Former Ireland head coach turned UCC Director of Sport Declan Kidney has been announced as head for London Irish in the Aviva Premiership. The move, which reunites Kidney with Ireland coach Les Kiss, with the pair hoping to push the basement side to safety in the top tier of English Rugby Union. The pair have…
Cork brothers Niall and Rory Scannell have been making waves this season, with both men regularly on the starting line-up for Munster. It’s questionable, then, as to why these two key players in Munster’s recent successes have not made the recently announced Irish line-up. Both brothers have proven massively influential in Munster’s recent 14-15 win…
UCC and Irish rugby legend Donal Lenihan has launched his maiden book this month, entitled “My Life in Rugby.” The book, which tells the life story of the former Lion, paths his career from growing up in Cork City, to his early days at Christian Brothers College, to winning the treble crown and captaining Ireland…
As the nights get shorter, club action is happening thick and fast in UCC with results coming in from all across the board. UCC Ultimate Frisbee set the standard by winning the Mixed Indoor IV’s trophy at UL last week, clinching their first silverware of the season. Following that, UCC Ladies Rugby recorded an emphatic…
I arrived outside Thomond Park at 10:00am on Saturday morning: I was there to steward my very first Munster game, and I knew it was an important day, as 25,000 seats had been sold-out for a day for Munster & rugby supporters in general to pay their respects to the late Anthony “Axel” Foley. The…
Buccaneers started off this Division 1B tie off strong; Conor McKeon was the first to put his name on the score sheet, successfully kicking a penalty only minutes before UCC’s Shane Layden gave away possession to send Jordan Conroy scampering away for his first try. Kevin O’Keeffe salvaged something for his side, with a 9th minute…
UCC started off the game well, and eased into an early 11 point lead inside the opening twenty minutes at Crowley Park. UCC impressed well in the early stages, as winger Kevin O’Keeffe kicked two penalties while fellow winger Cillian Ansbro brought it over the line after an impressive run by lock Darragh Moloney. …
Flashback to 2011: A 15 year old Dylan was off collecting his Junior Cert results, eating Burger King and reading the adventures of Green Lantern & the Blackest Night. In another room my father was off debating the transfers, and Cork’s chances of reaching an All Ireland final. The idea of sports was a foreign…
In 1889 the last sanctioned bare-knuckle boxing match in the United States took place, a bout won by champion boxer John L. Sullivan; one of the first recorded uses of the helmet in American football occurred in 1893. Turn of the century sports are generally regarded as ‘barbaric’ in comparison to modern equivalent games due…
Results and Fixtures: Ashbourne Cup: UCC 1-13 DCU 0-2 Ulster Bank Rugby League: Thomand 7-30 UCC EY Hockey League: Greenfields 1-2 UCC Ladies Munster Senior League Division One: UCC Men 4-0 Limerick Donal Walsh Trophy: UCC U20’s 17-5 Garryowen Rowing: Congratulations to Jack Casey on winning the indoor national championships over the weekend. Ultimate Frisbee:…