As Clontarf FC get set to welcome Lansdowne FC to Castle Avenue for tomorrow’s AIL semi-final, their place on home soil has been earned through months of hard work, consistency and some big performances at the right time. Looking back over the season, four key periods helped shape the journey. The Perfect Response The campaign […]

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After a number of years of discussions, the AIL was formed in 1990/91 as an all-Ireland club competition for senior rugby Clubs, replacing the province-based structures, which had applied since the ark. The All Ireland leagues have gone through a number of structural iterations since the foundation, with the current league structure of 10 team leagues, […]

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Clontarf fell to a 14–10 defeat to St Mary’s at Castle Avenue, but with a home semi-final already secured, the result carried little consequence beyond pride and momentum. Don’t you feel privileged to attend a game where the result, while important, really has little bearing on progression in the competition? I remember, back in the […]

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There are some parts of a rugby club that go well beyond the results on a weekend, and the Clontarf Bulls are the perfect example of that. During the Six Nations Championship, Mark and Paddy Grainger, of the Pebble Beach in Clontarf, hosted a quiz night in support of the Clontarf Bulls and Friends of […]

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Clontarf came up short 31–19 against Lansdowne in a game where the hosts threw caution to the wind, chased everything, and made it count when it mattered. This was a belter of a game with a sharp reminder that the opposition are not the only actors in the performance that need to be “played”. Lansdowne […]

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