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Welcome to the Home of Monivea RFC, the
club was founded on October 8th 1972 by Padraig McGann,
since that day the club has grown and
progressed to have teams at all levels from
the kids playing mini rugby right through
to the Junior side who this season will
hope to qualify for AIL Division 3
rugby.
All coaches and parents over the underage
teams are asked to submit team photo's and
any related articles or stories they would
like featured in the mini and underage
rugby sections.
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As
a mark of respect to the late Mick O'Connor
Monivea ,father of our Junior Vice
President & 1st Team manager Mike &
grandfather of 1st Team players Ger &
Rory O'Connor all Rugby events at the club
this weekend have been cancelled.
Ar
dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
ALL
IRELAND LEAGUE QUAILIFERS
Well done guys on a great
win Saturday ye held yer heads & kept
believing keep it up!!
Also a big thank you to all the supporters
who travelled in big numbers the guys
really appreciate it & you do make a
difference so keep it up!!
Monivea are now leading the way in the
AIL Round Robin Qualifiers after one round.
They secured a superb come from behind
victory away to Munster champions Richmond
on Saturday and managed to notch up a four
try bonus point in the process to take top
spot in the Table.
Now to keep that spot on the table we must
come out with a win at
home on Saturday 10th against
City of Derry who earlier in the season
came out on top when we met in the All
Ireland cup Semi-Final. So hope to see
you all at the Castle Grounds on Saturday
10th 2.30pm for what will be a great game
of rugby.
J2's
Also congrats & well done to the
J2's on a great win against Sligo in the
Ard Na Cregg Cup on Sunday last in Sligo.
As said before these guys don't get half
enough support as most games clash with
J1's games but this will not be the case
for the remaining games which are: Sunday
11th April Ard Na Cregg Quarter-Final v
Tuam/Corinthians at home 3pm &
also J2 league Final v Tuam date &
venue to be confirmed.So please come out
and give the guys your support they train
as often & equally as hard as J1's and
deserve better support so see you all in
Monivea Sunday 11th 3pm!!
(1)
Richmond 14 Vs 27 Monivea - Limerick - 27/03/10 @
14:30
(2)
Monivea Vs Seapoint - Monivea - 10/04/10 @
14:30
(3)
Monivea Vs City of Derry -
Monivea - 17/04/10 @ 14:30
*Next Match*
ALL
IRELAND LEAGUE QUAILIFERS
Monivea will have one away game & two
home games in the All Ireland League
qualifiers.
Their first game is away to Richmond of
Munster on the 27th March.The guys really
would
appreciate your support & Limerick
isn't really too far to
travel!!!Anyone interested in a
supporters bus please contact 087 9636777
by the 20th March.Bus will only travel if
enough demand.
The two home games will be in Monivea on
the 10th & 17th April.
MINI
RUGBY
U8 & U9 Connacht blitz
is on the 20th March in Castlebar the U7,10,11
& 12's will travel to Tuam
on the 20th for a blitz.Training this Sat
13th as uaual 11am till 12 noon
Recent
Results
U17: Tuam 0
v 27 Monivea 08/02/10
JC: Sligo
12 V 9 Monivea 07/02/10
U19: Monivea 17
v 13 Ballinasloe 07/02/10
J1:
Westport 3 V 34 Monivea 30/01/10
J1:
Monivea 42 v 0 Ballinrobe 24/01/10
AIB JC: Derry 23 v 11
Monivea
J2:
Loughrea 06 v 22 Monivea 17/01/10
Underage
Teams
U19’s
League Semi Final
Monivea
29 Corinthians 3 – Monivea had an
impressive win over Corinthians in the
League Semi Final on Sunday last.
They stormed ahead with a try from
Conor Kindregan in the opening minutes,
followed by a penalty to Corinthians
straight in front of the posts.
Monivea powered back with a break
through the middle by Lorcan Laheen for try
number 2. Corinthians
fought hard to get back into the game, but
they were completely dominated by a very
strong Monivea side who added another try
by Paddy Finnerty and converted by Coleman
Maher just before the break. The
second half saw Monivea score further
try’s by Colm Neary and in form Paddy
Finnerty. They now face
Buccaneers in the final who overcame
Galwegians to qualify. We
send our best wishes to Conor Kindregan who
was selected to play with the Ireland
U18’s in France this week, but because of
an injury picked up on Sunday is unable to
travel, lets hope he has fully recovered to
travel to Italy in mid March to again line
out with the Ireland U18’s.

U19
Team

U19
A Team
Connacht
Youths team who won the Interprovincial
Series 2009
Monivea's
players in the Connacht Youths team who won
the Interprovincial Series 2009

From left to right - Mike
Dillon {Monivea U19 selector}, Damien
McNelis, Lorcan Laheen, Conor Kindergan and
Padraic McGann {Monivea U19 Manager}.
Heineken
Junior Cup final
Sunday 5th
April 2009
Monivea 14
v 6 Corinthians
Rory O'Connor heads off
to score a try

Ger O'Connor adds the
extra's

Monivea Captain Pat
Devane celebrates a job well done
Pictures thanks to
Jonathan Curran for more action shots from
the game go to Sporting
Occasions
Junior
Cup Champions 2009
Monivea
stormed to a fantastic Junior Cup win in the
Sportsground on a score line of Monivea 14 -
6 Corinthians. The much hyped Corinthians;
current junior league champions were
dominated by the village club. Corinthians
scores came from 1 penalty & 1 drop goal
both scored by David Clarke but neither could swing the game in their favour.
Monivea had the majority of the possession
in the 1st half but failed to convert it
into points. The second half sprung to life
with a blistering run up the wing & a
try under the posts from Rory O'Connor. Ger
O'Connor converted the kick & later
scored & converted his own try after an
inside pass from Darren Blade inside the
Corinthians 22. The Monivea pack had a great
game & this provided the platform for
the backs to work there Magic! The introduction of Pat
"The Master" Blade in the last few
minutes crowned off a great day for the
players & everyone involved with
Monivea.
For
Photo's & more click here!!!

Monivea U16 Champions
2008
For
full info click here
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