Minis back up and running for the new season
KRFC Minis kick off new season: Our Minis returned to action recently at Aghadoe and a fantastic turnout enjoyed the start to the new season. Unfortunately we had to move training to [...]
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Next up in our Killarney RFC Player Profiles is another of our West Munster U18 Cup winning side – Scrum half Adam Walsh. Adam is a member of a very busy rugby household, being one of 4 brothers who play rugby for Killarney RFC with Peter also lining out at U18, Stephen playing at U16 and Bryan lining out at U14’s. Another guy who gives his all on the pitch, he has coached at minis level also. Thanks Adam for taking part!
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Player Name: Adam Walsh
Age: 18
Occupation: Student
Position: Scrum half
How long are you playing rugby? 13 years
Biggest influence on your rugby career? Grandad
Favourite KRFC player past and present? Ger Moynihan
Greatest sporting achievement? West Munster cup
Funniest on your team: Ciaran o Brien
Toughest on your team:Craig Mckenzie Vass
Most skillful on your team:John McCarthy
Funniest moment on the pitch:
Finn O sullivan getting trampled on by Cian Regan
Advice to younger players: Watch games on tv and see what you can do to improve
Favourite Professional Rugby Player: Faf de Klerk
Favourite Non Rugby Sports Star: James Mcclean
Favourite Sports Moment: Ireland 2018 Grand slam in Twickenham
Favourite place to visit: Ballymallis.. Easy dubs
How are you keeping busy over Lockdown: Having a kick around with brothers and keeping fit
What do you look forward to most after the lockdown? Getting back on the pitch
Netflix recommendation? Prison Break
Favourite Band/Musician: Dermot Kennedy
Invite 3 people to dinner – Who: Simon Zebo, Alex Oxlade Chamberlain and Tadhg Furlong
Time for another Killarney RFC Player Profile, and this time its our Senior Fly-half extraordinaire Paudie Sheahan. Paudie is an outstanding player and has been great with giving his time to coach the next generation in the club also. Thanks Paudie for taking part!
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Player Name: Paudie Sheahan
Age: 33
Occupation: Engineer
Position: Fly half
How long are you playing rugby? 12 years with the seniors with a small bit of underage rugby
Biggest influence on your rugby career? My father Paudie. He used to bring me to training with him down at ross golf club. Saw the hard work and the craic they all had together
Favourite KRFC player past and present? Brian O’ Leary – serious operator and played to win / Present – Two guys here, David Corlette and Brogan Edmonds. Big careers with KRFC for them. Hard grafted, big ball carriers and good craic.
Greatest sporting achievement? Winning the Munster junior plate in Musgrave Park (grass pitch)
Funniest on your team: Brendan ‘snug’ Fuller
Toughest on your team: Colin McCarthy, he definitely takes it easy on me in training!
Most skillful on your team: Damien O’ Carroll, very intelligent ball player
Funniest moment on the pitch: I got a yellow card so Damien O’ Carroll took a conversion and the ball went about 20ft😆
Advice to younger players: Keep working on your ball skills. Have a ball in your hands as much as possible and if you have weak kicking foot or passing side, practice and you open up the game for yourself
Favourite Professional Rugby Player: Peter O’ Mahoney
Favourite Non Rugby Sports Star: Shane Lowry
Favourite Sports Moment: Munster winning the Heineken cup in Cardiff 2008
Favourite place to visit:
Ventry, Dingle – amazing place in the summer
How are you keeping busy over Lockdown: Busy with work recently and getting my back garden in order for a party when lockdown is over!
What do you look forward to most after the lockdown? Being able to travel and going on the rugby trip with the lads that has been postponed
Netflix recommendation?
Locke & Key
Favourite Band/Musician: Red hot chilli peppers
Invite 3 people to dinner – Who: Kevin Harte, Lewis Capaldi and Ricky Gervais
Finally, I want to say well done to Darren Enright and Eamon McGuire for getting the seconds rugby up and running this year. Great work lads💪
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Congrats from all at KRFC to Fiona Reidy on being selected for the Women’s AIL dream team on popular rugby site Front Row Union. Well deserved for the UL Bohemian forward after another storming season.
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What a response we had for our Dream Team nominations with 17, 661 votes cast, the votes not only coming from Ireland and the UK but from 51 different countries with the USA, New Zealand, France, A…
Another Killarney RFC Ppayer Profile today and we are back with our Seniors. This time it’s the formidable Second/Back Row Aaron Jones. Cheers Aaron for taking part!
