Rugby club wins challenge over rescheduled game

A rugby club’s team-building weekend, featuring sports psychologists and nutritionists, was jeopardised when an unscheduled cup match was drop-kicked into Sunday, but after a legal scrum the match was kicked out again — by court order.

Crosshaven RFC brought the Munster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union to a special sitting of Cork Circuit Court when faced with the prospect of scrapping their weekend.

Tim O’Connor BL, for Crosshaven, said the club had received a bye in the first round of the Munster Junior Challenge Cup, giving them a free weekend to head to a hotel in Clonakilty to build team spirit.