Waterford City 12 : Fermoy 20.

City played East Cork side Fermoy in the semi -final of the Sullivan Cup last Sunday at home in Kilbarry. Being a home semi -final and having gone through last season unbeaten at home City were confident of reaching the final for the third time in four years. However it was not to be as Fermoy playing the windy conditions better prevailed to book a place against Charleville in next weeks’ decider.

City played with a strong wind in the first half but did take advantage of the conditions sufficiently especially towards the end of the half. Fermoy started the better and led 3-0 from an early penalty from the boot of their impressive outhalf Shane O Riordan. His long relieving kicks from the handfrom his own “22” was crucial in the first half as City were piling on the pressure. It took City 25 minutes to score when Niall Coady scored in the corner after nice handling by both backs and forwards. Prop Karl Reade added a second try on 35 minutes to increase the lead after good work by the forwards. Aaron Foskin converted with an excellent kick from the touchline.City had a few opportunities to add to the score but handling errors and turnovers cost them additional points which would prove to be the difference at the end. However , 12-3 ahead at half time playing at home even against the elements was promising for City.

But it was Fermoy who dominated the 2^nd half not allowing City out of their half for the majority of the game. The physicality and intensity required to win the game was not there collectively and time and time again Fermoy turned over ball on City at the breakdown which did not allow them to get sufficient momentum and territory. Fermoy scored two tries in the second half to even up the try count but it was their outhalf’s excellent kicking display that mattered on the score board in the end and sent them into the final. It was a disappointing display by the home team overall and the team will need to improve if they are to be competitive in the league campaign starting shortly.

So City now need to focus on the Division 3 Junior League which begins on 9^th October away to Abbeyfeale. It will be a difficult campaign which will require continuous commitment and focus from the players to be in the race again this season after finishing a creditable 3^rd last year.

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Waterford City Ladies will play their first game of the season next Friday 30^th September at 7.30 at our home pitch in Kilbarry. City are going to be playing their neighbours Dungarvan who have just set up a ladies team this year and are set to join Waterford in the development league this season.

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The first day out got off to a blustery wet start with the U13’s, coached by Jimmy taking on Youghal on Sat 17^th last. The first of many games this season was a preview of great things to come. The lads played very well and fought to the last whistle. City had 3 great tries by Jack Welch, Reece Lynch & Mat Garvey. Conversion kicked by Jack Kelly. Final score: Youghal 24 – 17 Waterford City.

The U15’s also had their first match which saw new players from last year U13’s join the team. It was a tough game but City improved immensely as the game progressed. City saw Jamie Flynn scoring 3 superb tries and David Roche scored the 4^th try for City. The passing was much improved and tackling went from strength to strength throughout the match.

Well done both teams !

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Well done to Dave O’Connor who played for Munster Junior over the weekend. All we have so far is the image below. Dave is the hairy one fourth from the left hand side of the image. We will update this post after we get a match report.

Dave O'Connor with his Munster team mates

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Waterford City’s 1st Team beat Bantry by 9 tries to 1 yesterday in the first round of the O’Sullivan Cup. Great start to the season. The final score was 47 – 14. Full match report will be posted during the week.

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To become a member of Waterford City R.F.C please download the registration form and fill in your details and hand it to either a coach or committee member.

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Congratulations to David O’Conner who has been selected to play for the Munster Juniors in their trip to Barcelona this coming weekend. This is a great step up for Dave who only started to play rugby a couple of seasons back. We wish him all the success this weekend and we will post a report on how he gets on when we receive it.

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Orla O Neill ( with the ball )

Congratulations to the two Waterford City players have been selected to represent Munster this coming season.

Elaine Anthony ( Number 8 ) and Orla O’Neill ( Centre ) have received the great news that the will play for the Munster Ladies team this coming season.  This is a massive achievement as both ladies in question only started to play rugby last September as this is the first year that Waterford City R.F.C  fielded a ladies rugby team in there long history.

Both girls attended extended rugby trails in Limerick over the past couple of weeks and head coach of Munster Gary Walsh must have been pleased with the performances which the girls put in to secure their places in the full Munster squad.

Hopefully this is only the start of their rugby careers representing at a high level and who knows where this might take them in the coming years. Coach’s David Whelan, Danny May and Anthony Lavery are absolutely delighted for the girls and can see many more local ladies making the grade in the coming years with some hard work and more game time.

This year training starts back a couple of weeks later than usual as Head Coach David Whelan is getting married to Team Manager Sandra Murray on the 12^th August. There is an open invite to all club members to attend the afters of this wedding which is being held down at the Tower Hotel.

Ladies training will start back on Monday 22^nd August at 7pm. All newcomers are welcome even if you have no rugby experience whatsoever. If you are interested in playing please contact Sandra on 087 6656 708 or email info@waterfordcityrfc.com

Also starting back this week our Underage boys rugby programme. All our Under 19s, 17s, and 15s are back full time training on Wednesdays and Fridays from 7pm until 8.30pm. Again all newcomers are welcome and you can get more info by contacting info@waterfordcityrfc.com or phoning Jimmy Foskin on 086 3327 327

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We received the fantastic news over the weekend that 2 of our own ladies players are now part of the Munster Ladies Senior Squad. A massive congratulations and well done to Elaine Anthony and Orla O’Neill from all at the club. We wish ye a bright and promising future and look forward to seeing ye in action. A special thank you also to David Whelan for his encouragment with the girls and his coaching of them last season.

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Fun Day / Member – Player registration

This has now been postponed due to the hurling match. Please come back to check latest updates.

If you need any further details please contact Dave Whelan on 085 110 6823 or email david@whelanwebdesign.com

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