Rugby League in Ireland - The Scrum Shadow

Opening day results

Cork Bulls 50-32 Dublin City Exiles

Banbridge Broncos 38-14 Galway Tribesmen

We’re underway in the Rugby League Ireland Men’s Premiership

✅ Fact check

🤔 So, after months of slandering a former RLI director, Barry has today actually read the CRO listings & notes that (as he had always asserted) he’s no longer a director…

🤦‍♂️ Rather than a magnanimous approach, 🙋🏻”my bad, lads. I got it wrong,” he has doubled down on the jibberish.

✅ He’s right about one thing, though. Resigning as a director doesn’t get one “off the hook for what you have done.”

😉 Equally true of the 2018-19 chairman…

🦸 We’re always watching.

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The U16s Four Nations fixtures have been confirmed for 2026 whilst a series of U17s friendly fixtures have also been arranged!

📰https://bit.ly/4d6p2s0

Without engaging directly with yer man’s latest moronic rant… needless to say it follows a predictable pattern…

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🦸‍♀️ We’re always watching

If being a ‘Neville’ means pointing out lies, reporting partisan anti-journalism & exposing the contradictory agenda of the Conspiratorial Consortium… let’s all be Nevilles 💪🏻

✅ Fact check

🍋 The bitterness of this guy could not be more obvious.

🤝 A long-term accomplice of our old friend, Mr. Coade. You might have heard their little echo chamber rant last Sunday…

🇦🇺 What Jason Costigan is referring to is the lack of Australian-based players in the Ireland U19 squad…

🪟 For clarity, Rugby League Ireland runs OPEN training sessions for its U16 & U19 squads. The opportunity exists for any Australian-based, Irish eligible player to make the trip…

❌ Alas 😞 none arrived at trials. So, none were selected.

☘️ It should be noted that more than half of this year’s U16 squad are Ireland-based.

😵‍💫 Confusingly, this conspiratorial consortium complain about the domestic game here, while increasingly arguing for RLI’s relocation down under.

🦸‍♀️ We’re always watching

Great to see a few Bulls at Balbriggan Rugby Club for the Irish Domestic Clubs Trial. Kitted out in new training gear from Azzurri.

https://youtu.be/w3NEzwPQsAw?feature=shared

SHOULDER TO SHOULDER EP 2 - On Location with the 16's and 19's Rugby League Ireland Training Squads! Join Jaffa as he digs deep into the background of the 2026 training squads for Rugby League Ireland u16's and u19's ahead of a BIG Year for both teams!