounded off their League campaign with a home game against DLSP. We started off the better of the sides. Andy Fitzpatrick struck a penalty early on. 3-0. The St Mary’s side were the stronger side for most of the first half. So great movement across the back line saw us go in for the first try of the game midway through the half. 8-0. This was followed up a minutes later with another try again after some good movement of the ball across the back line. 13-0. DLSP started to put the pressure on for the later stages of the half but were unable to convert pressure into scores. 13-0 at half time.

DLSP got the better of the early exchanges by getting a try 10 minutes into the second half. 13-5. The St Mary’s side started to build some more momentum up. Midway through the half after sustained pressure in the DLSP twenty, out half Andy Fitzpatrick slotted a well hit drop goal. 16-5. For the final quarter DLSP pilled the pressure on again. They went over for their second try. 16-10. For the remaining period of the game St Mary’s showed some great defensive displays keeping DLSP out when the pressure was on. The final score was 16-10 to the J5’s.

A great performance on the night by the lads. It was a great way for the team to round off the league campaign. We have a few weeks now to prepare for our first round cup game. It is an away trip to Kilkenny to face the Normans.

The focus switches back to the first team (J4 B’s) this week who round off their great league campaign with a tough home game against rivals Railway.

And so the J5 Cup Campaign starts! This match was all about Club Rugby in Leinster. Big Club v small Club, City Club v Country Club etc. We played the Normans RFC away, in Knocktopher, Co Kilkenny. The Normans are a brand new Rugby Club, only incorporated last year and are located deep in the heart of Kilkenny Hurling Country. (Ballyhale Shamrocks are in the same parish!) We expected a tough game and we got one. The score doesn’t really reflect the game but does reflect on a patient, skilful and accurate approach by the St Marys J5 Team. On a small pitch, it became apparent early that the Normans were a strong scrummaging and mauling unit that had to be treated respectfully … or else we could have easily ended up in the wrong sort of game. The team was strengthened by the marvellous U21’s who were a great addition to the team. Balf rounded off an excellent individual performance at No. 8 with a four try haul. Padraig Fox, in his first year playing rugby, had his best match (so far!) in a blue jersey…good timing Foxy! Our U21s Olan Cleary, Conor Smith, Gavin Sheridan, Daniel Lyons and Adam Nolan all made a positive and energetic contribution to the game…our thanks to them also … I’m pretty sure the U21’s enjoyed the game …. and the unique J5 crack on the bus on the way home too! We scored 3 more tries to finish with a total of 7 well worked tries. There is a nice balance to this team now and we have (well) earned a semi final, away and against Bective RFC on the w/e 14th April. Marco and Tahar’s contribution to the day should not be under estimated either. In typical country rugby Club fashion, the Normans invited us to a local pub for sandwiches and a glass of sherry (!) after the match. A good bunch of guys there.

Thanks to all who travelled. All focus is now firmly on the semi final.

