Shannon were the only side with some thing at stake and were the side who only showed up on the day. Shannon took the lead in the 5th minute with a drop goal from Tadhg Bennett, followed by a penalty after 18 minutes. With 30 minutes on the clock Tadgh Bennett kicked his 2nd drop goal. [...]
Congratulations to the under 15s who won the South Munster Shield this evening. It was a fantastic team effort, each player playing very well and it was a just reward for a good season. Results Dolphin 29 Highfield 0 Dolphin 24 Highfield (2nd Team) 5, (Final ) Dolphin 7 Ballincolig 5. Well done to Gerry Harrington who has [...]
At the start of the season when Mr Dave Pomeroy and Mr Ken Sheehan asked me to get involved in our U19 set up , I said it would be an honour as always to coach a Dolphin team .While starting in mid August ,we looked at it in with the long term view in mind [...]
The combined sides The U/13′s had their final game of the season when they entertained Bective Rangers at Musgrave Park. They had met juat a couple of weeks ago in Dublin but the Dublin side were much more competitive this time around. Dara Cullinane scored the only try of the first period and Mike Varnum [...]
James Coughlan will undergo surgery on Friday after fracturing a bone in his left hand in the game against Ulster. He will miss Munster’s remaining games in the RaboDirect PRO12, initial reports are that he could be sidelined for 6-8 weeks.
Dolphin defeated Waterpark 49-31 at Ballinakill to book a meeting with Cork Constitution in the final of the South Munster Under 21 Cup. Dolphin ran in seven tries with Eamon Mills scoring two and Rob O’Herlihy, Enda Carroll, Bryan O’Rahelly, Rory Cullinane and Eoin Shaughnessy each getting one apiece. Mills kicked two conversions and a [...]
A gritty performance from a Munster Development XV resulted in a hard earned 34-24 win against the fully professional Enesei STM team at Dooradoyle yesterday. The Russians had beaten Connacht A earlier in the week very comfortably, and came into this game full of confidence. As Munster A had played on Friday night, Munster selected from the Academy [...]
The Tag Rugby Competition held on Good Friday was a great success, some good skills on view and all the competitors enjoyed the Tag and the social side of the evening. It looks like it will be an annual event and perhaps there will be some more one off evenings as well. Our thanks to all [...]
Congratulations to Noel Hickey on his election at this months GPC to the position of Junior Vice President. Noel, who was senior captain in 1974/75 has been involved in the club for many years and we look forward to supporting him over the next couple of seasons.
Dolphin U13′s followed on their impressive 42-0 victory over Bective Rangers with an equally impressive league victory over Muskerry at Ballyanly this evening. Man of the match Ryan O’Herlihy scored his first try after just two minutes, converted by Eoin Hodkinson. No 8 Mike Varnum made it 12-0 just minutes later. Dolphin made it 19-0 [...]