Rugby League in Ireland - The Scrum Shadow

16/05/2026

Opening day results

Cork Bulls 50-32 Dublin City Exiles

Banbridge Broncos 38-14 Galway Tribesmen

We’re underway in the Rugby League Ireland Men’s Premiership

12/05/2026

✅ Fact check

🤔 So, after months of slandering a former RLI director, Barry has today actually read the CRO listings & notes that (as he had always asserted) he’s no longer a director…

🤦‍♂️ Rather than a magnanimous approach, 🙋🏻”my bad, lads. I got it wrong,” he has doubled down on the jibberish.

✅ He’s right about one thing, though. Resigning as a director doesn’t get one “off the hook for what you have done.”

😉 Equally true of the 2018-19 chairman…

🦸 We’re always watching.

07/05/2026

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The U16s Four Nations fixtures have been confirmed for 2026 whilst a series of U17s friendly fixtures have also been arranged!

📰https://bit.ly/4d6p2s0

06/05/2026

Without engaging directly with yer man’s latest moronic rant… needless to say it follows a predictable pattern…

🚿 and 🔁

🦸‍♀️ We’re always watching

25/04/2026

If being a ‘Neville’ means pointing out lies, reporting partisan anti-journalism & exposing the contradictory agenda of the Conspiratorial Consortium… let’s all be Nevilles 💪🏻

24/04/2026

✅ Fact check

🍋 The bitterness of this guy could not be more obvious.

🤝 A long-term accomplice of our old friend, Mr. Coade. You might have heard their little echo chamber rant last Sunday…

🇦🇺 What Jason Costigan is referring to is the lack of Australian-based players in the Ireland U19 squad…

🪟 For clarity, Rugby League Ireland runs OPEN training sessions for its U16 & U19 squads. The opportunity exists for any Australian-based, Irish eligible player to make the trip…

❌ Alas 😞 none arrived at trials. So, none were selected.

☘️ It should be noted that more than half of this year’s U16 squad are Ireland-based.

😵‍💫 Confusingly, this conspiratorial consortium complain about the domestic game here, while increasingly arguing for RLI’s relocation down under.

🦸‍♀️ We’re always watching

19/04/2026

Great to see a few Bulls at Balbriggan Rugby Club for the Irish Domestic Clubs Trial. Kitted out in new training gear from Azzurri.

01/04/2026

21/03/2026

https://youtu.be/w3NEzwPQsAw?feature=shared

Join Jaffa as he digs deep into the background of the 2026 training squads for Rugby League Ireland u16's and u19's ahead of a BIG Year for both teams!