Mens - Match Reports
Longford Performance & Development XVs score home wins v Carlow
Monday 28th November, 2016
27/11/2016 Leinster League Division 2A Longford Performance XV 23 Carlow 20Longford Performance XV retained the top spot in Leinster League division 2A with an astonishing 12 point comeback against Carlow at CPL Park on Sunday. The visitors looked to have an unassailable lead when an intercept...
longford go 3 points clear at the top of Division 2A
Monday 14th November, 2016
13/11/16 Leinster League Division 2A Cill Dara 18 Longford Performance XV 22Longford RFC's Performance Team two opening half tries proved decisive in their bid to continue their winning ways and secure the top spot in Leinster League division 2A on the road last Sunday. The...
Longford keep up momentum with bonus point win in Newbridge
Monday 07th November, 2016
061116 Leinster League Division 2A Newbridge 12 Longford 29Longford
Senior Men's First XV put together another fine performance last Sunday to
secure another bonus point win over a Newbridge team that could not contain the
consistency and accuracy of a side that is growing in confidence...
Longford 1st XV score comprehensive win v Roscrea in the league
Tuesday 25th October, 2016
Leinster League Division 2A Longford 46 Roscrea 09Longford
first XV completed the promise of the first half of last weekâs Leinster League
division 2 outing by treating a visiting Roscrea side to a 39 point drubbing.
The home sideâs performance was a thing of beauty for any...
Longford 1st XV score bonus point win on the road in Edenderry
Monday 17th October, 2016
16/10/2016 Leinster League Division 2A Edenderry 17 Longford
27
Just a matter of weeks ago the
Longfordâs lads fell short of the mark when the visiting Edenderry side showed
a little more incisiveness to win out on a score line of 31-36 in a free
flowing pre-season encounter....
Longford edge out Railway Union in Leinster League
Wednesday 05th October, 2016
02/10/2016 Leinster
League Division 2A Longford 15 Railway Union 13
A remarkable
closing ten minute defensive performance set up Longford for a win at CPL Park
in a thrilling encounter with Railway Union.
Although the home side were in the ascendancy for the majority of this...
Longford 1st XV narrowly lose out away to Portarlington
Monday 26th September, 2016
Leinster League Division
2A Portarlington 13 Longford 11 260916
Longford RFC had a rather inauspicious start to their
Leinster League Division 2A campaign last Sunday the journey to Portarlington
for the first outing in their new division resulted in a narrow defeat. The trip to Lea Road...
Longford 2nd XV notch up impressive bonus point win on the road
Monday 26th September, 2016
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Leinster Second
League Division 2A Portarlington 11 Longford 31
Longford 2nd XV notched up an impressive bonus
point win on the road in Portarlington in their first match of the season. The Longford squad proved to be a good mix of
experience in the form of gnarly veterans like...
Longford notch up impressive win against Division 1A Monkstown
Monday 12th September, 2016
Preseason Friendly Longford 23 Monkstown 22Longford 1st XV scored a good win on Saturday when a visiting Monkstown side, who ply their trade in Division 1A, were unable to sustain a second half fight back. Longford showed a little more incisiveness to win out on a score line of 23-22 in the free...
Longford have useful Midland League Workout v Edenderry
Monday 05th September, 2016
020916 Midland League
Edenderry 36 Longford 31
Longford and Edenderry played out a high scoring Midland
League encounter in Coolvacoose, Edenderry yesterday. The conditions were perfect for running rugby
with both sides scoring five tries.
Longford are still getting into their...
Longfords Young Guns shine in first match of the season
Monday 22nd August, 2016
Longford had a great first outing of the season away to
Galway side Monivea on Saturday past.
Monivea have consistently been of Connachts top Junior sides and
certainly gave Longfords young side featuring many players who were playing
their first Senior matches after graduating...
Provincial Towns Plate Final Ashbourne 11 Longford 09
Tuesday 03rd May, 2016
Longford
lost out on the Provincial Towns Plate in the cruellest of fashion when an end
of game penalty for Ashbourne snatched victory with a score of 11-09.
Itâs
been a tough weekend for Longford RFC.
Two last minute strikes crushing hopes and expectations. On Saturday they were...
