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Longford RFC Club News 13/01/2020

Monday 13th January, 2020



By Tommy Butler Longford RFC PROSenior MenLeinster LeagueThe J1 and J2 matches versus Carlow were called off due to the passing of one of Carlow’s Past Presidents. The match will be refixed for January 26th instead. Longford’s first match of the season will therefore be at home to run...

Carlow v Longford Senior Men Preview

Friday 10th January, 2020



Longford Senior Men’s Teams are back in action in the Leinster League this Sunday. As regards the league there are five matches remaining. The good news is that all is still to play for. The J1 team are now most probably competing for second place as Monkstown are currently thirteen points...

Longford RFC Club News 06/01/2020

Monday 06th January, 2020



Senior MenMidland League FinalAn understrength Longford team took on Mullingar in the Midland League Final for the Chris Glennon Cup on Sunday December 29th. Roscrea RFC hosted the match where the hosting club also took on Tullamore in the Bowl Final. Longford got off to a slow start playing...

Longford RFC Club News 16/12/2019

Tuesday 17th December, 2019



By Tommy Butler Longford RFC PROSenior MenLeinster LeagueLongford Senior Men’s Teams take a break from league action until the New Year. As regards the league there are five matches remaining. The good news is that all is still to play for. The J1 team are now most probably competing for...


Longford Rugby Club are delighted to announce that the club has been awarded a provisional grant of €491,231 for the extension of our current 4G artificial training area to a full size state of the art flood light community artificial pitch. The pitch when finished will be one of the only fully...


081219 Leinster Women’s League Division 4 Longford 12 New Ross 32By Nuala McGoey Longford Senior Women’s Head CoachLongford Ladies faced New Ross at home in what would be their last match before the Christmas break. They were hoping to keep their home winning streak alive, but tough...

Longford RFC Club News 09/12/2019

Tuesday 10th December, 2019



By Tommy Butler Longford RFC PROSenior MenLongford’s J1 Senior Men got back on the winning trail on Sunday with a hard fought win versus DLSP in Dublin yesterday. This keeps them very much in the battle for promotion from Division 1B. This was the last league match of the 2019, with the league...


081219 Leinster League Division 1B DLSP 8 Longford 17By Tommy Butler Longford RFC PROLongford Senior Men’s J1 XV are back on the winning trail after grinding out a win in difficult conditions on the road versus De La Salle Palmerstown (DLSP) yesterday. Longford came into the match on the back...

Longford Women bounce back against Wanderers

Wednesday 04th December, 2019



02/12/2019 Leinster Women’s League Division 4 Longford 10 Wanderers 3By Nuala McGoey Longford Senior Women’s Head CoachLongford Women took on Wanderers at CPL Park on Sunday. Following on from last week's narrow defeat, it was important to get back to winning ways. This was...

Longford RFC Club News 04/12/2019

Wednesday 04th December, 2019



By Tommy Butler Longford RFC PROSenior MenLongford’s J1 Senior Men were back in CPL Park on Sunday looking to bounce back from a defeat the previous Sunday versus Clondalkin. The challenge was not going to be easy as Tullow are always a difficult side to put away and one which Longford needed to...


01/12/2019 Leinster League Division 1B Longford J1 11 Tullow 13By Tommy Butler Longford RFC PRO at CPL Park, Longford.It was another case of close but no cigar for Longford when they succumbed to a two point loss to the men from Carlow. In a similar fashion to the opening match of the season where...

Longford RFC Club News 25/11/2019

Wednesday 27th November, 2019



Senior MenLongford Senior Men were back in CPL Park on Sunday where they relented on their good run of form with a loss versus Clondalkin. The match marks the end of the first phase of the league with Longford hosting Tullow in the return match next Sunday. Longford are well placed to challenge for...


26/11/2019 Leinster League Division 1B Longford 1st XV 17 Clondalkin 1st XV 22by Niall Moran Longford RFC Director of RugbyThe 1st XV came a cropper on Sunday, when they lost to Clondalkin in decent conditions in CPL Park. The homesters had struggled the previous time out to close out the match...

Longford RFC Club News 18/11/2019

Wednesday 20th November, 2019



By Tommy Butler Longford RFC PROSenior MenLongford Senior Men had the weekend off. They welcome Clondalkin to CPL Park on Sunday in what is the final match of Phase 1 of the league. Clondalkin are familiar foes of Longford with the two sides having had many duels over the last decade with honours more...


Longford RFC Profile SeriesBy Tommy Butler Longford RFC PRO in conversation with Ronie Rutherford.Name: Ronie Rutherford (Masterson).Hometown: Lanesboro, Co. Longford.Role: Longford Rugby Clubs Senior Men’s Physio.Qualifications: Physical Therapist, Manipulation Therapist...

Longford Senior Women make it 5 from 5

Wednesday 13th November, 2019



10/11/2019 Leinster Women’s League Division 4 Longford 31 CYM 0 Longford Women faced CYM in a top of the table clash at home and were looking to keep their unbeaten start to the season going. Longford received from the kick off and immediately put pressure on the away side. Longford were...

Longford RFC Club News 11/11/2019

Tuesday 12th November, 2019



By Tommy Butler Longford RFC PROSenior MenLongford Senior Men secured a good bonus point win on the road to Boyne on Sunday to continue their pursuit of Monkstown in first place. The J2 side were awarded a walk over after Boyne disappointingly cancelled the match on Sunday morning. A friendly may be...


10/11/2019 Leinster League Division 1B Boyne 29 Longford 36By Tommy Butler Longford RFC PROLongford emerged from Shamrock Park, Drogheda with a bonus point win courtesy of five tries in a roller coaster match versus Boyne RFC. Longford and Boyne are not familiar foes as Boyne plied their trade in...


If you watched and enjoyed the Rugby World Cup why take a trip to Longford Rugby Club?By Tommy Butler Longford RFC PROOne of the best Rugby World Cups ever is over. Congratulations to the winners, South Africa who are the first team ever to lift the Webb Ellis trophy after losing a pool game. The South...

Longford RFC Club News 04/11/2019

Tuesday 05th November, 2019



By Tommy Butler Longford RFC PROSenior MenLongford Senior Men took on Cill Dara in CPL Park on Sunday looking to get back on the winning trail after succumbing to Monkstown two weeks ago. They certainly did that with a 43-18 bonus point win and moved back into second in the table. Next up is a trip to...







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