UCC Rugby Football Club celebrates what may be the most successful season in its 137 year history. 
UCC Senior Team were crowned All Ireland League Winners (Division Two) and are promoted to Division One for the first time in the Club’s history since the AIL was established. 
The top four teams in the Club (Senior, J1, J2, [...]

Paul O’Connell will captain the British & Irish Lions in their opening match of the tour of South Africa when the tourists meet the Royal XV in Phokeng, near Rustenburg, on Saturday.
The Irish and Munster lock is joined in the starting line-up by Lions veteran Ronan O’Gara, while Keith Earls and Tommy Bowe make their [...]

 ’I think there’s a big buzz,’ he said. ‘We had a great week last week. Everyone’s out on the pitch at the same time, everyone’s in the gym at the same time, everyone’s in and around the training ground at the same time.
‘I think there’s a lot of good friendships being made, a lot of [...]

 
Around 30,000 Irish and British fans are expected at the three test matches in Durban, Pretoria and Johannesburg at a cost of around €40m.
Altogether, the Lions can confidently expect to run out for the test matches at Kings Park, Loftus Versfeld and Ellis Park with half of each stadium wearing red Adidas shirts. Adidas hope [...]

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Jerry Flannery has been ruled out of the Lions tour to South Africa due to injury.
In the latest injury blow to the Lions, the combative Ireland hooker suffered a chipped bone in his left elbow during training on Wednesday afternoon.
A scan revealed the extent of the damage and Flannery requires surgery that will prevent him [...]

Interviewer: Tell me about the Lions, what does their tour mean to you?
JdV: It’s going to be huge, it’s something I’m excited about. Hopefully I can be part of it but I won’t keep my hopes too high after the disappointment of what happened to me early in the last World Cup. 
Those were always going [...]

Here are some of Paul O’Connells thoughts since meeting up with the British & Irish Lions for the first time yesterday.
“We need to do justice to the Lions jersey, I don’t think we did that in 2005,” said the Irishman.
“We need to do the Lions proud over there and see what happens after that.”
O’Connell was [...]

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For the second consecutive season the winners of the Magners League title have been confirmed as the ‘Best Supported Team’ of the tournament with the announcement today that Munster Rugby have secured the accolade.
Munster have been playing in front of packed houses at both their grounds during the season, with four fixtures staged at Musgrave [...]