Club and Community Finals Programme March 24th
Bank of Ireland Junior Plate and Cup Finals Programme
Bank of Ireland Junior Plate and Cup Finals Programme
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Bank of irel<strong>and</strong> junior plate & cup <strong>Finals</strong><br />
Sunday, <strong>24th</strong> march<br />
at dexcom stadium<br />
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2022/23 Snapshots
<strong>Club</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
A word from Head of <strong>Club</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>Community</strong>, Joe Gorham<br />
<strong>Finals</strong> Day at the mecca that is<br />
Dexcom Stadium is the pinnacle<br />
of our <strong>Club</strong> <strong>and</strong> School players’<br />
ambitions. It is a day of celebration for<br />
the whole of Connacht Rugby.<br />
It is truly a memorable occasion for all<br />
concerned which, undoubtedly, will<br />
be a source of conversation with your<br />
teammates in the many years ahead.<br />
The sport of rugby allows for all our<br />
players to realise the limits of their<br />
ambitions, it allows us to create lifelong<br />
memories, however, most importantly,<br />
it is the maker of lifelong friendships.<br />
There is no better feeling than to lift<br />
a Cup, Plate or Bowl alongside your<br />
teammates while representing your<br />
club or school. It is all about People <strong>and</strong><br />
Place.<br />
Sport also reflects life, in that, with<br />
every cup final there must be a winner
<strong>and</strong> a loser. Regardless of winning<br />
or losing, the hope is that everyone<br />
involved on <strong>Finals</strong> Days will have a<br />
quality experience on their big day.<br />
The advent of the new pitch at<br />
Dexcom Stadium has allowed <strong>Club</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>Community</strong> the opportunity to<br />
host additional Cup <strong>and</strong> League <strong>Finals</strong><br />
(male <strong>and</strong> female/<strong>Club</strong> & school)<br />
this season. In fact, we are hugely<br />
excited to host over 40 <strong>Club</strong> & School<br />
finals over the course of the next few<br />
months.<br />
Volunteers, Coaches <strong>and</strong> Managers<br />
to get you to this day. Volunteers<br />
are the life-blood of our sport <strong>and</strong> it<br />
would be remiss of me, on this day of<br />
celebration, not to say a huge thank<br />
you to each <strong>and</strong> every <strong>Club</strong> & School<br />
Volunteer for the magical work you<br />
put in day in <strong>and</strong> day out for the cause<br />
that is rugby in Connacht.<br />
Finally, we at <strong>Club</strong> & <strong>Community</strong><br />
rugby wish all our finalists <strong>and</strong> their<br />
loyal supporters the very best of luck<br />
on the day.<br />
On <strong>Finals</strong> Days, we must never<br />
forget the huge amount of work <strong>and</strong><br />
personal sacrifice put in by all the<br />
Connacht Abú.
Junior plate Final<br />
Referees: keith haverty, christian short (ar1), joe gleeson (Ar2)<br />
Sligo rugby
Junior plate Final<br />
Referees: keith haverty, christian short (ar1), joe gleeson (Ar2)<br />
tuam rfc
sligo rugby MANAGEMENT<br />
Enda Gavin<br />
Head Coach<br />
Taylor Anderson<br />
Coach<br />
Archie MacLean<br />
Coach<br />
Jimmy Gavin<br />
Team Manager<br />
Hagan McQuaid<br />
Team Manager<br />
Ciaran O’Connor<br />
S&C<br />
Warner Wilders<br />
Physio<br />
Elite Sports Video<br />
Video Analysis
tuam RFC MANAGEMENT<br />
barry ruane<br />
Head Coach<br />
sean le leivre<br />
Backs Coach<br />
john donnellan<br />
Assistant Coach<br />
seamus gannon<br />
Assistant Coach<br />
sarah jane fox<br />
Team Manager<br />
owen lydon<br />
Team Manager<br />
stuart barrows<br />
