Leinster Rugby Half Time Minis

Leinster -v- La Rochelle, Aviva Stadium 10th January 2026

OurU12s had a memorable and fantastic day out when they played an exhibition match -v- Seapoint at half time in the Leinster -v- La Rochelle game in the Investec Champions Game at a packed Aviva Stadium on Saturday 10th January last. Please click on the link below for some clips from the day. You may have to click a second time to activate the Audio….and ignore the “error” message at the beginning of the video.

Thank you Leinster Rugby for the invitation and thank you Seapoint RFC for a great game.

Finally, a big thank you to our Minis co-ordinator, Pauline, all the coaches who brought their squads to the game and also the roughly 250 parents, siblings and players who travelled to the game with the squad.

Team picture courtesy of Sportsfile.

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Bank of Ireland Provincial Towns Cup 2025-2026

The draw for the 1^st round of the Bank of Ireland Provincial Towns Cup took place yesterday evening, 26th November, in Athy RFC. There are 27 clubs entering the 2025-2026 competition, which is the 99^th renewal. The five highest ranked teams received a bye into the second round with the other 22 teams facing off for the remaining 12 spots. The five teams who move straight into the 2^nd round are, Tullow RFC, Boyne RFC, Tullamore RFC, Wicklow RFC and the reigning champions, Athy RFC.

Bank of Ireland Provincial Towns Cup 1^st round draw is as follows:

• North Kildare RFC vs Longford RFC
• Portlaoise RFC vs Portarlington RFC
• Roscrea RFC vs Mullingar RFC  
• Skerries RFC 2^nd XV vs Wexford Wanderers RFC
• Navan RFC 2^nd XV vs Edenderry RFC
• Ashbourne RFC vs Naas RFC 2^nd XV
• Dundalk RFC v Gorey RFC
• Kilkenny RFC vs Enniscorthy RFC 2^nd XV
• Co Carlow FC vs New Ross RFC
• Cill Dara RFC vs Balbriggan RFC
• Newbridge RFC vs Clondalkin RFC

All 1^st round games will be played on Sunday 25^th of January kicking off at 2:30pm with the first listed team securing home advantage.

Leinster representative action.

It was a buy weekend on the Leinster Rugby front with plenty of Longford players in action.

First up it was the Leinster U18 girls who defeated Connacht in UCD to clinch the Interpro series. On show were Diana Izekor at 13 and she nabbed two tries to add to her four the previous weekend. Isabella Larkin also played and although she didn’t follow up on her try scoring the previous week, she had a very solid performance and was fully deserving of her selection. Unfortunately, the third of Longford’s representatives, Mia Rowan, missed out as she continues to recover from injury.

On Sunday, down in Virgin Media Park, Cork, Shane McGuigan played at No 6 for the Leinster U19’s as they clinched their Interpro campaign with a 47-18 win over Munster. Another member of the Leinster squad with Longford connections was Tom Reynolds, son of James Reynolds, Dublin Rd, who played and coached at under age level with the Club.

Last, but not least, on Saturday our own Mini player, Michaela Marlowe, was the mascot for the Leinster Senior Women’s team in their Interprovincial fixture against Munster in Energia Park, Donnybrook. Unfortunately, despite Michaela’s presence, Leinster lost the game 50-15.

It’s another full weekend of action on the representative front with the Leinster U18 girls in action against Connacht in UCD, kick off on Saturday at 2.45pm, in what is a repeat of last weekend’s round robin fixture, but on this occasion it’s “winner takes all” in what is now the Interprovincial final. Two of our girls have again been selected (Mia continues with her recovery from injury), Diana at 13 after her Player of the Match performance last weekend, bagging four tries and a conversion in the process. Isabella gets her just rewards with a place on the bench following impressive performances when she came on as a sub for her Interpro debut against Munster in Energia Park the weekend before last and followed it up with a full game against Connacht last weekend.

Leinster’s U19 boys seek to round off an impressive Interpro campaign to date with their final game against Munster in Virgin Media Park, Cork, on Sunday where once again Shane McGuigan has been selected at No 6.

Meanwhile, it’s Midland League action for the Senior men on Friday evening in Mullingar when they will hope to follow up on an impressive performance against Tullamore last weekend, which in itself followed their first round win over Edenderry the previous weekend. For their part, Mullingar had a narrow victory over Edenderry in their last game.