The senior boys rugby team worked hard this year making it through to the quarter final of the Anne McInerney cup in Leinster. Although they were put out they had a great season and all was not lost.
St. Joseph’s Drogheda Capture Leinster Title
North Leinster Schools U-14 final
St Joseph’s CBS Drogheda retained the North Leinster schools u-14 title over there town neighbours after an excellent match in Darver center of excellence. Both teams had met each other earlier in the competition with that match finishing a draw so a keenly contested game was expected again and both teams duly delivered.
Junior Rugby
Last week the Junior rugby team played Ardee Community School in Ardee. It was a close game. St. Joseph’s couldn’t come out with a victory as a missed tackle led to a last minute try to Ardee. We gave it our best shot and we are ready for the next game! Thanks to Ms. O’Rourke! - Jack Carley (2R)
Rugby Update
Rugby Update :
Our juniors won against Malahide CS in the final game of the pool 56 - 25
Try scorers were
Joe Agbeyomi 2 tries
Alex Hanratty 2 tries
Paddy McGeary try
Stan Goodwin 3 try "hatrick"
Ryan Delaney
Cons by Tadhg Martin and Ben Savage
The Juniors are proving their strength in depth with a comprehensive defeat of a strong Malahide side.
The seniors demolished Malahide 46 -0
Tadhg O'Reilly scored 3 tries
Sean Healy
Conan Carroll
Shane Hickey
Andrew Dalton
Emmanuel Nyarko
Cons by Nathan Sutherland and James Farrell
The seniors put on a fantastic display of sustained power and back line play. The forwards carried superbly and made the hard yards at every breakdown.
St Josephs Junior Rugby team take the Duff Shield !
The Junior Rugby team won the Duff Shield in Donnybrook on March 15th defeating Naas CBS 25 points to 11. Captain Harry Lipscomb seen here lifting the trophy.
Philipe Saint André joins students at training camp
Philipe Saint André recently joined students from St Josephs at a pre Alps training day at The Curragh. Saint André is a former rugby union footballer who earned 69 test caps for France. After retiring, Saint-André found success as a rugby coach in both England and France. He was serving as director of rugby at Toulon before being announced as the successful candidate for head coach of France from 2011 to 2015. 25 students will travel to Tignes in the Alps on Sep 6th for 6 days for some pre season training at the PSA academy. Pictured above are L-R: Evan McGinn, Conor Sweeney, Maeve Hackett, Philipe Saint André, Niall McDonnell and Aaron Kierans.
New Rugby Kit Revealed for St Josephs
The junior rugby panel and coach Ms Hackett have been presented with the brand new St Josephs rugby kit co-sponsored by CTI Business Solutions and G Morgan and Sons furniture company. Come on ye boys in Blue! Check out some more photos below of our slick new jerseys.