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History of AIB all Ireland Cup and current up dates. 09/10/2007 AIB CUP - by Des Daly on behalf of AIB THE 2007 / 08 AIB CUP SHORT HISTORY • During the 2005 / 06 season seventeen clubs were entered into an open draw for the inaugural AIB Cup which took place in the second half of the season. • Seventeen clubs also played in the second AIB Cup competition in 2006 / 07. • The four IRFU provincial branches nominated the clubs that appeared in the first two competitions. • Cork Constitution beat St. Mary’s C. 37-12 in the inaugural AIBC final played at Lansdowne Road on Sat. 8 April 2006; Garryowen and Buccaneers reached the semi-final stage. • Garryowen beat Belfast Harlequins 20-7 in the second AIBC final played at Dubarry Park on Sat. 14 April 2007 ; Shannon and Clonakilty reached the semi-final stage THIS SEASON • For the first time, all 48 AIBL clubs were invited into the AIB Cup. The provincial breakdown of the 48 participating clubs: Leinster – 17, Munster – 16, Ulster – 11, Connacht – 4. • The first round matches this season are scheduled for Saturday 6 October 2007, three Saturdays before the 18th AIB League Series commences on Saturday 27 October. • The draw for the first and second rounds took place on Tuesday 18 September 2007 at Dooradoyle Limerick, the home of Garryowen FC., the reigning AIBL and AIBC champions • All sixteen Division One clubs received a bye into the second round of the 2007 / 08 AIB Cup. • The sixteen first round matches involve the 32 clubs from the second and third divisions of the AIB League. • Seven round one clubs competing this season have previously appeared in the AIB Cup – Malone, Clonakilty, Buccaneers, DLS – Palmerston, Suttonians, Belfast Harlequins and Nenagh Ormond. AFTERMATH OF THE DRAW • The first round draw has thrown up 14 club inter-provincial matches and only two games – Malone v Ards and Bruff v Highfield – between clubs of the same province. A lot of travel and cost is therefore on the cards. • Fourteen AIBC first round ties involve clubs from different AIBL divisions while only two games – Co. Carlow v Midleton and Thomond v Belfast Harlequins – involve clubs from the same division. • The first round matches include eleven clubs from Munster (four from Limerick), nine from Ulster and Leinster and three from Connacht. • Six first round ties will take place in Ulster, five in Munster, four in Leinster and one in Connacht. • Three of the four Limerick clubs get home venue while six of the nine Ulster clubs also get home advantage. • There are four Munster v Ulster club interpros down for decision as there are four Munster v Leinster club engagements. • With Co. Carlow drawn against Midleton, at least one AIBL – 3 club will see action in the second round. • The third round draw will take place before Christmas with the ties set for Saturday 5 January 2008. • The quarter-finals are due up on Saturday 2 February 2008, the semi-finals on Saturday 8 March and the AIB Cup final on Saturday 12 April. FIRST ROUND RESULTS MATCH A MALONE 50 ( 7-6-1-0 ) ARDS 5 ( 1-0-0-0 ) MATCH B CORINTHIANS 20 ( 3-1-1-0 ) BARNHALL 13 ( 2-0-1-0 ) MATCH C Co. CARLOW 13 ( 1-1-2-0 ) MIDLETON 16 ( 1-1-3-0 ) aet MATCH D CITY OF DERRY 10 ( 1-1-1-0 ) CLONAKILTY 28 ( 4-1-2-0 ) MATCH E WATERPARK 7 ( 1-1-0-0 ) BUCCANEERS 36 ( 5-4-1-0 ) MATCH F RAINEY OLD BOYS 20 ( 1-0-5-0 ) DLS-PALMERSTON 24 ( 4-2-0-0 ) MATCH G BANBRIDGE 7 ( 1-1-0-0 ) BECTIVE R. 22 (4-1-0-0 ) MATCH H UC-CORK 43 ( 6-5-1-0 ) OLD WESLEY 13 ( 1-1-2-0 ) MATCH I SUTTONIANS 20 ( 2-2-2-0 ) QU-BELFAST 17 ( 3-1-0-0 ) MATCH J D. UNIVERSITY 23 ( 2-2-2-1 ) SUNDAYS WELL 17 ( 2-2-1-0 ) MATCH K THOMOND 7 ( 1-1-0-0 ) B. HARLEQUINS 34 ( 5-3-1-0 ) MATCH L BALLYNAHINCH 62 ( 9-7-1-0 ) NENAGH ORMOND 7 ( 1-1-0-0 ) MATCH M INSTONIANS 34 ( 4-4-2-0 ) YOUNG MUNSTER 24 ( 3-3-1-0 ) MATCH N BRUFF 6 ( 0-0-2-0 ) HIGHFIELD 5 ( 1-0-0-0 ) MATCH 0 OLD CRESCENT 29 ( 4-3-1-0 ) NAAS 14 ( 1-0-3-0 ) MATCH P WANDERERS 17 ( 2-2-1-0 ) CONNEMARA 14 ( 1-0-3-0 ) AIB CUP REGULATIONS 1. If clubs are tied at full time, extra time of 10 minutes each way will be played. 2. If still tied, the club which has scored most tries is the winner. 3. If still tied, the away team will be declared the winner. FIRST ROUND REVIEW • Fourteen games took place where Div. Two clubs faced Div. Three clubs; Div. Two clubs won eleven of these matches while only three Div. Three clubs (Corinthians, Bruff, Instonians) were victorious. • Belfast Harlequins won the only all Div. Two clash while Midleton were successful in the single Div. Three match. • The results threw up nine home wins, and seven away wins • One game (Co. Carlow v Midleton) went into extra time with Midleton kicking a late penalty goal to win the match. • All three Leinster clubs that were pitched against Ulster clubs won their matches. • All four Leinster clubs that were pitched against Munster clubs won their matches. SECOND ROUND PREVIEW • The line-up will include: 16 Div. One clubs, twelve Div. Two clubs and four Div. Three clubs. • Four games will feature clubs that have never previously met in AIB sponsored competition: Bruff v Old Crescent, St. Marys C. v Corinthians, Suttonians v Cork Constitution and Galwegians v Belfast Harlequins. • Only four Div. Two / Div. Three clubs will be guaranteed a place in the third round draw: Bruff or Old Crescent, Malone or Midleton, Dublin University or Clonakilty, DLS-Palmerston or Bective Rangers. • The second round draw has been kind to the Div. One clubs as nine of the 16 ties give home advantage to clubs from the top division. • Three Division One clubs will be making their debut in AIB Cup competition – Old Belvedere, Blackrock C. and UL-Bohemian. • Nine of the second round games will take place at Leinster venues, four will go ahead up in Ulster, two will be at Munster venues and one will kick off over in Connacht. • There will be two Div. One v Div. Three potential giant killing ties – St. Marys C. v Corinthians and Blackrock C. v Instonians. • There will be four all Div. One games on the list – Lansdowne v Garryowen, Terenure C. v Clontarf, Dungannon v UL-Bohemian and UC-Dublin v Greystones. • There will be two all Div. Two clashes – D. University v Clonakilty and DLS-Palmerston v Bective R.. • Munster clubs have received two home games and eight away • Leinster clubs have received nine home games and four away. • Ulster