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Roscrea rugby club year review 2020

As we approach the end of December and prepare to welcome in 2021, we look back on a year of great turbulence and uncertainty in our club. A year in which we were unified in our endeavours to navigate the guidelines and restrictions put in our way by Covid 19. The year started brightly for […]

Santa arrived in style to Roscrea RFC minis training on Sunday December 13th. This year has seen a lot of disruption and the players have dealt with the various guidelines and restrictions brilliantly, so it was fitting that with the year drawing to an end, they were able to take a very positive memory home […]

Parents, would you like to avail of a fantastic sporting opportunity for your children? As a parent raising children, life can sometimes seem like a bit of a minefield as we constantly try to balance our Children’s activities in terms of what they want to do and what is beneficial and rewarding.  We face so […]

Leinster Girls coaching officer Niall Kane discussing training techniques with a group of Roscrea RFC Girls u12s players. Minis rugby has always been a very important part of Roscrea rugby club, in recent years it has experienced an explosion in popularity with large groups of enthusiastic children training weekly and enjoying the game. When the […]

The Joe Dempsey Player’s player of the year trophy.  The Player’s player of the year trophy is an award that has hugely significant meaning to the Roscrea RFC senior players and the club in general. It bares the name of a former club legend and stalwart Joe Dempsey who passed away in 2018. It is […]

John Joe Ryan is an absolute certified legend. Once a dedicated Hurler, he eventually became so talented, brilliant and skillful that he was left with no option but to play rugby instead. He wont admit it, but the real reason he joined Roscrea RFC was so he could experience first hand the glorious spectacle of […]

Every squad needs a hero, not a super hero, just a regular hero. And every hero needs a side kick. Beauty had the beast, Laurel had Hardie and Batman had Robin, John Maher has Paddy Walsh. Together, they have had a wonderful adventure, travelling the fields of leinster like a inseparable boyband on a mission […]

Back in 2019, Roscrea senior team head coach John Maher was faced with a serious dilemma, he received a call from the mega overlords of world rugby to say that his team was far too old, thanks to Antoin, Malachy and octogenarian winger Ed Brophy, the average age of his squad was 56. He was […]