Portlaoise overcome neighbours Portarlington to qualify for Leinster U-18 rugby final
Portlaoise 48 Portarlington 12
Leinster Rugby Plate U-18 Semi Final
Portlaoise U-18s secured a well-deserved victory in the Leinster under 18 Plate Semi Final after they defeated...
Portlaoise RFC U-16s see off Edenderry to reach Leinster Plate final
Portlaoise 26 Edenderry 22
Leinster Rugby U-16 Plate Semi Final
Portlaoise U16 travelled to North Kildare on Saturday to play Edenderry in the Leinster Plate Semi-Final....
Huge honour bestowed as Laois rugby star Alison Miller asked to join Barbarians team
Laois and former Irish international rugby star Alison Miller has received a call up from the Barbarians team, one of the biggest honours in...
In Pictures: First Year rugby glory for Portlaoise CBS
St Marys CBS 49 St Kevins CC Dunlavin 10
Harry Nicholls First Year Perpetual Shield
Portlaoise CBS First Year rugby team were celebrating glory yesterday as...
Laois woman Emma receives overall Sports Scholar of the Year award from DCU
Laois woman and Irish rugby player Emma Hooban was honoured for her contribution to sport as a whole at the Dublin City University (DCU)...
Triumph for Portlaoise Rugby club in U-15 in Division 1 final
Tullow 15 Portlaoise 31
Leinster Rugby U15 Div 1 League Final
Portlaoise RFC U15 secured the Division 1 title on Saturday when they comprehensively won against...
Portlaoise rugby U-15s see off Dundalk to reach Division 1 Final
Dundalk 17 Portlaoise 20
U-15 Leinster League Division 1 semi-final
At the weekend, Portlaoise RFC U15s travelled the long journey to Dundalk for their Leinster League...
Portlaoise rugby players put club loyalties aside in schools final
The rugby season is beginning to wind down across the country at schools and club level but there was a game played this week...
Mountrath CS thrash Kilmuckridge to reach first ever Leinster rugby final
Mountrath CS 44 Colaiste An Atha Kilmuckridge (Wexford) 7
Leinster Rugby Development Junior League Semi Final
This is a remarkable achievement for a side who are competing...
Women in Sport: From underdog to a guiding light in Irish women’s rugby, it’s...
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This week saw Irish rugby star Alison Miller hang up her international jersey for...
Portlaoise RFC women hoping its third time lucky in this weekend’s league final
Portlaoise RFC women are through to the Division 4 League final in Naas RFC on Saturday, March 23 at 2.30pm.
Portlaoise are taking on home...
Laois rugby star Miller announces international retirement
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Laois and Ireland rugby star Alison Miller has announced her retirement from the international game.
Miller took to Twitter...
Former Knockbeg student gearing up for U-20 Six Nations Grand Slam
The Ireland U-20 rugby team have already wrapped up the Six Nations championship with one game to spare - and they will go for...
Portlaoise RFC U15s progress to league semi final
Leinster League Div 1 Quarter Final
Portlaoise 26 Arklow 5
Portlaoise RFC U15s played host to Arklow at the weekend in the quarter final of the...
Victory over Birr earns Portlaoise RFC U-15s a place in the quarter final
Birr 15 Portlaoise 17
Leinster U-15 Division 1 league
Portlaoise RFC U-15s travelled to Birr at the weekend for the last of the regular league games,...
Defeat for Portlaoise RFC U-15s in Mullingar
Mullingar 27 Portlaoise 10
Leinster league Div 1
Portlaoise RFC U-15s travelled to Mullingar at the weekend for their Leinster League game and returned with nothing...
Miller and Hooban ready for Ireland Women’s next Six Nations battle this weekend
Both Alison Miller and Emma Hooban are ready to do battle as part of the starting 15 in the Irish Women's Rugby Six nation...
Portlaoise RFC U15 triumph in cup opener
Carlow 14 Portlaoise 32
U-15 Rugby Cup Round 1
Portlaoise RFC U15s travelled to Carlow at the weekend for the opening round of the cup and...
Defeat for Portlaoise RFC in penultimate league game
Portlaoise RFC 0 Cill Dara 12
Leinster Rugby League Division 2A
Portlaoise RFC's faint hopes of promotion back to Division 1B of the Leinster League are...
Portlaoise RFC U-15s continue winning streak
Portlaoise 48 Edenderry 5
Portlaoise RFC U15s welcomed Edenderry to Togher on Saturday for their Leinster League game.
Edenderry started strongly and only a superb tap...
All of this weekend’s CCFL and CDFL results
It was a busy weekend of mixed results for Laois teams in both the Combined Counties Football League and the Carlow and District Football League.
While...
19 caps for Ireland, the Barbarians and a junior hurling title with Clonaslee –...
The career of Clonaslee's Gerry Culliton is one of the great Laois sports stories.
Not long after Gerry Culliton finished his school days in Cistercian...
WATCH: Laois rugby duo Miller and Hooban open up about special relationship
Emma Hooban and Alison Miller are a unique dyad on the Irish rugby scene.
The Laois duo go way back, far beyond when Emma earned...
Laois rugby duo named to start on Ireland Women’s second Six Nations game
The Laois rugby duo of Alison Miller and Emma Hooban have both been named to start in the Irish Women's side to face Scotland in...
The story of the Laois man who played rugby for Ireland and was banned...
Only a handful of Laois men have played rugby for Ireland - one of them was Vicarstown native Noel Turley whose only cap came...
Young Laois rugby stars of the future to play at Six Nations game
Some of the young Laois rugby stars of the future are giddy with anticipation today as they get set to play a mini game...
Laois players involved as schools rugby season gets under way
There was a number of young Laois rugby players involved in the Leinster Schools Senior Cup this week.
Luke Rigney from Portlaoise, whose dad Des...
Mountrath CS reach Leinster Junior Rugby Development semi-final
Mountrath CS 29 Tallaght Community School 7
Leinster Rugby Junior Development Cup Quarter Final
Mountrath Community School have qualified for the semi final of the Leinster...
Portlaoise RFC score bonus point away win to keep slim promotion hopes alive
Portlaoise RFC 34 New Ross 5
Leinster Rugby League Division 2A
Portlaoise RFC kept their slim chances of promotion from Division 2A alive with a fine...
North Midlands U-18 rugby glory for Portlaoise
Portlaoise 24 Naas 16
North Midlands U-18 Rugby Final
Portlaoise were crowned U-18 North Midlands champions following a hard-fought eight point win over Naas in Athy...