clubs have received four home games and two away • Connacht clubs have received one home game and two away • There are thirteen Leinster clubs involved in the second round and not one of them will be required to travel outside the eastern province to fulfil their fixture; compare that to Limerick City where all four clubs still involved have to travel. AIB CUP - by Des Daly on behalf of AIB THE 2007 / 08 AIB CUP AIB CUP 2007 / 08 ROUND: TWO Date: Saturday 13 October 2007, 2.30pm MATCH 1 BRUFF v OLD CRESCENT VENUE: TIME REFEREE: STATUS : PREVIOUS AIBL FIXTURES RECENT PROV. LEAGUE / CUP Kilballyowen Park : 2.30pm Peter Ferguson ( Ulster ) Non-interpro game ( two Munster clubs ) ; an AIBL – 3 club at home to an AIBL – 2 club. The two clubs have never met in the AIBL. BRUFF AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 2004 / 05 season Three seasons in Division Three 3rd in AIBL – 3 ; beat Wanderers 18-12 in the Championship Final at Templeville Road. 42nd One of 16 clubs in Division Three 2005 / 06 : Did not qualify for the competition 2006 / 07 : Did not qualify for the competition 2007 / 08 : Won 6-5 at home to Highfield in the first round. Received a bye in the first round of the Limerick Charity Cup ; away to Young Munster won 27-18 in the semi-finals ; beat UL-Bohemian 16-15 in the final at Dooradoyle to collect their first trophy this season ; met UL-Bohemian again on Sept. 29 in the Munster Senior Cup second round……….this time lost 12-24. Last season’s AIBL – 3 Champions are one of the most up-and-coming senior clubs in the country and are presently odds-on to be promoted at the end of the season ; have not played today’s opponents since they entered senior ranks three seasons back ; at home again in the second round, the boys from the country today get the opportunity to put one over another city club from a higher AIBL division. O.CRESCENT AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1992 / 93 season Three seasons in Division One. Twelve seasons in Division Two 8th in AIBL – 2 15th One of 16 clubs in Division Two 2005 / 06 : Did not qualify for the competition 2006 / 07 : Did not qualify for the competition 2007 / 08 : Won 29-14 at home to Naas in the first round. In the first round of the Limerick Charity Cup were beaten 12-9 at home to Young Munster ; won 32-20 at home to Nenagh Ormond in the Munster Senior Cup second round and now play away to Sundays Well in the quarters. Old Crescent are sixty years old this season and are the only established Munster club that have never won the Munster Senior Cup ; out half Gareth Jones, a new recruit from Wales, has slotted in well……….he scored 19 points ( 2t, 3c, pg) in the first round win over Naas ; tight head prop James ‘ Buffalo’ Cullinane captains the old boys this season. MATCH 2 UC-CORK v DOLPHIN VENUE : TIME REFEREE: STATUS : PREVIOUS AIBL FIXTURES RECENT PROV. LEAGUE / CUP The Mardyke : 2.30pm Olan Trevor ( Munster ) Non- Interpro game ( Two Munster clubs ) ; an AIBL – 2 club at home to an AIBL – 1 club. 96 / 97 Div. Two : UCC 19 Dolphin 20 02 / 03 Div. Two : UCC 12 Dolphin 18 98 / 99 Div. Two : UCC 14 Dolphin 29 02 / 03 Div. Two : SF Dolphin 20 UCC 18 99 / 2K Div. Two : Dolphin 29 UCC 14 03 / 04 Div. Two : Dolphin 16 UCC 28 00 / 01 Div. Two : UCC 6 Dolphin 12 05 / 06 Div. Two : Dolphin 22 UCC 18 00 / 02 Div. Two : Dolphin 12 UCC 23 UC-CORK AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1993 / 94 season Three season in Division Three Eleven season in Division Two 9th in AIBL – 2 28th One of 16 clubs in Division Two 2005 / 06 : Did not qualify for the competition 2006 / 07 : Did not qualify for the competition 2007 / 08 : Won 43-13 at home to Old Wesley in the first round. Took the decision not to enter the Cork Charity Cup this year as the competition arrived too early in the season for them ; entertained Highfield on Sept. 29 in the second round of the Munster Senior Cup and lost 6-27. Again have a very young squad this season and will have to use many of their 2006 / 07 all-Ireland U-20 winning side which was coached by Conor Twomey, now the senior coach in the club. International three-quarter John Kelly is coaching the College backs ; got the show on the road with six tries against Old Wesley last week. Gavin Dunne helped himself to 23 points ( 2t, 5c, pg ) during the afternoon. Have won only one of their last four AIBL games with Dolphin and this includes losing all three Division Two fixtures at today’s venue. DOLPHIN AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1991 / 92 season Thirteen seasons in Division Two Three seasons in Division One 14th in AIBL – 1, one slot above the two relegated clubs 17th One of 16 clubs in Division One 2005 / 06 : Lost first round 7-33 at home to Garryowen 2006 / 07 : Did not qualify for the competition At home to Sundays Well won 20-13 in the first round of the Cork Charity Cup but lost 10-57 away to Cork Cons in the semi ; in controversial circumstances ( did a Dolphin conversion go over or not ? ) beat Young Munster 20-19 in round one of the Munster Senior Cup and will travel the short distance to Highfield for their quarter-final tie. Have recruited a staggering 25 new players……..one supposes they are covering injuries that will certainly arise. Former Ireland international scrum half David O’Mahony continues as head coach while Welshman Steve Ford moves in from Highfield to look after the forwards. Recruited no players of note from UCC over the summer but have still a number of former Mardyke students in their ranks. Olan Kelleher, club president a few years back, will be a proud spectator today as he watches his son Alex lead the UC-Cork side out on to the pitch. MATCH 3 BELFAST HARLEQUINS v SHANNON VENUE : TIME REFEREE: STATUS : PREVIOUS AIBL FIXTURES RECENT PROV. LEAGUE / CUP Deramore Park, Belfast : 2.30pm Eanna O’Dowd ( Leinster ) Interpro game ( Ulster club v Munster club ) ; an AIBL – 2 club at home to an AIBL – 1 club 00 / 01 Div. One : B. Harlequins 13 Shannon 18 04 / 05 Div One : B. Harlequins 19 Shannon 18 02 / 03 Div. One : B. Harlequins 19 Shannon 24 04 / 05 Div One : Shannon 25 B. Harlequins 20 03 / 04 Div. One : Shannon 24 B. Harlequins 6 05 / 06 Div One : Shannon 31 B. Harlequins 15 03 / 04 Div. One : Shannon 27 B. Harlequins 13 06 / 07 Div One : B. Harlequins 19 Shannon 17 B.HARLEQUINS AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1999 / 2K