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Player Name: Aaron Jones
Age: 23
Occupation: butcher
Position: second/back row
How long are you playing rugby? About 11 years
Biggest influence on your rugby career? Probably my parents they are the reason I got involved but have to give a mention to ger Moynihan who guided me when I first came in to seniors
Favourite KRFC player past and present? Paul o Sullivan
Greatest sporting achievement? Winning 2 cups and getting promoted with Killarney in the one season
Funniest on your team: damo/paudie . But you’d want to have thick skin when they are around
Toughest on your team: Colin McCarty absolutely loves a crunching tackle
Most skillful on your team: Dave Howard
Funniest moment on the pitch: when an unnamed forward touched the ball down 5 meters short stood up and did a big celebration. You know who you are 😂
Advice to younger players: enjoy yourself it’s the reason we all play and don’t be afraid to come up to senior level we all look out for each other
Favourite Professional Rugby Player: sonny bill Williams
Favourite Non Rugby Sports Star: baker mayfield
Favourite Sports Moment: Ireland’s win against the all blacks in Chicago has to be up there
Favourite place to visit: thomond park On a champions cup saterday evening game
How are you keeping busy over lockdown: I’ve finally taken up running and I’m still working so I’m not stuck inside to often
What do you look forward to most after the lockdown? A steak sandwich in the avenue and a kick around up at the pitch
Netflix recommendation? The last dance and ozark
Favourite Band/Musician: bazzi
Invite 3 people to dinner – Who: Donald glover pat mcafee and Dennis rodman
Next up in our Fantastic KRFC Player Profile series is Second Row Sam Casey from our West Munster U18 Cup winning side. This team had a stormer of a season, playing outstanding rugby right across the season. Thanks Sam for taking part!
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Player Name: Sam Casey
Age:17
Occupation: Daly’s SuperValu
Position: Second Row
How long are you playing rugby? 6 years
Biggest influence on your rugby career? Con
Favourite KRFC player past and present?
Greatest sporting achievement?
Coming back to beat kilfeacle after being down by a lot
Funniest on your team: Robert nealon
Toughest on your team: Matt mcauliffe
Most skillful on your team: Tommy clifford
Funniest moment on the pitch: Watching Craig McKensie Vass bulldoze 4 people over
Advice to younger players:
My advice would be to always bite down hard on your gumshield and tell yourself you got this
Favourite Professional Rugby Player: Cheslin kolbe
Favourite Non Rugby Sports Star: Virgil van dijk
Favourite Sports Moment: When Ireland beat the all blacks
Favourite place to visit: Barcelona
How are you keeping busy over Lockdown: I’m keeping myself busy over lockdown by throwing a rugby ball around and going for walks
What do you look forward to most after the lockdown?
I look forward to getting back to throwing a ball around with my friends in the sun down at the lake
Netflix recommendation? Atypical
Favourite Band/Musician:
Favorite musician is Mac Miller
Invite 3 people to dinner – Who:
Three people I would invite to dinner are Paul o Connell,Cheslin kolbe and Peter stringer
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Today’s Killarney RFC Players Profile is from Senior XV Player and Radio Kerry presenter Brendan Fuller. Famed for presenting the Afternoon show, Brendan is an excellent MC,
a renowned comedian and a pretty decent winger!! Thanks Brendan for taking part!
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Player Name: Brendan Fuller
Age: 27 (84 in Winger years)
Occupation: Radio Presenter
Position: Winger
How long are you playing rugby? Started when I was 8 but took a few years off to play soccer. About 14 years give or take.
Biggest influence on your rugby career? My family. My dad, Mike Fuller and all his brothers played rugby so it’s the main sport in our house. They were all in the front row so I’m breaking the mold by keeping my nose straight out on the wing. Munster matches are always a great excuse to meet up with them for a pint! My brother Pat used to play underage as well and was a huge influence. We used to have great games out the back of the house with Paddy and Leonard Sullivan. God knows how we lived to tell the tale!
Favourite KRFC player past and present?Connie O’Leary. I’ve played with him all through underage. Great man in the line out and soaks up tackles all day.
Greatest sporting achievement? Scoring 2 goals in Anfield. My brother and cousin won a Liverpool fan competition so I brough the boots and got a game last minute.
Funniest on your team: The craic is always good in fairness. Maybe David Corlett aka DC/Quanta/Quanto/Quantro/Collette. Bit of a darkhorse.
Toughest on your team: Ger Moynihan. Seems to get a knock every game but always powers through. Once he was rolling on the ground with pain and shouted “Ahh my shoulder’s on fire!!”. He was like Ricky Bobby in Talladega Nights! Somehow, he got up and played the rest of the match without a bother. Not bad for a chairman.
Most skillful on your team: Paudie Sheahan. Great boot on him, solid tackler and he always does that stupid behind-the-back catch in training. A pointless but impressive skill.
Funniest moment on the pitch: Mike Henderson carrying the ball against Corca Dhuibhne like he was in an egg and spoon race. Might give it a go myself because he scored a try from the halfway line.
Advice to younger players: Stick with it. I’ve played all different sports but there’s something about Rugby that creates such a strong bond with your teammates. It’s also one of the few team sports where you can represent Killarney town as a whole. There are multiple clubs in Soccer, football, rowing and other sports around the area but just the one for Rugby. For me, there’s a huge pride that comes with playing for the town.
Favourite Professional Rugby Player: Loved Stringer, Doug Howlett and Paul Warwick. Andrew Conway probably my favourite now.
