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Athy's 3 adult teams all played Clondalkin on Saturday 28th August in the Showgrounds. There were mixed results with the 1st XV (Hosie Cup) losing to a strong and street-wise Clondalkin side. The 2nd XV carried their winning habit of recent years into the new season, beating a fancied Clondalkin side in the Lawlor Cup. The 3rd XV were unlucky to lose by 2 points to Clondalkin, after injuries to players in the 2's match meant that they lost a number of players during the game.

The 1st and 2nd teams both play Cill Dara at home this Sunday in the Hosie and Lawlor Cups. The 2's kick off at 12:30pm and the 1's are at 1:30pm. Please come up to support the teams.

An Open Day will be held in the Club on the 11th of September from 11am to give Boys & Girls from Athy and surrounding areas an opportunity to come up and sample the rugby training and general atmosphere in the club.

Leaflets are being distributed through the primary schools and existing players / parents are encouraged to "Bring-a-Buddy" up for this fun day. The U17's will also be playing an exhibition match during the Open Day 

Training for the Minis, (U7 to U12), resumes on Thursday 2 September at 7pm. New players are welcome and all players are encouraged to "Bring-a-Buddy" up to play this year. Qualifying Date of Birth for age grades is the 1st of January, i.e. those born in 2004/5 = U7, 2003 = U8, 2002 = U9, 2001 = U10, 2000 = U11 & 1999 = U12. Those born before 1999 are U13 or older.

An additional Minis game has been arranged in Kilkenny on Sunday 19th September.

Registration Day has been moved to the 11th September, the same day as the Open Day.

The 2nd XV start their Metro J2 league campaign at home to Terenure on Saturday the 25th of September and follow this with games against both Stillorgan and CYM's first teams away from home before hosting UCD in Athy.  The full list of fixtures will be available on AthyRugbyClub.com very shortly. J3 Leinster League fixtures are still waiting to be finalised.

The Senior Squad got off to a good start last Saturday Evening with a good win over Portlaosie in a Pre-Season Fiendly Game. This was played over 4 quarters of 20 minutes and a great squad of 35 players togged out. This included the welcome return of many players who had not played in recent seasons.

<----Jamie McStay clears the ball from a ruck 

Each of the 35 were given a minimum of 20 minutes game-time and a very worthwhile exercise saw Athy come from behind to win 29 - 17, outscoring the hosts by 5 tries to 3. Athy's try-scorers were Dave Murphy, Darren O'Brien, Brian "Bear" Meredith, Mark Farrell and the returning Billy Ryan. 

<----Steve Ashmore giving final instructions