season Two seasons in Division Two. Six seasons in Division One 15th in AIBL – 1 ; relegated 9th One of 16 clubs in Division Two 2005 / 06 : Won first round 50-12 at home to Suttonians Lost quarter-final 13-41 away to Cork Con 2006 / 07 : Won first round 21-0 at home to Nenagh Ormond Won quarter-final 22-19 at home to Galwegians Won semi-final 32-28 at home to Shannon Lost final 7-20 to Garryowne at Dubarry Park 2007 / 08 : Won 34-7 away to Thomond in the first round. Currently lie in second place in the Ulster Senior League ( eleven clubs ) ; have P – 5, W – 5, D – 0, L – 0 after seven rounds with victories over Queens ( 25-16 ), Ards ( 32-3 ), Ballynahinch ( 24-12 ) and Rainey Old Boys ( 60-13 ); have collected four bonus points for tries scored. Scored five tries last weekend against Thomond in Limerick. Last season’s beaten finalists took care of today’s opponents in Belfast at the semi-final stage of the AIB Cup. Harlequins are quite a cosmopolitan squad this season, many of whom will have played for Ulster at Stradey Park last night. SHANNON AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1990 / 91 season All seventeen seasons in Division One. 5th in AIBL – 1 3rd One of 16 clubs in Division One 2005 / 06 : Lost first round 17-20 at home to Cork Cons 2006 / 07 : Won first round 22-13 at home to Clontarf Won quarter-final 34-24 away to UC-Dublin Lost semi-final 28-32 away to Belfast Harlequins In the first round of the Limerick Charity Cup at home to Thomond won 26-6 and at home to UL_Bohemian in the semi-finals lost 8-18. Travelled to Clonakilty in the Munster Senior Cup second round and won 53-10; will now have Garryowen as visitors in the quarter-finals on Oct. 20. For the first time in three seasons, Shannon have not had a major exodus of players during the off season ; in fact, the club welcomes back Fiach O’Loughlin from Clontarf and Johnny O’Connor from Coventry. Twice-capped AIB Club international captain David Quinlan skippers the ‘Parish’ for the third time. Have lost on their last three visits to Deramore Park : 18-19 in Dec. 2004, 17-19 in Jan. 2007 and 28-32 in Mar. 2007 but beat B. Harlequins 25-20 in the one that really mattered……..the 2004 / 05 AIB Championship Final. MATCH 4 St. MARYS C. v CORINTHIANS VENUE : TIME REFEREE: STATUS : PREVIOUS AIBL FIXTURES RECENT PROV. LEAGUE / CUP Templeville Road, Dublin 6W : 2.30pm Peter Roche ( Munster ) Interpro game ( Leinster club v Connacht club ) ; an AIBL – 1 club at home to an AIBL – 3 club The two clubs have never met in the AIBL St. MARYS C. AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1990 / 91 season Sixteen seasons in Division One One season ( 2004 / 05 ) in Division Two 10th in AIBL – 1 4th One of 16 clubs in Division One 2005 / 06 : Won first round 39-14 at home to Greystones Won quarter-final 35-21 away to Terenure C. Won semi-final 23-14 away to Garryowen Lost AIB Cup Final 12-37 to Cork Cons at Lansdowne Road 2006 / 07 : Won first round 16-9 at home to Cork Cons Lost quarter-final 13-16 aet. away to Garryowen Finished top of Pool Three in the Leinster Senior League Cup ; won 38-7 away to Skerries, won 46-19 away to UCD, won 33-6 at home to Bective; qualified as No. 1 seeds for the quarter-finals where they won 27-17 at home to UCD ; have yet to play DLSP in the semis on Oct. 20. Really hit the ground running this season and are unbeaten to date ; former Ireland Youths second row Gareth Logan is the captain while former Leinster centre three-quarter Frank Kennedy takes his turn as president. The coaching combination of Steven Hennessy and Peter Smyth, both former club captains, remains in situ for the fourth successive season ; will obviously be short of match practice today as they have had no fixture over the last two weekends. CORINTHIANS AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1990 / 91 season One season in Division Two. Two seasons in junior ranks One season in Division Four 13 seasons in Division Three 11th in AIBL – 3 40th One of 16 clubs in Division Three 2005 / 06 : Did not qualify for the competition 2006 / 07 : Did not qualify for the competition 2007 / 08 : Won 20-13 at home to Barnhall in the first round. Finished third in the Connacht Senior League after a win ( 25-10 ) away to Connemara, a draw ( 17-17) at home to Buccaneers and a loss ( 7-25 ) at home to Galwegians ; beaten 11-25 at home to Bucaneers in the Connacht Senior Cup. Are 75 years old this season ; at the moment, today’s fixture is the only trip to Dublin this season. Have recruited well and will be more competitive when the club GAA season in the West comes to a finish ; scored three tries at home to Barnhall last weekend in round one ; Donal White is again the President this season……..his provincial full back son Aidan, spent a few seasons with St.Marys C. in Dublin and won a Leinster Senior Cup medal with them in 1993. MATCH 5 MALONE v MIDLETON VENUE : TIME REFEREE: STATUS : PREVIOUS AIBL FIXTURES RECENT PROV. LEAGUE / CUP Gibson Park, Belfast : 2.30 pm Dudley Phillips ( Leinster ) Interpro game ( Ulster club v Munster club ) ; an AIBL – 2 club at home to an AIBL – 3 club 99 / 00 Div. Two : Midleton 6 Malone 5 04 / 05 Div. Two : Midleton 3 Malone 0 00 / 01 Div. Two : Malone 12 Midleton 12 05 / 06 Div. Two : Malone 5 Midleton 17 02 / 03 Div. Two : Midleton 23 Malone 14 06 / 07 Div. Two : Midleton 16 Malone 7 03 / 04 Div. Two : Malone 22 Midleton 12 MALONE AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1990 / 91 season One season in Division One. One season in junior ranks 15 seasons in Division Two 14th in AIBL – 2 ; the two clubs that finished below Malone were relegated. 23rd One of 16 clubs in Division Two 2005 / 06 : Lost first round 12-19 away to Terenure C. 2006 / 07 : Lost first round 7-12 away to Terenure C. 2007 / 08 : Won first round 50-5 at home to Ards Currently lie in fourth place in the Ulster Senior League ( eleven clubs ) ; have P – 5, W – 3, D – 0, L – 2 after seven rounds with victories over City of Derry, Queens ( 36-29 ) and Ards ( 39-3 ) and defeats by Dungannon and Instonians ; collected a bonus point in their two defeats. Re AIBC first round see above. Are competing this season for the third time in the AIBC and recorded their first victory in the competition when they ran in seven tries in their first round demolition of Ards under lights at Gibson Park on Thurs. 