Bobby O’Connor

O’Connor Cup Semi Final Saturday 14th April in Glenamuck v Bective Rangers RFC

Whereas the eyes of the Club were (quite rightly) fixed on our marvellous firsts in Castle Avenue, a small matter of the O’Connor Cup semi final was occupying the minds of a bunch of J5 rugby players with enough spirit and determination to fill the whole Club! On a wind swept pitch, Bective won the toss, played with the elements and applied pressure through a strong scrum and well drilled pack. Somehow this opening onslaught of nearly 20 minutes was rebuffed time after time, by equally committed waves of St Marys College RFC scramble defence. Rodrigo alone put in 25 tackles in this half when everyone’s tackle count was very high indeed also. After 35 minutes playing with the strong wind, Bective secured a penalty to go 3 0 ahead. On the stroke of half time, Bective ran the ball wide and left…for the first time…and went over in the corner for a try. (This same left hand corner of the pitch was to produce quite a bit of drama late in the second half too!) And we so turned at half time 8 0 down but knowing that, with enough possession, we could still turn this into a win. With limited success at our own lineout and a first 20 minutes of pressure yet again from Bective, we ended up playing defensive rugby … again. We could not get our hands on the ball for long enough periods to clear our lines and set up the attacking platform we needed. Time was ticking by and 30 minutes into the second half, still at 8 0 down, we finally won a penalty on the 10 meter line…one of only two penalties we won all game! Olan Cleary slotted with ease and our team was galvanised … yet again. (How often does a team’s first score deliver that winning confidence!?) From then on, it was all St Marys … the great and welcome addition of the U21 players helped in no small way to use our greater fitness levels for this most crucial part of the game. We finally got clean ball, the lineout started working and with 5 minutes to go, we ran the ball simply and effectively though the hands left and aiming for the same corner that Bective scored in, in the first half. 4 clean passes to our stand in wing, Jack Ebbs, who brilliantly checked his overrun and received the ball behind him, turned without breaking stride, beat the last tackle and scored a great team try in this (particularly busy) corner of the pitch! 8 8 with 4 minutes and a conversion from the sideline to go. (A fully charged defibrillator was handed out to the St Marys College RFC coach on the sideline at this stage!) Olan Cleary (using up 59 of the 60 seconds allowed to take a kick!) struck a conversion between the sticks from an impossible angle! St Marys ahead 10 8 with 3 minutes to go…who would have believed it! This team did! Bective are a good, clever and more mature team and cleverly worked their way back up the pitch and with one minute to go, won a penalty 30 meters out and in front of our posts …probably to win the match. The wind died as the penalty was given, making the kick easier. (The sound of the second charge of the defibrillator on the sideline broke the deafening silence!) As the Bective kicker started his run, the wind returned and thankfully guided the ball 6” wide to the left! What drama! What a game! And nothing more than this team deserved after such a spirited, never lie down, play till the last minute performance! Junior Rugby has never been so dramatic, engaging, heart breaking …. and beautiful to watch! The O’Connor Cup final awaits this spirited team…and that’s the least they deserve.

Bobby O’Connor

Match Report from the Final

Everyone involved, playing and supporting the (wonderful) J5 Team on Tuesday night witnessed quite an incredible night of Junior Cup Rugby …. an amazing advertisement for Junior Rugby which will stay in the memory for a long, long time to come. A truly gripping match which had everything …. Skill, drama, heart break and eventually, after extra time and a highly contested 100 minutes of rugby, elation! As Rynner said just before full time on Tuesday night, “Carlsberg don’t do J5 O’Connor Cup finals, but if they did…!”

We started nervously against a good Clontarf side (with an especially strong and wise, old pack). We took a long time to settle into the match and during that first 30 minutes, we still had the resolve to defend manfully and only allow Clontarf one penalty. 0 3. Our repeated attempts to get the ball wide eventually paid off … with the simplest of back moves. 9 to 10 to 12 to 15 to 11…as simple as it gets and as beautiful a passing move as you will see … which saw Caolan Smith break the line at great pace and deliver a perfect pass to Jack Ebbs who sprinted along the sideline for 40 meters and score in the corner! 5 3 to St Marys at half time and Jack Ebbs on the score sheet again! The try was somewhat against the run of play but St Marys were worthy leaders at half time due to the skill shown in the execution of that try alone. Following up on Hugh Hogan’s inspirational words in the dressing room before kick off, we started the second half in a more relaxed and focused fashion. All pressure by St Marys yet Clontarf broke away and won another kickable penalty. 5 6. 10 minutes later, the inspirational Sam Brennan had to go off injured. (A word on Sam Brennan if I may…who won his first J5 O’Connor Cup medal in 1976…in black and white!...and a full 36 years ago and well before most of his team mates on Tuesday night were even born! That’s the benchmark lads!)) Soon after, our scrum half, Ryan Barnes had to go off injured also. As we tried to re shuffle the team with replacements, Clontarf caught us napping and scored an opportunist try under the posts. They converted to leave it 5 13. Although St Marys looked the more accomplished side, the clever Clontarf forward unit played the game to their strength up front and ate up the clock with rolling mauls from every lineout. With 5 minutes to go, St Marys were on the attack again. This time through our pick and drive. On 5th phase ball, one half of our famous ‘boys from Brazil’ duo Rodrigo, took a lovely pop pass and then, with only 6 Clontarf guys on his back, barrelled over for a try with 3 minutes to go. Our missed conversion left it 10 13 with only 2 minutes to go. (‘Clear’ came the shout from our medic, Vincent Murray, as the team defibrillator was applied (for the first time in this match) to Bobby, Ado and Ian on the sideline!”) The Tarf pack was tiring and the incredible spirit and belief, which has marked this team all year, now appeared to be bursting through the veins of each of the men in Blue. Our pick and drive, one of the best defensive tackles you will ever see by our centre Sean Gilheaney and a hugely important block down by Captain Gareth Lloyd, all ensured that Tarf were pressurised for every second of those 2 minutes. Under this pressure, Tarf then went offside at a ruck, 30 meters out. Penalty to St Marys and all of the time in the second half gone. Sean Gilheaney, socks around his ankles, steps up to take it…..hard to tell if Seanie was striking a penalty or a 45! ….who cares…..between the posts! 13 13 and the referee blows for full time. What drama! 10 minutes per half extra time to come.