Physio
Junior cup Final<br />
Referees: shane tuohy, christian short (ar1), joe o’donnell (ar2)<br />
Connemara RFC
Junior cup Final<br />
Referees: shane tuohy, christian short (ar1), joe o’donnell (ar2)<br />
dunmore RFC
Connemara rfc MANAGEMENT<br />
Ambrose Conboy<br />
Head Coach<br />
Mike O’Toole<br />
Backs Coach<br />
Joe O’Connell<br />
Team Manager<br />
Rory O’Toole<br />
Team Administrator<br />
Gerard Faherty<br />
Kit Manager<br />
Alan daly<br />
Physio (Back in Motion)
Dunmore RFC MANAGEMENT<br />
Gerry Kelly<br />
Coach<br />
martin cummins<br />
Coach<br />
Jimmy Coen<br />
Coach<br />
Michael Corless<br />
Coach<br />
Mark Coen<br />
Kicking Coach<br />
Donal Raftery<br />
Manager/Coach<br />
Tery Conway<br />
Physio
finals preview<br />
This Sunday, 24 th <strong>March</strong> sees the next round<br />
of Bank of Irel<strong>and</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>and</strong> Schools finals in<br />
Dexcom Stadium. The Junior Plate Final will<br />
take place at 1:00 PM followed by the Junior<br />
Cup Final at 3:30 PM.<br />
The first final of the day is the Bank of Irel<strong>and</strong><br />
Junior Plate Final which will see Tuam RFC take<br />
on Sligo Rugby. These two teams have yet to<br />
face each other this season. Tuam narrowly<br />
missed out on a Junior Cup qualifying place<br />
with a 19-14 loss against Castlebar RFC in<br />
the Round of 16. This loss meant they drew<br />
Galwegians RFC 2nds at home in their<br />
Plate Quarterfinal where they took their<br />
learnings from their Cup loss <strong>and</strong> came away<br />
with a definitive 20-0 win to see them into<br />
the Junior Plate Semi-<strong>Finals</strong>. Their Semi-Final<br />
saw them face Westport RFC in a rematch from<br />
the J1A League where Tuam narrowly won<br />
28-26. Tuam once again came away with a<br />
hotly ontested win against Westport where a<br />
19-15 win sealed their place in the Junior Plate<br />
final at Dexcom Stadium. Sligo Rugby 2nds<br />
faced Buccaneers RFC 2nds in their Junior Cup<br />
Round of 16 match where they fell just short<br />
with a 17-6 defeat to the away side. Their Junior<br />
Plate Quarterfinal saw Loughrea RFC travel to<br />
Hamilton Park to face the Sligo Rugby side in a<br />
thriller of a match where Sligo eventually came<br />
away with a 19-15 win. Sligo then went on to<br />
face a strong Monivea RFC side in their home<br />
Junior Plate Semi-Final where they claimed<br />
the victory with a 23-17 win seeing them into<br />
the Junior Plate Final at Dexcom Stadium this<br />
Sunday. Sure to be an electric atmosphere, this
match is not to be missed. The Bank of Irel<strong>and</strong><br />
Junior Plate Final is at 1:00 PM on Sun, 24 th<br />
<strong>March</strong> in Dexcom Stadium.<br />
The second, <strong>and</strong> last, final of the day will see<br />
Connemara RFC take on first time finalists<br />
Dunmore RFC in the Bank of Irel<strong>and</strong> Junior<br />
Cup Final. Connemara RFC have had a strong<br />
season up until now, topping the Bank of<br />
Irel<strong>and</strong> J1A League table <strong>and</strong> only loosing<br />
the final in Dexcom against Creggs RFC by 3<br />
points. An impressive side, it was no surprise<br />
to see the All-Blacks name in the Junior Cup<br />
final. In their Junior Cup campaign, they beat<br />
Galwegians 2nds convincingly before facing<br />
their season rivals Creggs RFC where they<br />
came away with a 28-18 win at home in their<br />
Cup Quarter-Final. This drew them Castlebar<br />
RFC in their home Semi-Final which was sure<br />
to be a good contest. Connemara claimed<br />
the victory 31-17 to see them through to the<br />
Junior Cup Final <strong>and</strong> second finals appearance<br />
in Dexcom Stadium this season. Dunmore<br />
RFC will be greatly up for the challenge of<br />
