Leinster League Division 2B/3 

Leinster League Division 2B/3 Portlaoise 49 Arklow 7 THE opening 15 minutes of this game in Togher on Sunday had all the hallmarks of being a repeat of what we had witnessed in the Aviva the previous evening.

Leinster League Division 2B

Farewell and Thank You

Leinster League Division 2B Rd 2  Portlaoise 62  Ratoath 3  PORTLAOISE ran in ten tries on Sunday afternoon in Togher to send out a strong message to the rest of the teams in Division 2B ...

Leinster League Division 2B ROSCREA 22 PORTLAOISE 15 Division 2B of the Leinster League began with a last-gasp defeat for Portlaoise away to Roscrea on Sunday afternoon.

MUNSTER U/19s 18 LEINSTER U/19s 52 LEINSTER U/19 side put in a stunning second half display in Virgin Media Park on Sunday to see off the Munster challenge and claim this season’s interprovincial title.

North Midlands 31 South East 10 SETU Sports Complex hosted the opening round of games in the BearingPoint Sarah Robinson Cup with the U/17 Girls of the North Midlands meeting their counterparts from the South East.

WHILE a lot of the attention of Portlaoise RFC members will be focussed on Eimear Corri-Fallon this weekend, two of the club’s underage players will also be representing the club at inter-provincial level.

GREAT news for Laois rugby supporters today with the announcement that Portlaoise’s Eimer Corri-Fallon has been selected to start against Spain in tomorrow’s second round of the Women’s World Cup.

THE 2025 Atlantic Youth Touch Cup was the largest international Touch Rugby tournament ever held in Ireland with 45 international youth teams from 12 countries descending on the University of Limerick.

IN recent week’s a couple of girls who started playing rugby at youth level with Portlaoise RFC have been hitting the headlines at representative level.

Three young players from Co. Laois will take the field to represent Ireland next weekend in the 2025 Atlantic Youth Touch Cup.

PORTLAOISE Rugby Club has recently anointed its new captain for the 2025/26 season. Ryan McEvoy has been playing rugby for 15 years and is, in his own words, “feeling every bit of it”.

PORTLAOISE RFC are already planning for the season ahead. Last week they revealed the clubs captain for the 2025-26 season along with the coaching team, and they welcomed back a former player.

Portlaoise Rugby Club are inviting you to support them in an exceptional fundraising effort – a 24 hour Spinathon at the Portlaoise PLAZA this weekend. The event will commence at noon on Saturday and conclude at noon on Sunday.

IT has been quite a week for Portlaoise teenager Rebecca Cahill. The Portlaoise RFC player played a huge part in Ireland’s their 2025 Six Nations U/18 Women’s festival exploits.

NOT long after being recognised as Volunteer of the Year at the NZ Rugby Awards for 2024, Conor Croke is making further rugby ripples in New Zealand.

Provincial Towns Plate q/f  Edenderry 19 Portlaoise 28 PORTLAOISE travelled to Coolavacoose on the Offaly/Kildare border on Friday night for their Leinster Towns Plate quarter-final, under the ...

Provincial Towns Plate Rd 1  Portlaoise 26 Portarlington 19IT might be classed as an end of season competition by some, but on Friday night at ...

Leinster Rugby Girls U/16 League semi-final Mullingar 29 Portlaoise 33 PORTLAOISE returned to the astro pitch in Mullingar where they had earlier suffered their first league defeat in years.

Leinster U/16 Girls Cup q/f Portlaoise 44 Kilkenny 0 PORTLAOISE welcomed Kilkenny to Togher for the quarter-final of the Leinster U/16 Girls Cup.

Leinster Girls U/16 Premier League q/. f Portlaoise 48 Wicklow Warriors 15 AFTER two trips to the home of the Wicklow Warriors, it was their turn to head to Portlaoise for a place in the semi-final of the Leinster League.

Leinster Under-16 Girls Cup Rd 2  Roscrea Ravens 5 Portlaoise 34 THE Portlaoise U/16 Girls were back on the road again on Saturday to take on Roscrea Ravens in second round of the Leinster Cup.

Portlaoise 47 Wicklow 12 THE landlocked ladies of Laois returned to Wicklow RFC for their opening round of the Leinster Cup. This time there was no mistaking the impressive view of the Irish Sea from the top pitch.

Portlaoise 39 Tullamore 33 PORTLAOISE U/16s welcomed Tullamore for round four of the Premier League. These two have met numerous times over the years and its always an epic battle. This occasion was no different.

South East 45 North Midlands 31 THE latest round of games in the BearingPoint Sarah Robinson Cup for U/17 girls took place in Mullingar Rugby Club in cold but sunny weather conditions.

North Midlands10 South East 12 MULLINGAR Rugby Club hosted the latest round of fixtures in the Leinster Youths Development Programme with two games in the Bearing Point Shane Horgan Cup for U/16 and the Bearing Point Sarah Robinson Cup for U/17 ...

PORTLAOISE RFC ended 2024 in third place in Division 2B of the Leinster League, finishing behind only Newbridge and North Meath.

PORTLAOISE RFC was a busy place on Sunday as hundreds of players and spectators descended on the grounds at Togher. They from clubs all over Kildare and Laois for the finals of the North Midlands Area cups.

WHEN Conor Croke took the decision in 2008 to head off to Australia little did he foresee how his life would develop and that one day he would be lauded by New Zealand Rugby.

Portlaoise RFC’s Cian Butler has been picked to captain the Ireland U/18 Clubs team to play Italy U/18 in the second match of their mini-tour tomorrow. On Wednesday Ireland lost the first test 31-17 having trailed 21-17 at half time.

Metro 35 North Midland’s 26 PORTLAOISE and Portarlington rugby clubs were bot well represented when the North Midlands played Metro in Donnybrook on Friday last in the U/17 boys’ competition as part of the Leinster Rugby player development programme.

THERE was a sense of honour and delight in Portlaoise RFC when the news broke on Friday that club member, Cian Butler had been selected on the Ireland U/18 Clubs squad for the upcoming two-match series against Italy.

Leinster League Division 2B  Portlaoise 28 Clane 10 PORTLAOISE'S unbeaten start to their Leinster League Division 2B campaign continues, after an impressive bonus-point win at home to Kildare side, Clane.

The funeral arrangements have been announced for Ciaran (Bobo) Lawal. Ciaran passed away, suddenly and peacefully at home. Deeply missed by his mum Prisca and his dad Nuru Lawal. Adored brother of Kuda, sisters Colletta and Latoya.