If the ideal Junior rugby team has a mix of youth, experience, skill, heart, determination and spirit, then we saw an ideal Junior Rugby team play the 20 minutes of extra time on Tuesday night. With superior fitness levels and the well conditioned U21’s running around the park like, eh, young fellas (!), St Marys owned extra time. Seanie slotted another in the first half of extra time to make it 16 13 and then, half way through the second half of extra time, a great counter attack from a poor clearing kick by Tarf went through 4 simple passes (again) and sent the impressive Cormac Tracey sprinting through a bewildered defensive line for a touchdown to the left of the posts. Seanie converted again to leave it 21 13. We had 2 or 3 more chances to score as Tarf tired and leg cramp was evident everywhere. 100 minutes after kick off and about 8 dog years later, the referee finally blew the final whistle! The St Marys College RFC J5 O’Connor Cup Team are …. Champions!

I can’t let this match report finish without mentioning some of the hidden and incredible stories of the night which, for me, epitomise this team, our own fine Club and ‘real’ Junior rugby. Our brave and tough Captain, Gareth Lloyd, never played rugby before this year. Padraig Fox, second row, never played rugby before this year either. Steve Walkin, prop, only his 5th year of playing rugby. The injured scrum half, Ryan Barnes, begged to be allowed re take the field even though he played the rest of the game with torn ligaments in his ankle. Sam Brennan was there when William Webb Ellis picked up the ball for the very first time…and he togged out again last Tuesday night…what a career…not enough words to describe Sam I’m afraid. The (quiet and retiring) Daniel Lyons at hooker and Jack Ebbs (Tommy Bowe?!) were both asked to play out of position. Not a bother to either of them. Mossy Davin…the heart and soul of this team…played the full 100 minutes of rugby as loose head prop….only his second match ever playing as prop in contested scrums.

Champions all!

15 Caolan Smith

14 Conor O'Beirne

13 Sean Gilheaney

12 Olan Cleary

11 Jack Ebbs

10 Conor Smith

9 Ryan Barnes

8 David Owen Mahon

7 Gareth Lloyd (C)

6 Daniel Hegarty

5 David O'Connell

4 Rodrigo Pucci

3 Maurice Davin

2 Daniel Lyons

1 Sammy Brennan

Subs:

16 Chris Boylan

17 Stephen Walkin

18 Cormac Treacey

19 Padraig Fox

20 David Balfour

Bobby O’Connor

St. Mary's: 1 Conor Kelly, 2 William Andreucetti, 3 Alan Kibble, 4 Marco Pietri, 5 Philip Conway, 6 Andrew Doran, 7 Gareth Lloyd, 8 Daniel Hegarty, 9 Caolan Reid, 10 Daithi Crowley, 11 David Daly, 12 Ian Smith, 13 James Speers, 14 Owen Clery, 15 Tahar Horchani.

