Old heads to lead new look Swords
 Swords Rugby are back in pre-season training, with two familiar faces taking up the coaching reigns for the new campaign.
As the club gear up for the challenge of a new season in a revised Leinster League Division 3, Richie Cowman and Matt Corbett have been appointed as the new senior coaches. The pair are key figures at the ... Read More...
Promotion Hopes Dashed by Athy
Swords 5 Athy 23
Swords promotion hopes were ended with a defeat against Athy on Sunday, in a game which summed up their season. Well on top in the opening exchanges, the Greens failed to make the most of their chances and eventually leaked 23 points, leaving them in Division 3 for another season.
After an electric start, Swords... Read More...
Swords Dumped out of Plate
Swords 5 Rathdrum 50
Swords crashed out of the Provincial Towns Plate after coming unstuck at home to Rathdrum on Sunday. The two sides had met back in October, where the Wicklow men snatched victory in the closing minutes. The winning margin was a little wider this time around, although Swords did have their chances and led 5-3 midway through the first ... Read More...
Cahill Signs Off With Winning Points.
Swords 14 Clondalkin 12
 A conversion from fullback Dave Cahill gave Swords a well-earned win over Clondalkin at ALSAA on Sunday, in a fitting end to a fine career.
Cahill, who has given the club almost 20 years of sterling service, will hang up his... Read More...
Leinster Towns Cup
Swords 0 Naas 11
 Moral victories don't even come in to it. Swords can feel rightly aggrieved to not be in the hat for the next round of the Towns Cup after a performance of the highest quality at ALSAA on Sunday. This had nothing to do with Read More...
Trench Warfare!!
CYM 0 Swords 13
On a day more suited to mud wrestling than rugby, Swords grinded out their fifth win of the season away to CYM on Sunday. The fact that the game went ahead was a feat in itself, as the glue top surface ensured the words ‘running rugby' would not be uttered upon reflection. Dropped passes and scrums were the order of the day, but Read More...
Swords Edged out in Fingal Derby
Balbriggan RFC 17 Swords RFC 16
 Life's a game of inches. The famous motto of Al Pacino's character in the American Football movie ‘Any Given Sunday' never rang truer than at Balrothery last weekend. But this wasn't just any... Read More...
Swords Go Down Fighting in Arklow
Arklow 31 Swords 20
 Swords' promotion hopes took a dent with defeat in Arklow on Sunday, in a game they should have taken more from. In conditions more suitable for windsurfing than rugby, the Greens leaked three first half tries, which left them playing catch up for the remainder of the game. That said, they went on to outscore the hosts in the second half and in the end were left ruing... Read More...
Swords Cut Down Malahide
Swords 21 Malahide 5
 The Auld Triangle rang out around ALSAA a little louder than usual on Sunday, as Swords celebrated a fine win over bitter rivals Malahide. A fourth win in a row kept Swords in contention for the league title and had the coveted (and deserved) fourth try come, the bonus point would have put them.. Read More...
Swords Up To Third After Wexford Win
Wexford 13
Swords 21
 Swords racked up their third win in a row and moved up to third place in the league in the process, after seeing off Wexford on Sunday. Three tries and the trusted boot of Dave Cahill kept the Greens' momentum..Read More...
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Seconds Win in Skerries
Skerries 21
Swords 40
Swords second XV rounded off their league campaign with an excellent win away to Fingal rivals Skerries at Holmpatrick on Sunday. The Greens dominated the opening proceedings, with wing Ross McBride twice crossing from deep to give Swords an... Read More...
First Win For Seconds In Fingal Derby
North East Provincial Seconds League - Swords 17 Skerries 10
 Three well worked backline tries saw Swords second XV claim the honours against Fingal rival Skerries at ALSAA on Sunday. The Greens recorded their first win of the season in style and have laid down a marker for the rest of the season, playing some fine... Read More...
Five Make Debuts as Seconds Kick-off
Swords 8 Ashbourne 32
 Swords Seconds opened their 2007/08 campaign at home to Ashbourne on Sunday, and though they went down by four tries to one, there were still plenty of plus points from their first outing. Juris Beikmanis' penalty ... Read More...
Season 2007-08
Second Team / Over-35s: Training  every Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm, with matches on Saturdays or Sundays. The 2nd XV compete in the Metro League and other Leinster cup competitions.
Contact 2nds Captain, Leo Price on 087-7679440 or Derek Brennan on 087-6647233.
Anderson Cup
Swords 8 Portlaoise 24
TWO LATE tries in the second half gave Portlaoise a healthy winning margin over Swords seconds in the Anderson Cup on Sunday, but the home side can feel rightly aggrieved at the difference in the scoreline. The.... Read More
Leinster League - Boyne Game
Swords 12 - Boyne 12
Match Report to follow.
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BALBRIGGAN RFC V SWORDS RFC
Jenkinson Cup Tie
Sunday, September 3 , K.O. 3pm
Ringcommons Sports Ground
Following on from last week's game with Boyne, Swords next face Fingal rivals Balbriggan this Sunday. Having seen off their near neighbours twice in the last two seasons, the... Read More...
2nd Team 2006-07
The ever-growing seconds side are busy recruiting for the new season. Leo Price has been  named captain of the seconds team, with Joe Leyden named as vice. Swords RFC are, as always, on the Read More...
Leyden's Lions march on!
Swords 2nd XV 52 Stillorgan 5
Swords Second XV kept their recent good form with an excellent 52-5 win over Stillorgan last Saturday. For the second season in succession, the Seconds came away with a big ... Read More...
Second Team - Season 2005 /06
Pre-season training is well under way for the Second team. Training takes place every Tuesday and Thursday at 7.00pm. All new players are welcome.
