We hosted Waterpark-Rfc on Sunday the 7th. It promised to be a very competitive game and it did not disappoint. You could not take your eyes off the action.

If you’d like to watch the video of the minis cheering on the J1’s click on the link the see it.

Waterpark opened up the scoring with a converted penalty we answered with a unconverted try. They then converted another penalty putting them back in the lead by one point. We were yellow carded for repeated penalties. They then ran in two tries before half time one converted one not converted, we were awarded a penalty which we didn’t’ convert. The half time score was OCRFC 5 – 18 WaterparkRfc.

The second half seen the J1’s come out of the gates surging and determined to win. We scored a try early in the half which was converted. Waterpark were yellow carded for repeated infringements. We took full advance of the extra man by running in 2 more tries in that time both converted. Giving us the bonus point for 4 tries. Waterpark came back at us in the dying minutes of the game and scored 2 more tries again one converted, one not. Their last try was an intercepted ball that they ran with and scored. The full time score was OCRFC J1’s 26 – 30 Waterpark J1’s.

Try scorers; Chris Harnett, Small John, Laz, and Smitty

After the game we all went into the club house for a hearty meal of mash potatoes, beans and sausages. Thanks to the women’ committee for looking after everyone so well. Thanks to the young Kav lads who were selling tickets for the raffle.

Everyone agreed it was a great game such a pity we didn’t win but we did come away with not one but 2 bonus points. Next Sunday we are hosting Mallow at home should be a good game. Its well worth coming up to watch the J1’s playing. Especially with the minis bringing up lots of noise, atmosphere and colour thanks to Liam and Ray for organizing them for all home games. #OneClubOneCommunity

Delighted to have Roy Loftus of Loftus Demolition and Leo McCabe of Rising Sons brewery on board as new team sponsor for our U13 team thank you for your support.

Great to have such wonderful support. The whole team are delighted with their new jerseys and can’t wait to get them all mucky.

Saturday the 30th October, training and then breakfast rolls with a tea or coffee for €4, great fundraiser and great fun was had by all.

Club calender now available for pre-order. Click on the link to get your now.

https://ocrfc.sumup.link/product/club-calendar-calendar

Ready for collection by beginning of December…

Now that the season has begun it has become apparent that there is a severe shortage of active referees available to officiate at games. We need to have our ‘Active Referees’ numbers in the region of 200, thus allowing for a rotation to ensure, that to the very best of our ability all games are covered. At the present time the number of referees across the province is on a weekly basis approximately 80. With on average 200 games per week in Munster some of which require referee and touch judges this is a huge draw on a small pool of people. As a result providing associate referees to officiate at all games is an impossible task and can be a source of frustration to teams when there is no referee available. As you are well aware, the role of the referee in our game is a critical one and with this in mind I am asking your club to reach out to all of your members to see if any of them would be interested volunteering as a referee. There are a number of options available ranging from being a full time member of the M.A.R to becoming an affiliate referee. • In the event that you have club members that are willing to become an affiliate referee, this course can be undertaken online https://www.irishrugby.ie/playing-the-game/refereeing/club-schoolaffiliated-referees/ • Many clubs have had referees who have in the last few years retired and may be in a position to return to refereeing to assist in ensuring that games can be officiated by an associate referees, we request that these people reach directly out to the MAR and contact the Honorary Secretary Mr. Martin Ryan at marhonsec@mar.ie and re-registration will be expedited. • Should you have members within your club who are interested in taking up refereeing for the first time they should contact Mr. David Wilkinson, who is the National Referee Development Manager at the IRFU and can be contacted at david.wilkinson@irfu.ie. The Rugby Committee has commissioned a working group which will be starting in the next week to look at improving the numbers but for now your help would be greatly appreciated on this urgent matter.

Munster Rugby

We have an opening in Old Christians as Caretaker if you would like to apply for the job send your CV to Adrian our club secretary.

Adrian email address is: aoconnell@oldchristiansrfc.ie

If you want to know more about the position and what will be required of you, you can contact anyone on the committee and we will point you in the right direction.