Longford 1st XV through to Provincial Towns Plate Final
Monday 11th April, 2016
Provincial Towns Plate Semi-Final Longford 24 Tullamore 12
Longford secured a spot in the Towns Plate
final on Sunday having brazened out a nervy final twenty minutes to dispose of
Tullamore on a score of 24-12. While
this was not as poised a performance as recent outings it was a four try...
Longford through to plate final after emphatic win
Monday 04th April, 2016
03/04/2016 Provincial Towns Plate Quarter Final Longford 49 Newbridge 05There may have been no silverware on offer in Longfordâs clash with
Newbridge on Sunday in CPL Park, but the home side certainly put in a sterling
performance. The final tally of 49 points to the Kildare menâs...
Longford edge tense Promotion/Relegation Playoff
Monday 14th March, 2016
Leinster League Division 1B/2A Promotion Relegation PlayoffLongford 16 Railway Union 13
Longford Rugby Club Senior Men first XV did all they could
to ensure that they will continue to ply their trade in Division 1B next season
having overcome Railway Union in Edenderry on a score of 16-13....
Great performance earns Longford place in playoff
Tuesday 08th March, 2016
Leinster League Division 1B Cill Dara 20 Longford 40
Longford Senior Menâs 1st XV put in a sterling performance at Silken
Thomas Park in the Curragh to overcome Cill Dara on a score of 20-40 and
consign the Kildare men to automatic Division 2A rugby next year.
For Longford the journey...
Mullingar edge pulsating Midlands Derby
Monday 29th February, 2016
Leinster League Division 1B Longford 19 Mullingar 21
Longford's Joe McGowan crossing the whitewash.Mullingar made it three for three against
Longford this season with a 19-21 victory in a spectacularly entertaining game
at CPL Park.
The intensity of the game and commitment of both...
The Warriors grind out a good win v Balbriggan
Monday 15th February, 2016
Womanâs Leinster League Division 3: Longford Canterbury Warriors 13
Balbriggan 9
Longford Canterbury Warriors took on Balbriggan in CPL Park on Sunday on a
day where conditions were perfect for rugby. The Warrior's received the kick
and worked the ball well through several phases...
Provincial Towns Cup 1st Round; Longford 6 Wicklow 13
Monday 01st February, 2016
Longfordâs Provincial Towns Cup aspirations were abruptly halted in
the first round by Wicklow at CPL Park at the Demesne last Sunday. Spectators were treated to a rip roaring
contest, describes as âone of the best Towns Cup clashes at CPL Parkâ.
Longford RFC SquadWicklow...
Longford lose out away to Tullow
Monday 25th January, 2016
Leinster League Division 1B Tullow 34
Longford 17
Tullow took all the spoils on offer at the
Black Gates to put a six points between them at Longford in Division 1B of the Leinster
League following Sundayâs clash. Travelling
to Carlow Longford would have been hoping to contain their...
17/01/16 Leinster League Division 1B: Longford 10 Coolmine
Monday 18th January, 2016
Longford inched their way towards exiting the drop zone of Leinster
League Division 1B with a 10-00 victory over Coolmine at CPL Park on
Sunday. The home side made the visiting
Dubliners look plodding, limited and ineffectual in a game that they should
have notched up a lot more...
Leinster League Division 1B: North Kildare 21 Longford 18
Friday 15th January, 2016
If you were looking for a contest to tell
the story of Longfordâs season in 80 minutes then Sundayâs trip to The Maws,
Kilcock would be a good starting point.
On the face of it the basement club battling
a team six spots above would only have one outcome, but Longford confounded...
Longford lose out in Midland League Final
Monday 04th January, 2016
Mullingar
proved to be the more effective team at shaking off the Christmas cheer to
scope the PST Midlands League Plate Trophy from a Longford side that struggled
to keep pace last Saturday at Shay Murtagh Park.
This
encounter between neighbours was a one sided affair that the visitors...
Longford unable to sustain 1st half momentum v Malahide
Monday 14th December, 2015
League Leaders
Malahide visited CPL
Park at the Demesne on
Sunday, flashed their credentials and headed back up the N4 with a 10-34
victory. Longford, for their part, put
in a solid performance for sixty minutes, but found it difficult to sustain
momentum.
As the game wore
on the...
Longford 1st XV secure vital with v Cill Dara
Friday 11th December, 2015
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