Replacements: 16 Padraig Fox, 17 Darragh Coffey, 18 Shane Levins, 19 Tim Henderson.

From the Leinster team sheet.

St. Mary's: 1 Vincent Murray, 2 Hugh Lyons, 3 Conor Kelly, 4 Maurice Davin, 5 Padraig Fox, 6 Chris Boylan, 7 Gareth Lloyd, 8 Daviel Barnwell, 9 Keith McCarthy, 10 Caolan Reid, 11 Stephen Joyce, 12 Tahar Horchani, 13 Ian Smith, 14 Stephen Wisely, 15 Shane Levins.

Replacements: 16 Keith Gavaghan, 17 Anthony O'Hanlon, 18 Neil Evans.

Scorers. Tries: Anthony O'Hanlon, Stephen Joyce. Conversions: Adrian Malone. Penalties: Caolan Reid (per match report).

From the Leinster team sheet.

St. Mary's: 1 Conor Kelly, 2 Maurice Davin, 3 Keith Gavaghan, 4 Chris Boylan, 5 David Balfour, 6 James Hynes, 7 Gareth Lloyd, 8 Paul Travers, 9 Keith McCarthy, 10 Andy Fitzpatrick, 11 Stephen Joyce, 12 Gavin Byrne, 13 Stephen Wisely, 14 Tahar Horchani, 15 Ciaran Ardagh.

Replacements: 16 Vincent Murray, 17 Padraig Fox, 18 Caolan Reid, 19 Ryan Barnes, 20 Daviel Barnwell.

Scorers. Tries: Paul Travers ("Trav"). Conversions: Barnes (per match report).

From the Leinster team sheet.

St. Mary's: 1 Keith Gavaghan, 2 Hugh Lyons, 3 Maurice Davin, 4 Padraig Fox, 5 David Balfour, 6 Gareth Lloyd, 7 James Hynes, 8 Paul Travers, 9 Ryan Barnes, 10 David Daly, 11 Conor McMahon, 12 Daithi Crowley, 13 Finn Considine, 14 Shane Levins, 15 James Speers.

Replacements: 16 Brian Murphy, 17 Chris Boylan, 18 Daniel Hegarty, 19 Gavin Byrne, 20 Owen Clery.

Scorers. One try, scorer not named in the report.

From the Leinster team sheet.

St. Mary's: 1 Vincent Murray, 2 Hugh Lyons, 3 Keith Gavaghan, 4 Padraig Fox, 5 Maurice Davin, 6 Darragh Coffey, 7 Daniel Hegarty, 8 Gavin Sheridan, 9 Keith McCarthy, 10 Andy Fitzpatrick, 11 Stephen Joyce, 12 Darragh Crowley, 13 Caolan Smith, 14 Conor O'Beirne, 15 Tahar Horchani.

Replacements: 16 Caolan Reid.

From the Leinster team sheet.

St. Mary's: 1 Keith Gavaghan, 2 Chris Boylan, 3 Padraig Fox, 4 Karl Waine, 5 David O'Connell, 6 Daniel Hegarty, 7 Tony Smith, 8 Tom Keogan, 9 Paul Kerin, 10 Andy Fitzpatrick, 11 Gareth Lloyd, 12 Fergal Ward, 13 Gavin Sheridan, 14 Tahar Horchani, 15 Caolan Reid.

Replacements: 16 Maurice Davin.

From the Leinster team sheet.

St. Mary's: 1 Vincent Murray, 2 Hugh Lyons, 3 Keith Gavaghan, 4 Karl Waine, 5 Chris Boylan, 6 Gareth Lloyd, 7 Cillian Walsh, 8 Mark Byrne, 9 Keith McCarthy, 10 Andy Fitzpatrick, 11 Fergal Ward, 12 Gavin Sheridan, 13 Olan Cleary, 14 Marco Pietri, 15 Tahar Horchani.

