Throwback Thursday - In association with Glasshouse Opticians
Search
13 Feb 2026
Search
13 Feb 2026
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
A section of the 115 girls from U10 to U18.5 level who play rugby at Bruff RFC. The Kilballyowen Park club is to re-form a women's adult rugby side for next season
THERE was an extra air of excitement in Kilballyowen for the large number of girls from the Bruff RFC underage section who gathered before the recent men’s Energia All-Ireland League home match against Instonians.
The girls had gathered to support the men’s XV, but also to receive a supply of kit kindly sponsored by Tom Coleman, TOCO Welding Limited, Brian O’Leary, Bruff RFC club member and Eoin Cahill, CA Sports.
Bruff RFC now boasts 115 registered girls from under 10 to under 18.5 and each girl received maroon shorts, high tech t-shirt and wet-top.
In early September some of the players' mothers approached one of the coaches to enquire about changing from the traditional white shorts to allow the girls to play freely and with more confidence throughout their menstrual cycle.
The club executive were more than happy to support this change and with the sponsorship it has allowed each girl to receive new shorts cost free.
Bruff RFC has always had a substantial youth section and girls have been present since 2014 when Joe Kelly and Heidi van Schayk started with a fledgling 10 to 20 cohort of enthusiastic girls.
With numbers now reaching more than 100 and girls transitioning from U18s to adult rugby, the decision has been made to re-form an adult women’s team, which had been previously in existence.
The club is totally behind supporting an adult women’s team and have recently received a substantial sports capital grant to build new changing facilities to accommodate it’s women and girls section.
The girls currently playing at Bruff come from a large geographical area including Bruff, Bruree, Hospital, Herbertstown, Charleville, Croom, Cappamore, Fedamore, Galbally, Donnerail, Kilmallock, Effin, Cullen, Clarina, Kilross and Emly and it is hoped other enthusiastic adult women will now venture to Bruff each Friday evening in May to GiveItATry sessions for adults.
The sessions will run from 7pm to 8pm and no experience is necessary. The club hopes to enter an adult women’s team in the Munster Development League next autumn. Contact Liz Kavanagh on 0838124281 with any queries.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
