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Buccaneers kick off this season’s Ulster Bank League division 1B campaign with a home fixture against Bruff in Dubarry Park on Saturday at 2.30pm.

Buccaneers square up to recent conquerors Dungannon in their final home game of this season’s Ulster Bank League when the sides renew acquaintance at Dubarry Park, Athlone, on Saturday afternoon, March 26. Kick off for this Division 1B encounter is 2.30pm.

Buccaneers resume All Ireland League action this Saturday when high flying Bruff make a first senior visit to Athlone for a hugely anticipated division 1B clash at Dubarry Park, kick off 2.30pm. The Limerick club, playing at this level for the first time in their short AIL history, have really been on a roll since Buccs defeated them at Kilballyowen Park in their opening home game of this campaign. They have lost just once in the interim and are proving cup specialists with a first ever Munster Senior Cup triumph and have since progressed to the final of the new look All Ireland Senior Cup following a last kick 24-22 win over UCD in the semi-final last Sunday.

Buccaneers face a tricky restart to the rugby season when they travel north to Dungannon for a crunch All Ireland League division 1B encounter at Stevenson Park on Saturday, kick off 2.30 pm. This is a vital test for both sides with Buccs, hot on the heels of leaders Clontarf, keen to maintain their momentum while the northerners simply cannot afford to slip further adrift as the league campaign heads into the crucial second phase.

David Clarke’s fine drop goal in the heavy fog at Crowley Park saw Galwegians secure a narrow 12-11 victory over their Connacht rivals Buccaneers on Saturday. Most games between Connacht’s leading two sides are keenly contested, but there will hardly be a closer affair with a more dramatic finish than this encounter. And although the quality was not always top drawer at times in a game littered with mistakes, it was a tense nail-biting affair which had both sets of supporters living on their nerves right up to the very last second. This match was preceded by a minute’s silence to mark the recent passing of the late Bobby Deacy, Galwegians’ trustee and ex-president of the IRFU. The game itself was played in dense fog, which made visibility difficult for both teams, but it was the visitors who started much the brighter.

Buccaneers open this season’s AIB League campaign with a difficult assignment away to Young Munster at Tom Clifford Park, Limerick, on Saturday October 3. Kick off time is 2.30pm for this division 1B encounter in the new look league set-up, in which each club plays each other home and away in proper league format.

Buccaneers have been drawn away to Shannon in the AIB Cup. The game takes place in St Munchin's College grounds, Limerick on Saturday October 17 with a 2.30pm kick off.

Buccaneers head north to Stevenson Park where they tackle Dungannon in the AIB League division 1B on Saturday afternoon, November 14, kick off 2.30 pm. Buccs will be bidding to maintain the momentum fired by back to back wins after a difficult opening sequence to the season, and victory in Co Tyrone would see the midlanders climb above the Ulster club in the league table.