Friendlies commence in September with league games kicking off... Read More...
Keating conversion hands ALSAA narrow win at Bective
ALSAA's seconds made amends for the recent cup defeat of their first XV with a narrow win away to Bective on Saturday. On a glue-top surface, full-back Peter Keating's conversion was the difference between the sides. Any rugby purists in attendance would have surely winced at the state of play as the playing surface Read More...
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Carr on the Road to Europe
 A Swords schoolboy is set to make sporting history this summer - but first must tackle the challenge of the Leaving Cert.
Peter Carr has been selected for the Irish U-18 rugby league for the upcoming European Championships, the first home grown player to represent his country. Read More...
Swords Minis Up and Running
 Mini rugby is the latest sport to hit Swords with the launch of Swords Rugby Club's juvenile section last Saturday. The weekend rain held off just long enough for the long-awaited blitz day, which took place in Brackenstown, just off Swords Main Street. Swords' Youth Development Officer, Jamie Gormly, and Leinster North East RDO, Wayne Mitchell, were on hand to put the next generation of players Read More...
Swords Run Riot Against Tallaght
Under-18 Leinster League Division 1 North
 Swords 50 Tallaght 5
Outhalf Peter Carr nabbed four tries as Swords Under-18s.. Read More...
Swords Minis About To Kick Off!
 Youth rugby is about to take over the town of Swords in the coming weeks, with hundreds more youngsters set to pick up the oval ball. As the youth teams in Swords RFC and the local schools continue their progress, 'Mini' rugby (Under-12s and Under-10s) will kick off with a massive blitz day next week. The Mini launch ... Read More...
Gormly Building for the Future
Ireland's miserable Rugby World Cup campaign did little or nothing to inspire youngsters to pick up the oval ball, expect perhaps encouraging those who reckon they could have done a better job. That may have made Jamie Gormly's job... Read More...
Season 2007-08
Swords Youth Rugby will kick off  again in September.
Next season, we will be fielding teams at U-18, U-16, U-12 and U-10.
Training for the youth teams will begin in September in ALSAA.
Mini rugby (U-12/10) will begin at the end of the summer in Balheary Park, Swords. Under-18 training is already underway every Tuesday and Thursday at 5.30pm in ALSAA. All are welcome to join.
For more information, contact: John Prendergast 086-8236467 or Dave Kelliher on 087-9936982
Youths Back in Training
 SWORDS RFC Youth teams are gearing up for another busy and indeed historic season, as for the first time, the club will field mini rugby teams. A launch day and blitz is planned for the Under-10s and Under-12s in September .... Read More...
Reilly Aims For the Blue of Leinster
 HE'S a six foot redhead, glad in green, the leader of his pack and he has a big year of rugby ahead of him - and he's not Paul O'Connell. While Dave Reilly will have one eye on his idol and the World Cup this autumn, he'll have plenty of action to concentrate on himself, both on and off the pitch. The 17 year old River Read More...
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Pre-season training's a beach!
 Swords RFC swopped the pitches of ALSAA for the soft sands of Donabate recently, as part of their pre-season training regime. The senior squad, along with several of the Under-18 squad, took part in the 90 minute session on the... Read More...
Waterside sign up with Swords U-18s
 wo of the best known names in Fingal have joined forces to form a formidable winning team. The region's fastest growing rugby club, Swords RFC, have announced details of a new sponsorship deal with the renowned Waterside House Hotel in Donabate.. Read More...
Congrats Tony!! on the launch of www.NaturalHealing.ie
 Congratulations to former coach and long standing club member Tony Lawless on the recenet launch of his new business website www.naturalhealing.ie. Everyone in the club would like to wish Tony the best with this... Read More...
New Beginnings at Swords RFC
It's the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Swords RFC - and you could be part of it. Preparations for the ALSAA-based club are already well underway, both on and off the pitch, ahead of the big kick-off in September.
A new breed of players and new coaching staff currently bedding down, while the club's recruitment drive is in full swing.‘It's a period of transition,' President Richard Cowman said... Read more...
AGM 2008
Swords RFC held their AGM in ALSAA last week and a number of new appointments have been made at committee level. Richard Cowman has again be elected President, with Dave Cahill remaining Vice-President. Joe Reid has stepped down as Honourary Secretary, and his role has been taken up by Dave Cahill, who also replaced long serving member Brian Vaughan...Read More...
Austin Tour '08
 33 members of Swords RFC embarked on their annual tour recently, with Austin, Texas this year's destination. A forward dominated touring party managed to overcome a more balanced Austin RFC in a game that took place in 80 degree plus heat despite the evening kick-off. The game due to the weather was played in four quarters with well earned water breaks on the 15 minute markers. Read More...
Swords stallions see off Italians
 There was a distinct continental flavour around ALSAA last weekend as Swords RFC hosted Vintage Rugby, a team of Italian ‘Golden Oldies' in a floodlit international clash. If the rugby on show wasn't vintage, then the camaraderie and enjoyment certainly was, as the two sides packed down for a mini version - or should that be classic? - of the Ireland-Italy clash which followed the next... Read More...
The Wright Stuff!
 Two new sets of shirts - two wins for Swords at the weekend!! The brand new Kukri kit has arrived and the Firsts and Seconds donned their new Wright's jerseys for the first time last week - and both won!! Afterwards, both teams converged into dressing room...Read More...
Unlucky Argentina!!
 Swords RFC celebrated their first win of the league campaign with a trip to World Cup HQ - aka Wright's Café Bar in Swords. After a great victory over North Kildare, the Greens headed up to their sponsors to cheer ... Read More...
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