Replacements: 16 Ian McCarthy, 17 Daniel Hegarty, 18 Ryan Barnes, 19 Stephen Joyce, 20 Stephen Wisely.

Scorers. Tries: Andy Fitzpatrick. Penalties: Andy Fitzpatrick (per match report).

From the Leinster team sheet.

St. Mary's: 1 Keith Gavaghan, 2 Lorcan Byrne, 3 Chris Boylan, 4 Padraig Fox, 5 Maurice Davin, 6 David Balfour, 7 Gareth Lloyd, 8 David Browne, 9 Ryan Barnes, 10 Adrian Malone, 11 Darren Gorey, 12 Keith McCarthy, 13 Fergal Ward, 14 Marco Pietri, 15 Caolan Reid.

Replacements: 16 Karl Waine, 17 Darragh Coffey, 18 Daniel Hegarty, 19 Gavin Byrne, 20 Lucas Leal Sampaio.

Scorers. Tries: Jody Brooks, James Hynes. Conversions: Adrian Malone (1; the second conversion is not attributed). Penalties: Adrian Malone (2) (per match report).

From the Leinster team sheet.

St. Mary's: 1 Chris Boylan, 2 Maurice Davin, 3 Keith Gavaghan, 4 Padraig Fox, 5 Marco Pietri, 6 Darragh Coffey, 7 Gareth Lloyd, 8 David Balfour, 9 Keith McCarthy, 10 Andy Fitzpatrick, 11 Gavin Byrne, 12 Ryan Barnes, 13 Daithi Crowley, 14 Andrew Doran, 15 Colin O'Neill.

Replacements: 16 Vincent Murray, 17 David Browne, 18 Karl Waine, 19 Shane Levins, 20 Caolan Reid.

Scorers. Tries: Keith McCarthy, Brooks. Conversions: Daly (per match report).

From the Leinster team sheet.

St. Mary's: 1 Keith Gavaghan, 2 Maurice Davin, 3 Vincent Murray, 4 Michael Donnelly, 5 Chris Boylan, 6 Gareth Lloyd, 7 Padraig Fox, 8 Paul Travers, 9 Ryan Barnes, 10 Daithi Crowley, 11 Fergal Ward, 12 Sean Gilheaney, 13 Colin O'Neill, 14 Tahar Horchani, 15 Caolan Reid.

Replacements: 16 Daniel Hegarty, 17 Karl Waine, 18 Sam Brennan, 19 Bobby O'Connor.

Scorers. Penalty try (Sean Gilheaney driven over) (per match report).

From the Leinster team sheet.

St. Mary's: 1 Michael Donnelly, 2 Hugh Lyons, 3 Keith Gavaghan, 4 Marco Pietri, 5 Padraig Fox, 6 Maurice Davin, 7 Gareth Lloyd, 8 Ian McCarthy, 9 Ryan Barnes, 10 Caolan Reid, 11 Gavin Byrne, 12 Gary Weldon, 13 Sean Gilheaney, 14 Tahar Horchani, 15 Tom Ryan.

Replacements: 16 Steve Conboy, 17 Karl Waine, 18 Cian McMahon, 19 Adrian Malone, 20 Darren Gorey.

Scorers. Penalties: Sean Gilheaney (per match report).

From the Leinster team sheet.

St. Mary's: 1 Brian Murphy, 2 Chris Boylan, 3 Keith Gavaghan, 4 Maurice Davin, 5 Darragh Coffey, 6 Karl Waine, 7 Gareth Lloyd, 8 Marco Pietri, 9 Keith McCarthy, 10 Andy Fitzpatrick, 11 Lucas Leal Sampaio, 12 Guillermo Ferreiro Neto, 13 Gavin Byrne, 14 Tahar Horchani, 15 Ryan Barnes.