Favourite Non Rugby Sports Star: Ivan De La Pena. Savage passer, look him up on Youtube!
Favourite Sports Moment: Munster Haka in 2008. Lucky enough to be there for it. Patriots 28-3 comeback against the Falcons is another favourite!
Favourite place to visit: Thomond, with a pint of Murphy’s in the North Star bar beforehand.
How are you keeping busy over Lockdown:Working, thank god! I never knew playing music was an essential service but the response to The Afternoon Show on Radio Kerry over the last 7 or 8 weeks has been massive. It’s great to give people a bit of a lift by focusing on good news and good music. Everyday I get a few messages from people thanking us for keeping them company and that’s a real privilege.
What do you look forward to most after the lockdown? 45 pints of Murphy’s in the Laurels. I’ll have a few packets of crips and maybe a few peanuts. Then I’ll head to Buckley’s and I’ll have about 10 more anyway. There’ll be no stopping me.
Netflix recommendation? “Afterlife” – A bit sad but some hilarious scenes. “How I Met Your Mother” is a great watch to switch the brain off.
Favourite Band/Musician: Kings Of Leon.
Invite 3 people to dinner – Who: Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy and Dave Chappelle.
Next up in our Killarney RFC Player Profile series is Colin McCarthy. Another outstanding player, Colin is not shy on the pitch and is as tough as they come. A crunching tackler, another guy who does his talking on the pitch! Thanks Colin for taking part!
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Player Name: Colin McCarthy
Age: 29
Occupation: Engineer
Position: 2 / 12 usually, Mainly any position where I’m not required to pass.
How long are you playing rugby? 22 years
Biggest influence on your rugby career? Adrian “bull” Hegarty, 5 foot 2” and turned purple under any physical exertion but always good craic on and off the pitch. He was very good at including everyone and making the younger lads like I was once feel part of the team.
Favourite KRFC player past and present? Past player – Darren Enright. Unbeatable in lineouts and always found the right pass / offload.
Greatest sporting achievement? Winning the Munster Junior plate… The first time.
Funniest on your team: Aaron Jones, some man for the banter, can give it but can’t take it. At all.
Toughest on your team: Paul Moynihan. Never actually seen him wince from a hit apart from when he hurt his “Tibia”.
Most skillful on your team: Paul O Sullivan. We wouldn’t win half our games without him.
Funniest moment on the pitch: When me and Keith O’Leary were both playing each wing in a home game, can’t remember who it was against. He scored a try and was doing his best to rub it in that he was a better winger than me. I ended up getting the 2 handiest tries of the season to beat him. Keith was gutted. Probably the only tries we scored all year.
Advice to younger players: Keep coming to trainings, its where all the skills are learned and friendships formed.
Favourite Professional Rugby Player: Mathieu Bastareaud. Neither of us look like we belong in the backs
Favourite Non Rugby Sports Star: Anthony Joshua
Favourite Sports Moment: Irelands Grand Slam
Favourite place to visit: The beach
How are you keeping busy over Lockdown: Still have a bit of college work to do, Netflix and exercise.
What do you look forward to most after the lockdown?Getting back to rugby and being able to meet up with friends.
Netflix recommendation? Locke and Key, Mindhunter and The Witcher
Favourite Band/Musician: Mix of everything really
Invite 3 people to dinner – Who: Kevin Hart, Dwayne Johnson and Will Smith
Today’s KRFC Player Profile is Killarney RFC stalwart Brian O’Sullivan. An outstanding player and excellent mentor who selflessly gives his time to the club both on and off the pitch. Thanks Brian for taking part.
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Player Name: Brian O’Sullivan
Age: 38
Occupation: Kerry Co Co
Position: Number 8
How long are you playing rugby? 30 years started with Monkstown in Dublin under 8s
Biggest influence on your rugby career? My father got me involved in rugby so I would have to say him.
Favourite KRFC player past and present? Paul Ó Sullivan has been the most consistent player I’ve played with
Greatest Sporting Achievement? The first Munster Junior plate we won it was a long me coming.
Funniest on your team: Brendan Fuller he’s made a career out of it.
Toughest on your team: Alan Mulligan he was our version of Bakkis Botha for
fighting anyway.
Most skillful on your team: Never played with him but would have to say Josh Fawcett had the best pass of either side I’ve seen
Funniest moment on the pitch: seeing someone celebrating to early before knocking on the ball.
Advice to younger players: practice you’re passing of either side and put the effort in at training.
Favourite Professional Rugby Player: James Ryan
Favourite Non Rugby Sports Star: Daragh Ó’Se sll hasn’t been replaced.
Favourite Sports Moment: Munster winning Heineken Cup 2006
Favourite place to visit: Sanguli in Spain
How are you keeping busy over Lockdown: Minding the kids and doing the jobs around the house I’ve been putting on the long finger.
What do you look forward to most after the lockdown? Going out for a few pints
Netflix recommendation? Peaky Blinders
Favourite Band/Musician: Christy Moore.
Invite 3 people to dinner – Who: Ryan Reynolds Paul Ó Connell Bernard
