Post Tagged with: "Tralee RFC"

FORMER Tralee RFC player, Zoe Grattage, will start for the Irish women’s rugby team in the second game of the November Series at the UCD Bowl on Saturday (kick-off 2pm). Ireland Women’s head coach Tom Tierney has made ten changes after the 12-10 defeat to England last Sunday, to face Canada at […]

BACK in April, Ultan Dillane came home to launch his home club’s one-day tag rugby tournament to be held in August. Well now more details of the tournament have been released the event due to take place on Saturday, August 20, to coincided with the Rose of Tralee festival. The club […]

  IRELAND and Connacht rugby star, Ultan Dillane, was around town last week and his former club were delighted when he visited them at O’Dowd Park. He was there to hand out awards to members and launch a tag rugby event to be held at the club during the Rose Festival. […]

A report from Tralee Rugby Club on the Pan Munster Bank of Ireland U 18 Plate Final in Independent Park, Cork, on Sunday, March 20… Tralee RFC 18 Old Christians 13 After a gap of a decade at this age level, Tralee RFC deservedly captured the coveted trophy after a mighty […]

FOUR Trelee women have been picked in the Ireland 6 Nations squad it was announced this afternoon. Tralee RFC’s Zoe Grattage, Ciara Griffin and Ciara O’Connor and Ruth O’Reilly, who plays her rugby with Galwegians, were named in the squad of 30 that will defend Ireland Six Nations crown. The Tralee RFC trio have […]

TWO Tralee RFC players are heading to Wales over the weekend as part of the Irish squad for a  friendly match in anticipation of this year’s Six Nations Championship. The Ireland Women’s management team have named Tralee RFC players, Ciara Griffin and Zoe Grattage in the 26-woman squad to play against […]

DESPITE the spitting rain, the inaugural Tralee RFC fund-raising fun run went ahead at O’Dowd Park in Ballyard on Saturday. Around 170 adults and kids registered in the clubhouse before the event kicked off at 1pm. There was a 5k and 3k route for this timed event, sponsored by Noyeks Newmans of […]

A LONG running Christmas Tralee RFC tradition will be adding a new event this year. The ‘Home v Exiles’ game has been played every St Stephen’s Day at O’Dowd Park in Ballyard for over 30 years and this year the club has added a 3k/5k fun run to the day of festivities. “This […]

A CURRENT Tralee RFC player has been named in the squad for the first ever Ireland women’s Autumn international. Zoe Grattage has been named in a squad of 22 alongside 10 other uncapped players and joins Tralee native, Ruth O’Reilly of Galwegians in the panel. Continued below… Zoe will follow in […]

ANOTHER representative of Tralee RFC will join the ranks of players from the club called up to the Ireland Women’s squad over the last few years. Zoe Grattage, has travelled to Belfast to take part in an Ireland training session today (Saturday) to hopefully stake her claim for a place in the […]

FORMER Tralee RFC player, Ultan Dillane, has once again featured in the national press, a testament to his rising star status in Irish rugby. Dillane, has turned out nine times for the Connacht senior team in the last year. The performances earned him a two year contract with the province […]

  AFTER a string of impressive performances, former Tralee Rugby Club player, Ultan Dillane, has secured a two year contract with Connacht Rugby. Following three years in the Connacht Academy, 21-year-old Ultan Dillane, made his professional debut this season and will now progress to a senior contract. French-born Dillane moved […]

GREAT news has come through for rugby followers in town with the announcement that former Tralee RFC  youth player, Ultan Dillane, has been selected in the Connacht squad that will face Leinster in their Pro12 clash in the RDS tonight. Growing up only minutes from the Rugby Club in Ballydunlea, Ultan […]

FOUR underage Tralee rugby players have had a busy few weeks representing Munster sides at home and abroad. The four players who are all members of Tralee RFC are Eoin O’Carroll, James O’Connor, Josh Barnes and Jack Quilter. “We consistently have three or four guys playing in Munster underage teams, which is very good for […]

  Click on above ad for more A RED tide swept into Tralee yesterday afternoon as Munster players,  Conor Murray, Keith Earls, Donnacha Ryan, Felix Jones and BJ Botha among others made appearances at Lifestyle Sports in Manor West and Tralee Rugby Club. The players are visiting Kerry as part of ‘The Munster Race’. […]