All-Ireland League rugby gives clubs cathartic release from 18 months of tests and tragedy

The women’s AIL returned the weekend before and what are clubs if not lightning rods for the health and well-being of entire communities? Buccaneers v Cashel was a case in point

Stephen McMahon of Cashel stopped by Buccaneers.

There was nothing out of the ordinary, no warning shot, to suggest that the All-Ireland League tie between Buccaneers and MU Barnhall in early March of last year would merit its own minor mention in the history books.

Rescheduled because of the weather, the Division 2A tie was the only game on the calendar that weekend and it went more or less according to plan with the visitors earning the win that maintained their promotion push at the top of the table.