Replacements: 16 Vincent Murray, 17 Caolan Smith, 18 Rodrigo Camargo Pucci, 19 Fergal Ward, 20 Colin O'Neill.

Scorers. Tries: Rodrigo (Camargo Pucci). Conversions: Daly. Penalties: Andy Fitzpatrick (per match report).

From the Leinster team sheet.

St. Mary's: 1 Vincent Murray, 2 Chris Boylan, 3 Keith Gavaghan, 4 Maurice Davin, 5 Padraig Fox, 6 Paul Travers, 7 Gareth Lloyd, 8 Rodrigo Camargo Pucci, 9 Ryan Barnes, 10 Andy Fitzpatrick, 11 Tahar Horchani, 12 Sean Gilheaney, 13 Guillermo Ferreiro Neto, 14 Andrew Doran, 15 Cian McMahon.

Replacements: 16 Marco Pietri, 17 Joseph Morrin, 18 Gavin Byrne, 19 Caolan Reid, 20 Lucas Leal Sampaio.

Scorers. Penalties: Andy Fitzpatrick. Drop goals: Andy Fitzpatrick. Two tries, scorers not named (per match report).

From the Leinster team sheet.

St. Mary's: 1 Chris Boylan, 2 Hugh Lyons, 3 Joseph Morrin, 4 Padraig Fox, 5 Rodrigo Camargo Pucci, 6 Gavin Sheridan, 7 Gareth Lloyd, 8 Adam Nolan, 9 Ryan Barnes, 10 Conor Smith, 11 Joshua Essuman, 12 Olan Cleary, 13 Caolan Smith, 14 Tahar Horchani, 15 Andy Fitzpatrick.

Replacements: 16 Jack Ebbs, 17 Cian McMahon, 18 Dylan Croke, 19 Lucas Leal Sampaio, 20 Gary Weldon.

Scorers. Tries: Balf (David Balfour) (4) + 3 others not named – 7 tries in all (per match report).

From the Leinster team sheet.

St. Mary's: 1 Maurice Davin, 2 Daniel Lyons, 3 Steve Walkin, 4 Padraig Fox, 5 David-Owen Mahon, 6 Daniel Hegarty, 7 Gareth Lloyd, 8 Rodrigo Camargo Pucci, 9 David Neville, 10 Conor Smith, 11 Jack Ebbs, 12 Olan Cleary, 13 Conor O'Beirne, 14 Andy Fitzpatrick, 15 Caolan Smith.

Replacements: 16 Chris Boylan, 17 Eoin O'Neill, 18 David O'Connell, 19 Hugh Lyons.

Scorers. Tries: Jack Ebbs. Conversions: Olan Cleary. Penalties: Olan Cleary (per match report).

From the Leinster team sheet.

St. Mary's: 1 Sam Brennan, 2 Daniel Lyons, 3 Maurice Davin, 4 David O'Connell, 5 Rodrigo Camargo Pucci, 6 Daniel Hegarty, 7 Gareth Lloyd, 8 David-Owen Mahon, 9 Ryan Barnes, 10 Conor Smith, 11 Jack Ebbs, 12 Olan Cleary, 13 Sean Gilheaney, 14 Conor O'Beirne, 15 Caolan Smith.

Replacements: 16 Chris Boylan, 17 Steve Walkin, 18 Cormac Treacy, 19 Padraig Fox, 20 David Balfour.

Scorers. Tries: Jack Ebbs, Rodrigo Camargo Pucci, Cormac Treacy. Penalties: Sean Gilheaney (2). The report also says Gilheaney converted the last try, which would make 23, not 21 (per match report).

From the Leinster team sheet.

Source: J5's Season 2011-2012 (welcome letter).

Welcome along to the J5's for season 2011-2012. We welcome back layers who have played with us before. We are delighted to welcome new players.

A brief history for new players: Playing competitively for the last five or six years. We previously competed in the J4 League. The J5 League was only set up two seasons ago. We won the League last season for the first time ever (first in the history of the club as there was never a J5 League before). Also last season, we were O’Connor Cup semi finalists and finalists in the D.P. Smyth J5 Blitz.