4 October ; have bolstered their pack with a Pacific Islander in the second row ; the players who left for Ballymena with Jacques Benade have returned and Jonny Burgess is getting among the tries once more; have lost their last three AIBL – 2 fixtures with the east Cork club MIDLETON AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1998 / 99 season One season in Division Four. One season in Division Three Seven seasons in Division Two 16th in AIBL – 2 and relegated 32nd One of 16 clubs in Division Three 2005 / 06 : Did not qualify for the competition 2006 / 07 : Did not qualify for the competition 2007 / 08 : Won 16-13 aet. against Co. Carlow at Oak Park in the first round. Midleton, the holders, got a walkover from Cobh Pirates in the first round of this season’s Cork Charity Cup and then lost 10-23 away to Highfield in the semis ; the club hosted Garryowen in a Munster Cup second round tie on Saturday Sept. 29 and were beaten 7-13. Former Munster 100-capper Jason Holland has arrived back from New Zealand to fill the role of player –coach at Towns Park and was responsible for 13 of the 16 points against Co. Carlow in the AIB Cup first round on October 6. Won 17-5 on their most recent ( October 2005 ) visit to Gibson Park and since October 2000 have lost only one of their seven AIBL – 2 fixtures with Malone ; must travel away again today. MATCH 6 SUTTONIANS v CORK CONS VENUE : TIME REFEREE: STATUS : PREVIOUS AIBL FIXTURES RECENT PROV. LEAGUE / CUP McDowell Grounds, Dublin 13 : 2.30pm Mark Hermin ( Ulster ) Interpro game ( Leinster club v Munster club) ; AIBL – 2 club at home to an AIBL – 1 club The two clubs have never met in the AIBL. SUTTONIANS AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1996 / 97 AIBL season Three seasons in Division Four Seven seasons in Division Three One seasons in Division Two 13th in AIBL – 2 43rd One of 16 clubs in Division Two 2005 / 06 : Lost first round 12-50 away to Belfast Harlequins 2006 / 07 : Did not qualify for the competition 2007 / 08 : At home to Queens Belfast won 20-17 in the first round. Finished top of Pool Four in the Leinster Senior League Cup after they collected two bonus points for the 16 tries they scored in beating D. University 34-17 at home, Terenure C. 30-26 away and Naas 53-21 in Co. Kildare ; were drawn at home in the quarters where they succumbed 17-27 to DLS-Palmerston. Once more under the guidence of Robert Forbes, the Dublin northsiders have started the season with a bang. Former Leinster U-19’s full back Frank Kearney, a brother of the captain Aidan and a son of former president Frank, scored one of the tries against Queens last week. In recent times, have won two and lost two games at home to clubs from the southern capital ; are hoping that they will give the former AIB Cup holders a good run for their money today. CORK CONS AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1990 / 91 season All seventeen seasons in Division One Finished top of the Division One table ; lost the Championship Final 15-16 to Garryowen at Musgrave Park 1st One of 16 clubs in Division One 2005 / 06 : Won first round 20-17 away to Shannon Won quarter-final 41-13 at home to Belfast Harlequins Won semi-final 20-13 away to Buccaneers Won AIB Cup Final 37-12 against St. Marys C. at Lansdowne Road 2006 / 07 : Won preliminary round 39-25 aet. at home to Lansdowne Lost first round 9-16 away to St. Marys C. Won the Cork Charity Cup with victories 47-0 at home to Clonakilty, 57-10 at home to Dolphin and in the final at Musgrave Park, 14-12 over Highfield. Received a walkover from Cobh Pirates in the second round of the Munster Senior Cup and are due to travel to UL-Bohemian in the quarters. As usual, have recruited well and include four former UCC players new to their ranks this season. AIB Club international Merle O’Connell has been appointed captain while the coaching team of Brian ‘Squeaky’ Walsh and Terry Kingston remains from last season. Former club PRO Jack O’Sullivan has been elected president. The recent Cork Charity Cup winners have been idle over the past few weekends ; at the moment, today is the first of five visits to Leinster this season. MATCH 7 TERENURE C. v CLONTARF VENUE : TIME REFEREE: STATUS : PREVIOUS AIBL FIXTURES RECENT PROV. LEAGUE / CUP Lakelands Park, Dublin 6W : 2.30pm Ger English ( Munster ) Non-interpro game ( TwoLeinster clubs ) ; an AIBL – 1 club at home to an AIBL – 1 club 1992 / 93 Division Two : Terenure C. 11 Clontarf 10 1995 / 96 Division Two : Terenure C. 0 Clontarf 3 1997 / 98 Division One : Clontarf 36 Terenure C. 17 1998 / 99 Division One : Terenure C. 18 Clontarf 32 1999 / 00 Division One : Clontarf 24 Terenure C. 36 ( 4 ) 2000 / 01 Division One : Terenure C. 46 ( 7 ) Clontarf 13 2001 / 02 Division One : Clontarf 35 ( 4 ) Terenure C. 0 2002 / 03 Division One : Terenure C. 3 Clontarf 16 2006 / 07Division One : Terenure C. 27 ( 5 ) Clontarf 39 ( 5 ) Did not meet. TERENURE C. AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1990 / 91 season Nine seasons in Division Two Eight seasons in Division One 8th in AIBL – 1 12th One of 16 clubs in Division One 2005 / 06 : Won first round 19-12 at home to Malone Lost quarter-final 21-35 at home to St. Marys C. 2006 / 07 : Won first round 12-7 at home to Malone Lost quarter-final 22-31 at home to Clonakilty Were very slow out of the blocks in Pool One of the Leinster Senior League Cup ; lost all three games, 17-19 away to Naas, 26-30 at home to Suttonians and 16-23 at home to D. University ; finished last in their pool and were seeded 15th of the 20 competing clubs. During the summer, Terenure C. lost No. 8 Alex Dunlop to Rotherham but welcomed back out half David McAllister from Italy ; have won only one of their last five AIBL fixtures at home to Clontarf and are today facing a fourth consecutive defeat by the northsiders ; are hoping that McAllister, who spent two seasons at Castle Avenue recently, will kick some points this afternoon so that they can get their show on the road. CLONTARF AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1992 / 93 season Two seasons in Division Three Three seasons in Division Two Ten seasons in Division One 2nd in AIBL – 1, lost the Championship semi-final 15-28 at home to Garryowen 10th One of 16 clubs in Division One 2005 / 06 : Won first round 30-20 at home to Dungannon Lost quarter-final 14-15 at home to Garryowen 2006 / 07 : Lost first round 13-22 