Pictured above is Joe McCollum, Head Coach of the Senior Women’s team.
Longford Senior Women will be playing in Division 3 of the Leinster League this season and the Table with the participating Clubs and the list of fixtures has been published. Click on the links below for the table and the fixtures for this season. Longford open the campaign with a home tie against Ashbourne on the 5th October.
It’s a full weekend of action on the representative front with the Leinster U18 girls in action against Connacht in Corinthians, Galway, kick off on Saturday at 12.30pm. Two of our girls have been selected to start (Mia continues with her recovery from injury), Isabella at 14 and Diana at 13. Isabella came on as a sub for her Interpro debut against Munster in Energia Park last weekend and was instrumental in the scoring of the two tries in the final few minutes which clinched the win for Leinster. Indeed the match report namechecks Isabella as having been “excellent off the bench”. Diana is restored to the team having played in the first game against Ulster a fortnight ago.
Leinster’s U19 boys seek to follow up on their win against Ulster last weekend where Shane McGuigan played the full game at No 6 and was on the scoresheet in the 33-8 win in Belfast. Their game against Connacht is in Energia Park on Sunday with a 3.00pm kick off. The team for the game on Sunday is yet to be announced but hopefully Shane will be involved again.
Meanwhile, it’s Midland League action for the Senior men on Friday evening at Precision Health Park (kick off 8.00pm) when they will face into what will likely be a stiffer test against Tullamore following their first round win over Edenderry last weekend. For their part, Tullamore had a comprehensive victory over Mullingar in their first round game, 53-5.
Youths teams return to training this week.
The training schedule is as follows until further notice
All teams will also be notified via parents messaging group by the team coaches.
For further information contact Youths Chairperson, Padraig Murphy on 0876063587
Best wishes to our Senior Women’s player, Sara-Lee Greene, who is representing Longford in this year’s Rose of Tralee Festival.
Sara-Lee’s bio on the Rose website reads:-
My name is Sara-Lee Greene, and I am privileged to call myself the Longford Rose for 2025. I am a 25-year-old hailing from Edgeworthstown in County Longford. After spending four years in the lovely city of Galway I qualified as a mental health nurse. Following my qualification, I accepted a job in the mental health services in Sligo. I have spent the last two years working and living in Sligo and I am happy to call it my home away from home. I love living in Sligo as there is so much to enjoy on my days off. I really enjoy my job as it is an honour to be able to work with those who need empathy and compassion. I enjoy music and singing and love opportunities to take part in various music groups. I also enjoy playing sports and love playing Gaelic football and rugby. I am really looking forward to representing Longford as their rose and I cannot wait to share this experience with all the other Roses!
Pictured in action yesterday for the Midlands in the Bearing Point Shane Horgan Cup were Jack Smyth and Raquib Yeboah, members of our U16 team. Also in the squad but unavailable for the game was Ronan Murray.
Congratulations and best wishes to Isabella Larkin who is on track to make her Interpro debut for Leinster U18 girls in their game against Munster in Energia Park this Saturday, kick off at 5.30 pm.
Pictured at the Senior men’s pre season training on Tuesday are some of the members of the coaching and management group for the season 2025/26.
L to R:- Matt Hanley, Jonathan Quinn, Glenn Baskett, Jayden Boshoff,
Jimmy Murphy, Ronan Keith, Tommy Butler.
Leinster U18 Girls, 36 -v- Ulster, 5
Leinster U18 Girls comprehensively defeated Ulster, 36-5, in the first round of this season’s Interprovincial series at Energia Park following the conclusion of Leinster’s clash with Ulster in the Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial Championship at the same venue.
Leinster are looking to defend the title they won last season after completing an unbeaten campaign, culminating in a win over Connacht in the final.
Speaking to leinsterrugby.ie after announcing his initial squad in May, Head Coach Derek Maybury said: “We have watched a lot of Club, School, and Area matches this season, at U-16 and U-18 level, and the quality of rugby continues to improve season on season.
“We’re delighted with the squad of players we’ve selected for the summer programme which reflects the depth of talent coming through across Leinster.
“The recent Sevens sessions gave us a further opportunity to assess the players, so we go into the next phase now full of confidence and itching to get started.
“The coaching team is a pretty settled one and we have a strong core of girls returning from last year’s Interpro-winning squad, who will help us drive standards.”
Sunday, August 10
Munster v Connacht, Virgin Media Park, 2pm
Leinster v Ulster, Energia Park, 5.30pm
Saturday, August 16
Connacht v Ulster, Galway Corinthians RFC, 1pm
Leinster v Munster, Energia Park, 5.30pm
Saturday, August 23
Connacht v Leinster, Galway Corinthians RFC, 12.15pm
Ulster v Munster, Affidea Stadium, 1pm
Saturday, August 30
3rd/4th Place Play-Off, Wanderers FC, 1pm
Final, Wanderers FC, 2.45pm
Pictured today in Kings Hospital at the presentation of jersies to the Leinster U18 Girls squad in advance of tomorrow’s opening fixture -v- Ulster in this season’s Interprovincial campaign. Longford’s three squad members, Diana Izekor who is part of the squad for tomorrow, Mia Rowan who continues her recovery from injury, and Isabella Larkin who is not involved in the match day squad on this occasion.
Best wishes to the girls tomorrow.
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