facing the Connemara side <strong>and</strong> will be sure<br />
to bring the energy within the team <strong>and</strong> their<br />
supporters on this momentous occasion. Their<br />
first ever Junior Cup Final, Dunmore RFC have<br />
impressed this season, especially in the Junior<br />
Cup. Having come 4th in the J1A League after<br />
wins against University of Galway RFC <strong>and</strong><br />
Castlebar RFC in the 4 th place playoff. Their<br />
losses in the league were close, <strong>and</strong> Dunmore<br />
have only strengthened themselves since. In<br />
the Junior Cup, Dunmore faced Westport RFC<br />
in their Round of 16, winning 33-18 <strong>and</strong> then<br />
drew old rivals University of Galway in their<br />
Quarterfinal where Dunmore took the 19-7 win<br />
at home. Their Cup Semi-Final was away to J1B<br />
League winners Buccaneers 2nds, but this didn’t<br />
deter the Dunmore side as they took the 36-5<br />
win. Dunmore <strong>and</strong> Connemara met in the 7 th<br />
Round of the J1A League where Connemara<br />
sealed the win 36-20, <strong>and</strong> this Sunday’s final is<br />
sure to be closely contested as Dunmore have<br />
only improved as a team since. The Bank of<br />
Irel<strong>and</strong> Junior Cup Final is at 3:30 PM on Sun,<br />
24 th <strong>March</strong> in Dexcom Stadium. The Junior<br />
Cup will be live streamed by StreamSport with<br />
commentary by Galway Bay FM.<br />
Find more information <strong>and</strong> purchase the stream<br />
here.<br />
Fans are encouraged to buy their tickets in<br />
advance as all 2024 finals will be cashless. Tickets<br />
can be purchased here.
Junior plate final<br />
sligo rugby message<br />
“On behalf of Sligo Rugby <strong>Club</strong>, I would like to extend a<br />
very warm welcome to everyone at Dexcom Stadium on the<br />
occasion of the Connacht Junior Cup <strong>and</strong> Plate finals. We<br />
hope for enjoyable, competitive games <strong>and</strong> most of all ones<br />
that are injury-free.<br />
I wish the very best to our players, coaches <strong>and</strong> management<br />
of Sligo Rugby in their game against Tuam RFC in the Junior<br />
Plate final, <strong>and</strong> also to the esteemed team of officials.<br />
Best wishes also to both teams competing in the Junior Cup<br />
final.“ - Rory Raftery, President Sligo Rugby 2023/24<br />
tuam rfc message<br />
“On behalf of Tuam RFC I would like to wish the lads all<br />
the best in today’s Junior Plate final. The whole club is<br />
behind the team <strong>and</strong> Management <strong>and</strong> we are all looking<br />
forward to a good game. Do us proud lads for all in<br />
Tuam RFC!”<br />
Junior cup final<br />
connemara rfc MESSAGE<br />
“We at Connemara RFC are Wishing our Junior Team<br />
<strong>and</strong> Management the best of luck in their cup Final<br />
against dunmore RFC!“<br />
dunmore rfc MESSAGE<br />
“Dunmore RFC commitee, coaches, players, youths<br />
<strong>and</strong> Minis would like to wish our J1A team the best<br />
of luck in the Connacht Junior Cup final this<br />
Sunday. The entire club <strong>and</strong> wider community are<br />
behind you all the way.”
Upcoming <strong>Finals</strong><br />
SUNDAY, 7th APRIL<br />
11am: bank of irel<strong>and</strong> Women’s Plate Final<br />
1:30pm: bank of irel<strong>and</strong> Women’s cup final<br />
SUNDAY, 14th APRIL<br />
11am: Bank of Irel<strong>and</strong> u14 girls cup final<br />
12:30pm: Bank of Irel<strong>and</strong> u16 girls cup final<br />
2:30pm: Bank of Irel<strong>and</strong> u18 girls cup final<br />
SUNDAY, 21st APRIL<br />
11am: bank of irel<strong>and</strong> U14 Boys Cup FINAL<br />
12:30pm: bank of irel<strong>and</strong> U16 Boys Cup FINAL<br />
2:30PM: bank of irel<strong>and</strong> U18.5 Boys Cup FINAL