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AIL Skerries v Rainey Old Boys 2nd Mar’19
AIL (Divison 2B) Saturday 2nd March 2019. Skerries RFC 27 – 20 Rainey Old Boys It was a pretty good day for Skerries RFC last Saturday. There were 120 guests at the “Business” pre match lunch. Michael Hoey of Country Crest gave a truly inspirational speech laced with palpable humility which received a fully justified…
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AIL Galway Corinthians v Skerries 23rd Feb’19
Ulster Bank AIL Division 2B Corinthian Park 23/02/2019 Galway Corinthians 55 (Keller try 7 con 2 pen, Guilfoyle O’Reilly 2 tries ea, McDermott Huxford try ea.) Skerries: 38 (Davitt 4 pen 3 con, M Sherlock E Sherlock R Halligan C Marrey try ea.) Straight away after the kick-off by Corinthians, Skerries were awarded a line-out which…
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AIL Sligo v Skerries 16th Feb’19
Saturday 16th of February, Hamilton Park Sligo 27- 27 Skerries Tries; Evan Sherlock, Paul Devitt, Mikey Sherlock Cons; Billy Mulcahy (3) Pens: Paul Devitt (2) After two week break Skerries resumed their AIL campaign with a visit to the north west to play Sligo. In the home fixture Skerries earlier in the season, they got…
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Towns Cup 2nd Rd Skerries v Enniscorthy 10th Feb’19
Skerries v Enniscorthy Towns Cup Sunday 10th February If ever there was an example of a game of two halves this was it. Enniscorthy played with a strong wind in the first half but couldn’t penetrate a strong home defence. A strong Enniscorthy scrum and lineout put the home team under constant pressure. On a…
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Match Report: Skerries v Belfast Harlequins 26th Jan’19
Ulster Bank All Ireland League Div 2B – Holmpatrick 26/01/2019 Skerries RFC 7 – 11 Belfast Harlequins RFC Had you done a straw poll prior to Skerries home match against Belfast Harlequins last Saturday, you would have seen pundits and supporters alike predicting a high scoring match. But as we all know that’s what makes sport…
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Match Report: Sundays well v Skerries 19th of Jan’19
Ulster Bank All Ireland League Div 2B – Irish Independent Park 19/01/2019 Sundays Well 11 – 17 Skerries RFC The journey home always seems shorter but the journey from Cork on Saturday passed particularly quickly for the Skerries players and supporters as they brought with them four points to improve their table position to seventh. On…
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Skerries v Sundays Well 15th of Dec
AIL Division 2B Holmpatrick 15th December 2018 Skerries 5 ( Kevin McGrath try ) Sunday’s Well RFC 0 In a game played in apocalyptic conditions Skerries deservedly won their first match of the season and in doing so moved off the bottom to 8th place. This was a result, coming on the back of a…
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Belfast Harlequins v Skerries 8th of Dec
Mulcahy lands final kick to share spoils! Skerries 10. Try Kevin McGrath, Con Billy Mulcahy, Pen Billy Mulcahy Belfast Harlequins 10 This fighting draw may turn out to be the turning point in Skerries survival for division 2B status. The course of their season so far has been blighted with injuries, unlucky losses but this…