St Mary's College RFC Yearbook 2020-21

Colm Kavanagh
presents David
Owen Mahon of
Mother Reilly’s
his jersey on
behalf of
Junior Rugby.
more next season when they see what the
lost this season between narrow defeats
and Covid.
• Selection meetings were tough this season,
sometimes you got a few dig outs, most
times not as the players needed were front
rows and seconds. Then sometimes you got
players at too late a notice and couldn’t use
them as it would mean dropping a player
who you have already told to start.
• Denis Daly is an exceptional captain, from
taking training when needed to coming
back from a very bad head injury his
commitment was outstanding and so was
his mannerism and ability to converse with
refs. Add that to his rugby abilities and the
Club should be proud to have him as a
player and Captain. He should be rewarded
with reinstatement next season.
• We picked up a couple of very handy new
players along the way one of which is
included in my player of the year
nominations. They are Tom Parker (the
newbie), Malo (in his second season) and
Craig Byrne (a club pillar). The 3 off them
on the pitch together cause teams
problems all day long both going forwards
and backwards. 3 of the best.
I would like to end this report with saying
thanks to Mossy for his hard work, he was
great, very organised despite his busy life.
No doubt I will give my feedback to Mossy
for next season as there is scope for the J3s
to win a league but this may mean breaking
away from the norm.
Otherwise, thanks to Marie, the selection lads
and the Exec for keeping the lights on.
Hopefully we get back to Rugby for next
season, in the meantime I would ask you all
to think about your Club and how we can
make this place more attractive for players as
this season I feel we have a net loss in
players compared to last season. There is
great benefits and facilities at this Club we
need to show these off and create a more
desirable social environment to attract
players. We also need to figure out what are
current players want!
Dan McManus
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