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Skerries 16  Tullamore 7 2A/2B Cup Final Naas RFC has proved a happy hunting ground for Skerries First XV this season. When the team last came here in November 2014 they put 40 plus points on the hosts and delivered one of their finest performances in recent times. The 2A/2B cup was conceived to give…

Cashel 15  Skerries 10 UBL Div 2A – Saturday 11 April Skerries finished their league season third in UBL Division 2A despite a loss away to Cashel on Saturday. Although it meant they missed out on the two automatic promotion spots, it represented a superb result for their first year in a decade at this…

Skerries 41 Queens University Belfast 40 It was a cracker of a match at Holmpatrick as Skerries played their last home league match of the season. The fast and fit Queen’s University Belfast were the visitors, and the result was a match of twelve tries and the sort of injury time excitement that Skerries now…

Nenagh Ormond 31 Skerries 5 UBL Div 2A Saturday 7th March 2015 It had been almost four months since Skerries lost a match in any competition, but that run finally came to an end at Nenagh Ormond on Saturday. They had gone into the match in third, a point off the automatic promotion place but…

SKERRIES 24 DUNGANNON 17 UBL Div 2A – 28 February 2015 Skerries continued their promotion push with a bonus point win over Dungannon at Holmpatrick on Saturday, even if in the end the home side was made work very hard for their win. But they go into their final three matches in a position that…

UBL Div 2A Rainey Old Boys 18 Skerries 24 Towns Cup Skerries 23 Newbridge 7 If there was a weekend to illustrate just how far Skerries RFC has come in only a few years, this was it. Two seasons ago, in their first season back in the All-Ireland League, Skerries visited Rainey Old Boys and…

Tries from Mikey Sherlock, David Quirke, Chris Tonge and Derek Keane, plus kicks from Conal Keane, gave us a hard fought win at Magherafelt. Another important win against tough opponents. Keeps us in the promotion hunt. Well done lads!

SKERRIES 32  NUIM BARNHALL 8 UBL Div 2A, 30th January 2015 Skerries beat promotion rivals Barnhall on Friday night in a match which must count as their most complete display of the season. It puts them fully in the promotion mix heading into a crucial phase in the season. There was a huge crowd at…

Skerries 19  City of Derry 17 UBL Div 2A – Saturday 24th January Skerries beat City of Derry last Saturday in a hard fought – and in the end a little fraught – Ulster Bank League Div 2A clash at Holmpatrick. The win kept Skerries in 4th place in what is now a congested battle…

Skerries 34  Blackrock 27 2A/2B Cup Skerries ran out winners in an entertaining cup clash at Holmpatrick tonight. With a very strong scrummaging performance proving crucial, and some typical sharp running and handling, there were tries a plenty for the good crowd. But Skerries needed to haul their opponents back after going 17-5 down just…