Rugby Club Issue 52 | Page 47

Cashel and Ireland. Denis Leamy became a full international playing 57 times for Ireland. John Fogarty became a full international and his brother Denis is still playing professionally. Brendan O'Connor played professional rugby with Connacht and Paddy Butler is now playing with Munster. Many of our players won All Ireland League Division 1 medals. Young Sean O'Connor played with the Irish under 19s last year and is progressing through the system. Jack Tierney is showing promise with the Munster Schools. We are currently putting in place our strategic plan for the next 5 years. Our ambition is to compete at as high a level as possible. It is a difficult task as the two tier economy in Ireland is creating jobs in Dublin and as a result many of our players have moved to get work there. Emigration has been a huge drag and many of our players have gone abroad as a result of the recession. Our mantra must always be to keep producing local players who have ambition and this must continue to be backed up by the an ambitious committee who have put in place excellent facilities and the funding required to keep an All-Ireland League club going.” www.pitchero.com/clubs/cashelrfc Twitter : @cashelrugby www.sportip.biz 47