The Joe Dempsey player’s player of the year award. Each year the Roscrea RFC senior team management group hold an awards ceremony to honour the players who excelled throughout the season. In a normal year, this is held at the clubhouse with a large crowd, great food, a rocking bar and a festival like atmosphere. […]
Roscrea Rugby Club Launch Ambitious Strategic Development plan.
In recent years Roscrea RFC has experienced a very significant increase in children, teenagers and young adults taking up the sport of Rugby. There are now 16 age groups and teams with over 350 players training and playing at the club. The resurgence of Girls rugby which returned to Roscrea RFC in 2017 has been […]
Roscrea make it 3 in a row.
Edenderry RFC 20 Roscrea RFC 23 After winning both of their early season encounters against neighbours Birr RFC and Midland Warriors RFC, the Roscrea RFC senior team went into their first away fixture against Edenderry RFC hoping to continue the excellent form they had accrued during last seasons league winning campaign. Edenderry themselves have […]
Special weekend for Roscrea RFC senior coach John Maher
In every club, there are a very select and rare type of people that personify the most honest virtues of their chosen sport. Always humble, dedicated and committed without reservation to the club and its history. Invariably and without question, their fondest memories and their finest hours will have been experienced wearing the colours and […]
A 19000km Journey to play for Roscrea. The Jake Lawlor Story.
When Jake Lawlor left New Zealand on his 20th birthday, he embarked on a journey inspired by a childhood of stories about Ireland and rugby in Roscrea. The very first impression that you get of Jake is his warm and friendly demeanor. He could be considered your quintessential Kiwi, very chatty, always direct and constantly […]
The Invincibles!
After the perfect season where the Roscrea RFC senior team succeeded in achieving the improbable, winning every game and topping the table despite the deduction of 7 points for an indiscretion early in the season. This is the story of how John Maher’s men overcame every obstacle that lay put in front of them and […]
The 10 best Roscrea RFC photos of the year!
While the Roscrea RFC teams have been impressing everyone on the pitch this season, we have had the good fortune of having a dedicated support team of photographers to record the Clubs sporting endeavours on and off the pitch. Here we look back at 10 of the most significant photos of the year! In February […]
Roscrea RFC win league with 100% record
Passion, pride, resilience, determination, respect and an indomitable will to win. After a season of hard yards, fighting the elements, unfortunate points deductions and a series of euphoric victories. The Roscrea RFC senior team were crowned Leinster league division 3 champions without even kicking a ball on the last weekend of the season. With 1 […]
Joy for John Maher’s men in enthralling Towns Cup encounter
The towns cup like many similar knockout competitions still has a certain romantic attraction, one that can really only be found in amateur rugby. It can occasionally provide us with unfortunate mismatches as team from different leagues meet, but it can also entertain us with when two unacquainted clubs pair off for a winner takes […]
Sensational Sutton hat trick helps Roscrea to 13th successive victory.
With only 2 games remaining in the season and trailing Portarlington RFC by 3 points, The Roscrea RFC senior team knew that anything less than victory against 3rd place Ardee RFC would extinguish any hopes of winning the league and the reward of automatic promotion. In the previous week’s victory over Clane RFC, the Roscrea […]