away to Shannon Won all three games in Pool Two of the Leinster Senior League Cup: 20-8 away to junior club Seapoint, 50-19 at home to Wanderers and 53-0 at home to Barnhall ; scored the most tries ( 20 ) of all 20 clubs in the pool stages ; won the Pool and were seeded 3rd for the quarter-final draw ; won their quarter-final 26-21 at home to Old Belvedere ; beat Lansdowne 26-6 in the semi-final and are awaiting the winners of St. Marys C. v DLSP in the final. Leinster’s most successful AIBL club over five of the past six seasons will not be daunted by this trip across the Liffey to a venue where they usually enjoy success ; the two UCD and Ireland U-20 Grand Slam half backs, Ian Keatley and Paul O’Donohue, have been recruited but scrum half ( and last season’s captain ) Fiach O’Loughlin has returned to his Shannon roots after two seasons at Castle Avenue. MATCH 8 DLSP v BECTIVE R. VENUE : TIME REFEREE: STATUS : PREVIOUS AIBL FIXTURES RECENT PROV. LEAGUE / CUP Kilternan, Co. Dublin : 2.30pm Michael Black ( Ulster ) Non-Interpro game ( Two Leinster clubs ) ; an AIBL – 2 club at home to an AIBL – 2 club 93 / 94 Div Three : DLSP 7 Bective R. 23 03 / 04 Div. Two : Bective R. 13 DLSP 16 96 / 97 Div. Two : DLSP 23 Bective R. 13 04 / 05 Div. Two : DLSP 24 Bective R. 18 97 / 98 Div. Two : Bective R. 19 DLSP 18 05 / 06 Div. Two : DLSP 7 Bective R. 15 98 / 99 Div. Two : DLSP 41 Bective R. 21 06 / 07 Div. Two : Bective R. 16 DLSP 34 02 / 03 Div. Two : DLSP 25 Bective R. 18 Have not met. DLSP AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1993 / 94 season Three seasons in Division Three Three seasons in Division One Eight seasons in Division Two 10th in AIBL – 2 19th One of 16 clubs in Division Two 2005 / 06 : lost first round 13-50 at home to Buccaneers 2006 / 07 : Did not qualify for the competition 2007 / 08 : Won 24-20 away to Rainey Old Boys in the first round Topped Pool Two of the Leinster Senior League Cup ahead of Blackrock and Greystones on points difference ; won 47-17 at home to Greystones, lost 10-18 away to Blackrrock and won 26-9 away to Old Wesley ; scored the most ( 12 ) tries in their Pool ; won quarter-final 27-17 away to Suttonians. Got their semi-final away to St. Marys C. postponed until October 20 due to food poisoning in the ranks. have recruited extensively and are in rare good form at this stage of the 2007 / 08 season ; ran in four tries away to Rainey Old Boys last week ; have lost only one of their six most recent AIBL – 2 fixtures with Bective. BECTIVE R. AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1993 / 94 season One season in Division Three Thirteen seasons in Division Two 11th in AIBL – 2 20th One of 16 clubs in Division Two 2005 / 06 : Did not qualify for the competition 2006 / 07 : Did not qualify for the competition 2007 / 08 : Won 22-7 away to Banbridge in the first round Finished third in Pool Three of the Leinster Senior League Cup with a 50-0 win at home ( Glenamuck Road, Kilternan ) to Skerries and two defeats on the road, 5-21 at UCD and 6-33 at St. Marys C. Have two former Irish International players scrum half Stephen McIvor and second row Gabriel Fulcher fulfilling the coaching duties this season ; ran in four tries against Banbridge at Rifle Park last Saturday ; won 15-7 on their most recent ( October 2005 ) AIBL – 2 fixture at Kilternan after four consecutive defeats at the venue ; must travel to the foothills once again on Nov. 17 to play ‘Salmo in Division Two this season. MATCH 9 BALLYMENA v BUCCANEERS VENUE : TIME REFEREE: STATUS : PREVIOUS AIBL FIXTURES RECENT PROV. LEAGUE / CUP Eaton Park : 2.30pm Leo Colgan ( Munster ) Interpro game ( Ulster club v Connacht club ) ; an AIBL – 1 club at home to an AIBL – 2 club 98 / 99 Div. One : Ballymena 16 Buccaneers 34 03 / 04 Div.One : Buccaneers 23 Ballymena 17 99 / 00 Div. One : Buccaneers 25 Ballymena 41 04 / 05 Div. One : Ballymena 55 Buccaneers 5 00 / 01 Div. One : Buccaneers 27 Ballymena 26 05 / 06 Div.One : Buccaneers 26 Ballymena 13 01 / 02 Div. One : Ballymena 23 Buccaneers 9 06 / 07 Div. One : Ballymena 16 Buccaneers 18 02 / 03 Div.One : Buccaneers 28 Ballymena 28 BALLYMENA AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1990 / 91 AIBL season Two seasons in Division Two Fifteen seasons in Division One 13th in AIBL – 1 Joint 5th One of 16 clubs in Division One 2005 / 06 : Lost preliminary round 16-28 away to Buccaneers 2006 / 07 : Lost first round 14-16 at home to UC-Dublin Currently lie in seventh place in the Ulster Senior League ( eleven clubs ) ; have P – 6, W – 3, D – 0, L – 3 after seven rounds with two losses to AIBL – 3 clubs Rainey OB ( 17-35 ) and City of Derry ( 24-31 ) plus an 11-38 home loss to Dungannon . Have had their ups and downs so far this season as they are normally at or near the top of the table at this point in time. Second row Bob Young continues as captain while Jacques Benade ( SA ) again heads up the coaching team. Donovan Raw, new in from South Africa via France, seems to be a useful acquisition. Have lost their last three fixtures with Buccaneers : 13-26 in Oct. 2005, 16-28 in Nov. 2005 and 16-18 in Oct. 2006 Will ‘The Fields of Athenry’ ring out at Eaton Park again this afternoon ? BUCCANEERS AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1991 / 92 season Four seasons in Division Three Two seasons in junior ranks Two seasons in Division Two Nine seasons in Division One 16th in AIBL – 1 and relegated 13th One of 16 clubs in Division Two 2005 / 06 : Won preliminary round 28-16 at home to Ballymena Won first round 50-13 away to DLS-Palmerston Won quarter-final 23-6 away to Galwegians Lost semi-final 13-20 away to Cork Con 2006 / 07 : Lost first round 13-16 away to Garryowen 2007 / 08 : Won 36-7 away to Waterpark in the first round Have just won the 2007 / 08 Connacht Senior League ; away to Galwegians won 29-8, away to Corinthians drew 17-17 and home to Connemara won 33-3 ; scored 13 tries during the League which was only three less than they scored in all 15 AIBL – 1 games last season ; recently won the Connacht Senior Cup semi-final 25-11 away to Corinthians but two weekends ago lost the final 7-22 to Galwegians at the Sportsground. Scored five tries at Waterpark last Saturday with full back Sean Carey crossing for four of them. Austin Reid is the president this season ; his father Christy was president ( of Athlone RFC ) in 1985 and it is the first