Much anticipation and expectation surrounded Balbriggan’s achievement on reaching the Leinster U15 Plate Final against Barnhall in Donnybrook Stadium.
The 2 teams hadn’t met each other before Sunday’s match and Barnhall made a storming start scoring an unconverted try in the opening 2 minutes. Continue reading →

Balbriggan’s U15’s are in the Leinster U15 School/Youth Plate Final taking place this Sunday May 7th in Donnybrook. Balbriggan’s U15’s will play MU Barnhall. KO 2pm. Best of luck to Victor and all the team. Please come along and support the team if you can.

Balbriggan RFC are delighted to announce Progressive Credit Union as a key corporate sponsor for the club. Brian Howard, Marketing & Development Manager of Progressive Credit Union, presented the club with a cheque for €5,000 this evening. Progressive Credit Union (PCU) has a long connection with Balbriggan, and in 2017 is celebrating 50 years of serving the community. Club President David McFadden thanked PCU on behalf of the club and said that we are looking forward to working with PCU now and into the future.

The sun shone on Balbriggan RFC as the Pat Browne Cup Final took place on Thursday evening. The Cup Final saw St George’s NS and St Molaga’s NS competing for the memorial trophy. This was one of the most exciting finals yet, with two strong teams representing their schools. Both teams were cheered on by some fantastic support from the sidelines. Full-time arrived, and with the teams level, the game went to “golden try” extra time. First to score a try would win and it was Molaga’s who got that vital try to seal their victory. Congratulations to St Molaga’s on their win. Also well done to St George’s on a great game.
Rita Browne presented medals to both teams. She also presented the Cup to the winning team.
Thanks to all who participated in the Pat Browne Tournament, both in the heats back in March, and in the final last night. Thanks also to Glenn Predy, Balbriggan CCRO, Stephen Costelloe, Fingal CCRO, and Eamon Darcy for all their work in ensuring the smooth-running of this competition.

Balbriggan RFC hosted the Women’s Rugby World Cup trophy as part of it’s nationwide tour in the build-up to Ireland hosting the Women’s Rugby World Cup this Summer. To mark the occasion, the club held a ‘Women In Sport’ themed event, that included tag rugby for girls. We were delighted to have Ireland International Marie Louise ‘Maz’ Reilly in attendance for the evening. Girls from various sports including O’Dwyer’s GAA football team, Bracken Boxing Club, Balbriggan FC and Leinster Cricket joined ladies and girls rugby players from Balbriggan RFC. A team of girls also travelled from Ashbourne RFC. Those in attendance included Tess Maritz of Leinster Cricket, Niamh Fay winner of several Irish boxing titles and member of the Ireland boxing team that will compete this month in the European Championships along with Dublin champion boxers Molly Bennett, Kacie Caldwell and Dympna Whelan. On behalf of Balbriggan RFC we would like to thank Alex Denby for bringing the WRWC to Balbriggan, Maz Reilly and everyone else that made the special effort to come to Balbriggan RFC

The Jenkinson Cup final takes place on Saturday at Boyne RFC. Balbriggan’s IXV will play Ardee in the final. KO 6pm.

The U13’s are in the North East Shield Final this Sunday. They play North Meath at Navan RFC. KO 1oam.

Best of luck from all at Balbriggan RFC. Come along if you can to support the teams in their respective finals.

Balbriggan were unlucky to lose out to Naas in the semi-final of the Seconds Towns Cup on Sunday. Final score 16 v 19. The Balbriggan team put in a great performance, against a very strong Naas side.
Balbriggan had the benefit of the wind in the first half, but even so went in at half-time 9 v 13 down, through three penalties kicked by Geordie Boyce. They then faced the daunting task of a strong wind against a strong Naas who were now in the lead. Though Naas dominated for much of the first 20 minutes of the second half, they failed to add to their tally and it was Balbriggan who came closest to scoring a try. With just about 8 minutes to go, Naas added to their lead with a penalty. 16 v 9. Balbriggan had a mountain to climb. The lads showed true character, led as ever by Ciaran Malone to fight their way back. They were denied a try with 5 minutes to go as there was no clear grounding of the ball to the referee. Balbriggan came again, and after a number of surges through their forwards, they scored a try through Dave Healy. This was converted by Andrew Miller, bringing the scores level, 16 v 16. However, soon after the restart, Naas were awarded a penalty which they converted, 16 v 19. Balbriggan were allowed to restart but this was the last play, and unfortunately time was up on their Cup ambitions. A great effort all round by the Balbriggan team, who just came up short. They still have the Jenkinson Cup final to look forward to later this month.