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It’s another busy weekend for Tallaght RFC. After beating Clondalkin last week the men’s first team are back on top of the Metro League Division 7 with a game in hand on both AIB and Clontarf. They face Clontarf this weekend with the chance to put some distance between them and the third placed Northsiders. […]

Naas R.F.C. 64 Tallaght R.F.C. 19 Tries: Aisling Pyke 3 Con: Caoimhe Hogan 2 Women’s League Division 4 Pitch 100, Firhouse 13/01/2019 Tallaght took on the unbeaten league leaders Naas in their first match after the Christmas break. Tallaght were hampered by losing Angelika Gertz and skipper Ciara McLaughlin to injury early in the match. […]

Tallaght 1sts 32 Try: Daryl Keogh, Adam Nolan, Andrew Rudd, Ciaran Keane Con: Shane Guerrine, Rob Hudson 2, Pen: Rob Hudson 2 Clondalkin 7 Metro League Division 7 Tymon Park 12/01/2019 Tallaght returned to action after the Christmas break with a home derby against local rivals Clondalkin. Clondalkin actually did Tallaght a favour last weekend […]

Happy New Year! After the Christmas break Tallaght RFC are back in business this weekend beginning with a local derby. On Saturday the Tallaght men’s first team are at home to Clondalkin in the Metro League Division 7. Their local rivals did them a favour last weekend when they beat AIB. They means Tallaght are […]

The St. Stephen’s day game took place again in Firhouse and there was a great turnout for it.  There were players from the women’s, men’s and youth’s teams plus a few special guests.  The game was played in a fun but safe way so all players could enjoy it apart from Andrew “Van Gogh” Rudd.  […]

The Tallaght R.F.C. St. Stephen’s day game has been a tradition for a number of years now and for the third year running, Tallaght RFC will be host the match on pitch 100, opposite Firhouse Community School. The game is always played in a fun, festive spirit and is open to all – past and present […]

Tallaght Rugby club are in the final of the Madden Cup for the second time in three seasons. They head to Malahide RFC for the final which is always hosted there after it was named for the late long-time club member John Madden. When Tallaght made the final two years ago, they lost by just […]

Tallaght R.F.C. 17 Tries: Martina Fitzpatrick, Ellen Crotty, Roisin Doyle Con: Aisling Pyke Athy R.F.C. 12 Women’s League Division 4 Pitch 100, Firhouse 09/12/2018 Tallaght took on sixth place Athy in Division 4 of the Women’s league looking for their second win of the season. They started well with a great move by the forwards […]

It’s not too far from Christmas but Tallaght RFC are still busy. With Friday’s scheduled match for the men’s first team cancelled due to Navan withdrawing from the Metro Division, the focus is on Tallasalle’s game away to Swords in Division 11 on Saturday. With leaders Clontarf not playing, a win for Tallasalle will put […]

Tallaght 1sts 8 Try: Andrew Rudd Con: Adam Nolan Bective Rangers 3 Metro League Division 7 Tymon Park 01/12/2018 Tallaght took on Bective in Division 7 of the Metro League in their final league game before the Christmas break. They took the lead after two minutes when skipper Adam Nolan scored a penalty kick. Tallaght […]

It’s another busy weekend of action for Tallaght RFC. On Saturday the Tallaght men’s first team are at home to Bective in the Metro League Division 7. Tallaght are looking to bounce back from their first defeat of the season and kick-off is 2PM in Tymon Park. On Sunday the women’s team travel to Portlaoise […]

Clontarf 5 Tallaght/DLSP 0 Metro League Division 11 Lakelands 24/10/2018 The Tallaght/DLSP combined team also known as “Tallasalle” played Clontarf in first versus second battle in Division 11 of the Metro League. A scrappy first half finished scoreless but Tallasalle defended well under pressure.  In the second half Tallasalle found themselves under constant pressure and […]

Longford R.F.C. 26 Tallaght R.F.C. 0 Women’s League Division 4 Terenure Road North 25/11/2018 Tallaght’s women’s team took on Longford in Division 4 of the women’s league. Longford scored two tries in each half and converted three of them for a 26-0 win. Coach Adam Nolan was disappointed for his team. “At moments we played […]

AIB 22 Tallaght 1sts 21 Try: Adam Nolan 2, Karl Segrave Con: Rob Hudson, Shane Guerrine 2 Metro League Division 7 DCU Sports Campus 24/11/2018 Tallaght took on AIB in Division 7 of the Metro League looking to maintain their place at the top of the table. After a delay of kick-off for twenty five […]

All of Tallaght’s teams are back in action this weekend. It’s first versus second as the Tallaght/DLSP combined team ‘Tallasalle’ are away to Clontarf in Castle Avenue in the Metro League Division 11. Please note the early kick-off time of 1PM. Later that afternoon, the Tallaght men’s first team are at away to AIB in […]

Audrey Fulham took up rugby for the first time just under three years ago. While she enjoyed playing and still trains and plays occasionally for the Tallaght women’s team, this season she has focused on refereeing. We asked Audrey to explain how she got into refereeing and how she’s enjoying it so far. “I’m not […]

    CYM R.F.C. 12 Tallaght R.F.C. 5 Try: Roisin Doyle Women’s League Division 4 Terenure Road North 10/11/2018 Tallaght’s women’s team took on fellow strugglers CYM in Terenure. After an encouraging performance against Tullamore last week, Tallaght were targeting the winless CYM for their second victory of the season. But on a day of […]

All of Tallaght’s teams are in action this weekend in a packed weekend of rugby. For a change the women’s team start the weekend as they travel to CYM for a Saturday morning kick-off in Division 4 of the women’s league. Tallaght will be looking to build on last week’s encouraging performance against Tullamore and […]