time in the club’s history that a father and son have been president. MATCH 10 OLD BELVEDERE v WANDERERS VENUE : TIME REFEREE: STATUS : PREVIOUS AIBL FIXTURES RECENT PROV. LEAGUE / CUP Anglesea Road, Dublin 4 : 2.30pm Declan Browne ( Leinster ) Non-Interpro game ( TwoLeinster clubs ) ; an AIBL – 1 club at home to an AIBL – 2 club 94 / 95 Div. Two : Wanderers 24 O. Belvedere 2 00 / 01 Div. Two : O. Belvedere 23 Wanderers 18 98 / 99 Div. Two : Wanderers 23 O. Belvedere 15 01 / 02 Div. Two : Wanderers 6 O. Belvedere 43 98 / 99 Div. Two : O. Belvedere 23 Wanderers 29 Did not meet O. BELVEDERE AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1993 / 94 season Three seasons in Division One Eleven seasons in Division Two Finished top of the Division Two League Table and were promoted ; lost AIBL – 2 Championship Final 21-37 aet. to Greystones at Templeville Rd. 16th One of 16 clubs in Division One 2005 / 06 : Did not qualify for the competition 2006 / 07 : Did not qualify for the competition Finished runner-up in Pool Five of the Leinster Senior League Cup ; won 39-6 away to Co. Carlow, lost 22-32 at home to Lansdowne and won 21-15 away to Navan ; ended up as sixth seed of the 20 clubs competing and went through to the quarter-finals where they lost 21-26 away to Clontarf. Are back in Division One after an absence of nine long seasons. Mike O’Donovan has departed to Aberdeen leaving prop Warren O’Kelly, a former Clontarf captain, in charge of the coaching. O’Kelly has been capped by both Munster and Connacht during his playing career ; have captured a few promising players including USA Eagles second row Ben Wiedemer. This afternoon the Anglesea Road club are making their debut in the AIB Cup. Are today on a hat-trick of victories over Wanderers in AIB competitions. WANDERERS AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1990 / 91 season Two seasons in Division One. Ten seasons in Division Two Five seasons in Division Three 1st in AIBL – 3 ; lost the Championship Final 12-18 to Bruff 26th One of 16 clubs in Division Two 2005 / 06 : Did not qualify for the competition 2006 / 07 : Did not qualify for the competition 2007 / 08 : At home to Connemara won 17-14 in the first round Finished third in Pool Four of the Leinster Senior League Cup ; at home won 11-0 against Barnhall but lost both away games, 19-50 at Clontarf and 3-20 at junior club Seapoint. Have arrived back in AIBL – 2 after five long seasons in the third division ; last played AIBL against Old Belvedere in Sept. 2001……lost 6-43 at home to their near neighbours. Former international prop, Emmett Byrne is looking after the Wanderers pack this season. The Setanta celebrity will be available for photo-calls and to sign autographs after the game. MATCH 11 LANSDOWNE v GARRYOWEN VENUE : TIME REFEREE: STATUS : PREVIOUS AIBL FIXTURES RECENT PROV. LEAGUE / CUP RDS Arena, Dublin 4 : 2.30pm David Wilkinson ( Ulster ) Interpro game ( Munster club v Ulster club ) ; an AIBL – 2 club at home to an AIBL – 2 club Division One :1990 / 91 Lansdowne 13 Garryowen 12 1999 / 00 Lansdowne 6 Garryowen 10 Division One :1991 / 92 Garryowen 18 Lansdowne 12 2000 / 01 Garryowen 20 Lansdowne 11 Division One :1993 / 94 Lansdowne 19 Garryowen 26 2001 / 02 Lansdowne 10 Garryowen 13 Division One :1994 / 95 Garryowen 24 Lansdowne 27 2002 / 03 Garryowen 13 Lansdowne 26 (4 ) Division One :1995 / 96 Lansdowne 15 Garryowen 20 2003 / 04 Lansdowne 13 Garryowen 21 Division One :1996 / 97 Garryowen 19 Lansdowne 15 2004 / 05 Garryowen 12 Lansdowne 8 Division One :1997 / 98 Lansdowne 30 Garryowen 27 2005 / 06 Lansdowne 10 Garryowen 14 Division One :1998 / 99 Garryowen 15 Lansdowne 17 2006 / 07 Garryowen 16 Lansdowne 15 LANSDOWNE AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1990 / 91 season One season in Division Two ( 1992 / 93 ) Sixteen seasons in Division One 9th in AIBL – 1 Joint 5th One of 16 clubs in Division One 2005 / 06 : Did not qualify for the competition 2006 / 07 : Lost preliminary round 25-39 aet. away to Cork Cons won all three games in Pool Five of the Leinster Senior League Cup: 48-0 away to Navan, 32-22 away to Old Belvedere and 26-3 at home to Co. Carlow ; won the pool and conceded only one try in the process ; were ranked 4th of the 20 competing clubs; lost the semi-final 23-32 at home to Blackrock C but were handed the game in the committee room after the Stradbrook club were proven to have played an un-registered player ; lost 6-26 away to Clontarf in the semis last Saturday. Had planned for Mike Brewer ( NZ ) to arrive in as head coach but that fell through ; former Leinster flanker and club captain Stephen Rooney now assumes the role. Lansdowne play the first game at their new home, the RDS, today and will be conscious of the fact than they have won just one of their last eight encounters with the Limerick Light Blues. GARRYOWEN AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1990 / 91 season All seventeen seasons in Division One th in AIBL – 1 ; won the Championship Final ?????? at Musgrave Park 9th One of 16 clubs in Division One 2005 / 06 : Won first round 33-7 away to Dolphin Won quarter-final 15-14 away to Clontarf Lost semi-final 14-23 at home to St. Marys C. 2006 / 07 : Won first round 16-13 at home to Buccaneers Won quarter-final 16-13 aet. at home to St. Marys C. Won semi-final 32-13 at home to Clonakilty Won AIB Cup Final 20-7 against Belfast Harlequins at Dubarry Park Didn’t compete in the Limerick Charity Cup this season as they were invited ( and sponsored by AIB ) to an international club tournament in the South of France ; won two of their four games against the other champion clubs ; travelled to Midleton last Saturday and won 13-7 in the second round of the Munster Senior Cup ; have been drawn away to Shannon in the quarter-finals. The defending champions should be firing on all cylinders today ; former Scotland scrum half Greig Oliver has already made a big impact as head coach at Dooradoyle ; will former Lansdowne players Pat Whelan and Philip Danaher travel up for the lunch and game today ? H ave been successful on their last four AIBL visits to Dublin to play Lansdowne. MATCH 12 BLACKROCK C. v INSTONIANS VENUE : TIME REFEREE: STATUS : PREVIOUS AIBL FIXTURES RECENT PROV. LEAGUE / CUP Stradbrook, Co. Dublin : 2.30pm Dermot Moloney ( Munster ) Interpro game ( Leinster club v Ulster club ) ; an AIBL – 1 club at home to an