We plan to run two league teams this season. The J5 Team to play in the bottom tier of the J4 League and the J5 B Team in the J5 League.

The coaches this season are Ian McCarthy and Andy Fitzpatrick. Ian Kelly is the assistant coach. Ian McCarthy will be taking the lead role in pre season training.

We hope you are looking forward to the new season. We will meet in early September for a team chat.

Enjoy Pre Season.

Mossy, on behalf of the J5 Management Team

Source: J5's Update Season 2011-2012.

Teamer

From now on Teamer will be purely used for Match notifications. Can everyone please reply to these notifications by Text or on the Internet? This will allow us plan for the matches as we will know who is available. We would ask you to let us know your availability if possible by Tuesday every week.

Training

Training is as normal at 7pm ON PITCH every Monday and Wednesday in the Club. If you cannot make it please text one of the coaches or let us know by email

Management Team Details: Captain Eamonn Walsh; Coach Ian McCarthy; Assistant Coaches Ian Kelly and Adrian Malone; Manager Maurice (Mossy) Davin

Mossy, on behalf of the J5 Management Team

Source: Bobby O'Connor (President profile 2023).

Bobby also coached the 2011/12 J5 O’Connor Cup winning team which he brought to success with Mossy Davin as Captain (The 100-minute match!)

D O’Brien, September 2023

Source: St. Mary's College RFC & The O'Connor Cup for website (with photo captions); photo J5 2012.jpg.

Back row: Gareth Lloyd (J5 Captain), Joseph Morrin, Ronan Foley, Daniel Hegarty, Tahar Horchani, David Neville, James Hynes and Bobby O'Connor (Coach)

Middle row: Ian Kelly, Adrian Malone, David Browne, Keith McCarthy, Jody Brooks, Vincent Murray, Eamonn Walsh, Chris Boylan, Padraig Fox, Karl Waine, Keith Gavaghan, Stephen Walkin and Lorcan Byrne

Front row: Andrew Doran, James Nolan, Darragh Coffey, Conor O'Beirne, John Gilsenan (President), Maurice Davin (Manager) and Sam Brennan. On the Ground: Shane Levins, David Daly and Owen Clery

Source: photos/_photos_index (description of J5 Final Program 2012 / _Page_1.jpg / _Page_2.jpg).

Leinster Rugby programme: O'Connor Cup Final, Clontarf v St Marys College, Donnybrook, Tuesday 24 April, kick-off 7.30pm.

St Marys: 15 Caolan Smith, 14 Conor O'Beirne, 13 Sean Gilheaney, 12 Olan Cleary, 11 Jack Ebbs, 10 Conor Smith, 9 Ryan Barnes, 1 Sammy Brennan, 2 Daniel Lyons, 3 Maurice Davin, 4 Rodrigo Camargo Pucci, 5 David O'Connell, 6 Daniel Hegarty, 7 Gareth Lloyd (captain), 8 David Owen Mahon; replacements 16 Chris Boylan, 17 Stephen Walkin, 18 Cormac Treacy, 19 Padraig Fox, 20 David Balfour.

Clontarf: Daniel Kavanagh, Kevin Curtis, Ian Flood, Berian Davies, Paudie Sweeney, Kevin O'Mahony, Stuart O'Brien, Ivan Skelly, Chris Egan, Kieron O'Brien, Dave Duffy (capt), Scott Fisher, Andy Clifford, Adam Skelly, Alan Crowley; replacements Tommy Campbell, Ian Browne, Mark McGovern, Phil O'Connor, Ben Teeling.

Referee Eoin Halpin (LRR); sub referee Bernard Doyle; touch judge Patrick Cherry.

Source: J4-J5 Junior Rugby History (2006-2017).

2012 was another great year for the J5’s. Winning the O’Connor cup final, beating Clontarf after extra time. The famous 110 minute match!!