July 27th 2010

The Finals of the inaugural ‘Bud Light' Tag Rugby summer season take place in Dubarry Park on this Friday evening with four exciting deciders in prospect. The action gets under way at 6.30 p.m. with the Shield final and culminates in the presentation of the various trophies and awards followed by a social BBQ afterwards.

Cup		Rugrats v Untaggables
Plate		Dragons One v Dicks & Chicks
Bowl		Pick'n'Mix v Elan/Ericsson
Shield		Fighting Lawn Ornaments v Dragons Two

Rugrats will be hotly fancied to continue their unbeaten sequence when they face the Untaggables in the Cup final. Backboned by Garrett Halligan, Kolo Kiripati and Alex Haymen, they are a particularly strong and experienced panel. The challengers, despite the best endeavours of Dominic Griffiths and Ross Tyrrell just don't have the same strength in depth.

The Plate final should be a much closer affair contested by Dragons One and Dicks & Chicks. The latter include Mel McGerr, Patrick Murphy and Rob Davidson as well as Aisling Horan but Dragons One, with the Hughes brothers Anthony and Adrian, in their side as well as Kieran Sloyan seem to have a better balance with Jessica McMickan, Grainne Keane and Chandra Silke representing the ladies with some distinction.

The Bowl play-off too promises to be an even joust with Pick'n'Mix featuring David Egan, Catherine Costelloe and Katie Quinn in their squad while the Elan/Ericssons combination look to the Martin sisters for inspiration. Meanwhile, the Shield decider kicks off the on-field action on Friday and here Dragons Two look the safer bet with John Seery, Nigel So and Catherine Cunniffe bolstering their ambitions. Their opponents, Fighting Lawn Ornaments may have to settle for the consolation of most imaginatively named team!

A good night's fun is surely guaranteed and all are welcome to come along and enjoy the craic. Admission is free to the finals and Buccaneers RFC thank Kieran Sloyan and Michael Smith for their Trojan efforts in running this tournament.