AIBL – 3 club 1992 / 93 Division Two: Blackrock C. 20 Instonians 12 1994 / 95 Division One: Instonians 17 Blackrock C. 56 1995 / 96 Division One: Blackrock C. 34 Instonians 25 1996 / 97 Division One: Instonians 19 Blackrock C. 22 BLACKROCK C. AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1991 / 92 season Three seasons in Division Two Thirteen seasons in Division One 7th in AIBL – 1 7th One of 16 clubs in Division One 2005 / 06 : Did not qualify for the competition 2006 / 07 : Did not qualify for the competition Played in Pool Two of the Leinster Senior League Cup : won 43-10 away to Old Wesley. and 18-10 at home to DLSP but lost 30-32 at home to Greystones ; finished runners-up to DLSP in the pool and were seeded 5th for the quarters ; won their quarter-final 32-23 away to Lansdowne but were subsequently withdrawn from the competition as they had fielded an unregistered player ( former international player Shane Byrne ). Travelled to Paris on the recent France v Ireland weekend to play Racing Club. Co-coaches Barry Gibney and Emmet Farrell, both former Leinster players, are in charge again and will ensure the ‘Rock continue on from last season with an enterprising style of rugby. Former Leinster and Ospreys forward Des Dillon has been handed the captaincy. Blackrock have bolstered their pack and could be the surprise packet this season. This afternoon, ‘Rock are making their debut in AIB Cup competition. Have defeated Instonians on their two previous visits to Stradbrook : 20-12 ( Div. Two ) in Jan. 1993 and 34-25 ( Div. One ) in Apr. 1996. INSTONIANS AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1990 / 91 season Five seasons in Division One. Three seasons in Division Two Nine seasons in Division Three 4th in AIBL – 2 ; lost Championship semi-final 29-47 away to Wanderers 28th One of 16 clubs in Division Three 2005 / 06 : Did not qualify for the competition 2006 / 07 : Did not qualify for the competition 2007 / 08 : At home to Young Munster won 34-24 in the first round. Currently lie in tenth place in the Ulster Senior League ( eleven clubs ) ; have P – 6, W – 2, D – 0, L – 4 after seven rounds with victories over Malone and Ards ; regarding clubs that ‘Inst’ will face this season in AIBL – 3, they have beaten Ards ( 39-28 ) but lost to Rainey 24-32 and Queens 21-27. Former international Niall Malone, player-coach at the Shaw’s Bridge club, scored 19 points in the four-try ten-point win over Young Munster last Saturday. Have played Blackrock C. four times previously in the AIBL, most recently in March 1997, and lost on every occasion. MATCH 13 DUNGANNON v UL-BOHEMIAN VENUE : TIME REFEREE: STATUS : PREVIOUS AIBL FIXTURES RECENT PROV. LEAGUE / CUP Stevenson Park, Dungannon : 2.30pm Alan Rogan ( Leinster ) Interpro game ( Ulster club v Munster club ) an AIBL – 1 club at home to an AIBL – 1 club 2002 / 03 Division One : Dungannon 26 UL-Bohemian 20 2005 / 06 Division One : Dungannon 18 UL-Bohemian 42 ( 5 ) 2006 / 07 Division One : UL-Bohemian 21 Dungannon 22 DUNGANNON AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1991 / 92 season Three seasons in Division Two Thirteen seasons in Division One. 6th in AIBL – 1 8th One of 16 clubs in Division One 2005 / 06 : Lost first round 20-30 away to Clontarf 2006 / 07 : Lost first round 3-40 away to Galwegians Currently lie in first place in the Ulster Senior League ( eleven clubs ) ; have P – 6, W – 5, D – 0, L – 1 after seven rounds with bonus point victories over Instonians ( 46-13 ), Queens ( 38-13 ), Ards ( 78-8 ) and Ballymena ( 38-11 ) ; were shocked 5-20 at home to Ballynahinch two weeks ago. Ballymena academy PE teacher John Andrews has arrived in as head coach from Rainey Old Boys after Jeremy Davidson departed to Castres in France. Dungannon are hot at the moment and the recent blip against the ‘Hinch will do them no harm ; UL-Bohemian won on their most recent visit to Co. Tyrone ( see above ) and in the process scored a record 42 AIBL points at the venue. The game goes ahead today even though ‘ The Boot ’ is away in Paris at the RWC semis. UL-BOHEMIAN AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1993 / 94 season Two seasons in Division Four. Five seasons in Division Three Four seasons in Division Two Three seasons in Division One 4th in AIBL – 1 ; lost the Championship semi-final 18-21 to Cork Cons at Temple Hill 24th One of 16 clubs in Division One 2005 / 06 : Did not qualify for the competition 2006 / 07 : Did not qualify for the competition In the Limerick Charity Cup won 41-19 at home to Nenagh O. in the first round and then won 18-8 away to Shannon in the semis ; lost the final 15-16 to Bruff at Dooradoyle ; won 24-12 away to Bruff in the Munster Senior Cup second round and have been drawn at home to Cork Cons in the quarters.. After seven seasons during which he put UL-Bohemian firmly on the Irish rugby map, Director of Coaching Mike Tewkesbury has returned home to England. Ian Costello, his successor, has been the backs coach at the club in recent seasons and is still the top all-time AIBL points scorer at the club. Ben Martin has returned to Australia and he will be a loss. The last two seasons have been very successful for the student club…… expect this success to continue; this afternoon, UL-Bohs are making their debut in AIB Cup competition. MATCH 14 GALWEGIANS v BALLYNAHINCH VENUE : TIME REFEREE: STATUS : PREVIOUS AIBL FIXTURES RECENT PROV. LEAGUE / CUP Crowley Park, Galway : 2.30pm George Clancy ( Munster ) Interpro game ( Connacht club v Ulster club ). An AIBL – 1 club at home to an AIBL – 2 club The two clubs have never met in the AIBL. GALWEGIANS AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1992 / 93 season Three seasons in Division Three Four seasons in Division Two Eight seasons in Division One 11th in AIBL – 1 14th One of 16 clubs in Division One 2005 / 06 : Won first round 13-9 at home to Cashel Lost quarter-final 6-23 at home to Buccaneers 2006 / 07 : Won first round 40-3 at home to Dungannon Lost quarter-final 19-22 away to Belfast Harlequins Played three fixtures in the Connacht Senior League : lost 8-29 at home to Buccaneers, won 36-3 away to Connemara and won 25-7 away to Corinthians ; finished runners-up to Buccaneers in the Connacht Senior League ; got a walkover from Connemara in the Connacht Senior Cup semi-final and went on to beat Buccaneers 22-7 in the final at the Sportsground. Have trimmed their squad over the summer and released nine players. Welshman Paul Young is undertaking his second season as head coach while newcomer Louis Tonkin, a second row, walks straight into the captaincy from the UK. Former Connacht player Mick Casserly has assumed the presidency and is very much enjoying a hands on role. BALLYNAHINCH AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1996 / 97 season One season in Division Four Three seasons in Division Three Seven seasons in Division Two 2nd in AIBL – 3 ; lost Championship semi-final 3-29 at home to Bruff. 