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Queen’s College Galway Rugby Club was founded in 1874, 150 years ago, making it the oldest rugby club in Connacht. They have a long and proud history and have helped nurture and boost many rugby careers helping players to the highest levels. They were a founding club of the Irish Rugby Football Union. They won their first Connacht Senior Cup in 1897 and have managed to hold that trophy aloft many times since. Their first victory in the Dudley Cup, played for by the three Queen’s Universities, was in 1905. They have featured many times in the Bateman Cup, an exclusive competition in which clubs participate by invitation only.

The Galway Tribesmen got their 2024 campaign up and running with a convincing win over the Cork Bulls last Saturday at Douglas Rugby Club in Cork.

The new touch rugby season returned in recent times, Buccaneers journeying to the Sport Ireland Indoor Arena to compete for the Liam Carroll Cup at the All-Ireland Mixed Touch Championship.

A number of young Buccaneers touch rugby players were selected to participate in the Atlantic Youth Touch Cup which took place in Nottingham recently.

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Buccaneers Youths had a productive day during Round 4 of the 2023 Youth Touch Rugby League at Cill Dara RFC on Sunday afternoon.

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Both Buccaneer’s youths playing squads tasted touch rugby league action in the capital in recent times, performing admirably in the process.

The touch rugby club season is well advanced with both Buccaneers youths and men’s playing squads in playing action recently.

Connacht's season took a significant leap forward when the squad headed to South Africa on Tuesday to play in the first United Rugby Championship semi-final.