“Days like this give me hope for the future”

Club rugby dead? Not so, according to Hugh Farrelly who was amongst the healthy crowd at a lively AIB League derby on Saturday.

IT WAS a day to restore one’s faith in Irish club rugby.

A fine crowd (estimated at almost 1,000), a beautiful, crisp autumn day (whoever said Woodleigh Park was the ‘House of Rain’ hasn’t a clue) and a rollicking AIB League Division 2 derby contest ended with visitors Dolphin holding out for a 25-19 win and Highfield scrapping hard for a well-merited bonus point.