31st One of 16 clubs in Division Two 2005 / 06 : Did not qualify for the competition 2006 / 07 : Did not qualify for the competition 2007 / 08 : Beat Nenagh Ormond 62-7 at Ballymacarn Park in the first round. Currently lie in third place in the Ulster Senior League ( eleven clubs ) ; have P – 7, W – 5, D – 0, L – 2 after seven rounds ; have remained unbeaten at home with victories over Ards ( 22-0 ), Rainey OB ( 31-10 ) and Banbridge ( 40-22 ) but have lost two of their three games on the road : 0-19 at Ballymena and 12-34 at B. Harlequins ; went to Stevenson Park last Saturday week and beat Dungannon 20-5. The club supplies the Ulster Branch IRFU with a President and a Hon. Treasurer this season. Are really hot at the moment and put 62 points ( including nine tries ) over a hapless Nenagh Ormond in Co. Down last weekend. Mark Scott scored 22 points ( t, 7c, pg ). All told, the three players recruited from Dungannon over the summer, Scott, Stuart Lamb and David Graham accounted for 42 of the 62 ‘Hinch points. MATCH 15 D. UNIVERSITY v CLONAKILTY VENUE : TIME REFEREE: STATUS : PREVIOUS AIBL FIXTURES RECENT PROV. LEAGUE / CUP College Park, Dublin 2 : 2.30pm Richard Kerr ( Ulster ) Interpro game (Leinster club v Munster club ). ; an AIBL – 2 club at home to an AIBL – 2 club 01 / 02 Division Three : D. University 15 Clonakilty 6 05 / 06 Division Two : D. University 18 Clonakilty 10 D. UNIVERSITY AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1993 / 94 season Four seasons in Division Four Five seasons in Division three Two seasons in Division Two Three seasons in Division One 6th in AIBL – 2 34th One of 16 clubs in Division Two 2005 / 06 : Did not qualify for the competition 2006 / 07 : Did not qualify for the competition 2007 / 08 : Beat Sundays Well 23-17 in the first round at Musgrave Park Finished second in Pool One of the Leinster Senior League Cup ; lost 17-34 away to Suttonians, won 22-15 at home to Naas and won 23-16 away to Terenure College. At the end of the pool phase, were graded tenth of the 20 clubs competing. No short training trip to the USA this September but a two match tour to England where the ‘Trin’ beat Cambridge University 38-22 and lost 0-34 to Oxford University. Tony Smeeth, Director of the DUFC Academy, is participating in his tenth AIBL season coaching the Trinity side. There are a lot of new faces on College Park this autumn but that is par for the course these days in student clubs. CLONAKILTY AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD SEPTEMBER 2007 ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 2001 / 02 season Five seasons in Division Three One season in Division Two 3rd in AIBL – 2 ; lost the Championship semi-final 14-18 away to Old Belvedere 37th One of 16 clubs in Division Two 2005 / 06 : Did not qualify for the competition 2006 / 07: Won first round 8-0 at home to Greystones Won quarter-final 31-22 away to Terenure C. Lost semi-final 13-32 away to Garryowen 2007 / 08 : Won 28-10 away to City of Derry in the first round. Lost 0-47 away to Cork Con in the first round of the Cork Charity Cup on Sept 4 ; entertained Shannon last weekend in Round Two of the Munster Senior Cup……lost 10-53. Retirements / transfers have prevented ‘ Clon’ from hitting the ground running this season. Scored four tries away to City of Derry last Saturday with the Dillon brothers, Derek and Paul, helping themselves to one apiece………out half Gary Cribb contributed twelve points ; are today on a hat-trick of defeats by Trinity at the College Park venue ( see above ). MATCH 16 UC-DUBLIN v GREYSTONES VENUE : TIME REFEREE: STATUS : PREVIOUS AIBL FIXTURES RECENT PROV. LEAGUE / CUP The Belfield Bowl : 2.30pm David Keane ( Leinster ) Non-Interpro game ( Two Leinster clubs ) ; an AIBL – 1 club at home to an AIBL – 1 club. 1994 / 95 Division Two : Greystones 26 UC-Dublin 26 1999 / 00 Division Two : Greystones 6 UC-Dublin 10 2000 / 01 Division Two : UC-Dublin 17 Greystones 9 Did not meet UC-DUBLIN AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD AUTUMN ( 2007 ) ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1993 / 94 season Five seasons in Division Three Three seasons in Division Two Six seasons in Division One. 12th in AIBL – 1 18th One of 16 clubs in Division One 2005 / 06 : Did not qualify for the competition 2006 / 07 : Won first round 16-14 away to Ballymena Lost quarter-final 24-34 at home to Shannon Finished runners-up in Pool Three of the Leinster Senior League Cup ; at home, won 21-5 against Bective Rangers and lost 19-46 to St. Marys C. ; finally, won 41-5 away to Skerries ; qualified for the quarter-finals as the eighth seeds ; lost 17-27 away to St. Marys C. Two former UCD club captains, Bobby Byrne and Gary Coakley, are coaching the Senior side at Belfield this season. The duo, both teachers, are actually renewing acquaintances as they coached the student club during the first three AIBL seasons in the mid-1990s. ‘Collidge’ have lost a clatter of senior players and, of those who are left, five have Leinster / Leinster A commitments. UCD are today on a hat-trick of victories ( see above ) over Greystones. GREYSTONES AIBL HISTORY 2006 / 07 FINISH ALL-TIME AIBL RANKING AIBL 2007 / 08 AIBC RECORD AUTUMN ( 2007 ) ACTIVITY COMMENT First competed in the 1990 / 91 season Two seasons in Division One Three seasons in Division Three Twelve seasons in Division Two Runners-up in AIBL – 2 and were promoted ; beat Old Belvedere 37-21aet. in the AIBL – 2 Championship Final at Templeville Rd. 21st One of 16 clubs in Division One 2005 / 06 : Lost first round 14-39 away to St. Marys C. 2006 / 07 : Lost first round 0-8 away to Clonakilty In Pool Two of the Leinster Senior League Cup, lost 17-47 away to DLSP, won 39-12 at home to Old Wesley and won 32-3 | ||
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