We have an exciting weekend of finals to look forward to - South East Lions take on Kilkenny in the final of the Paul Cusack Cup. That kicks off at 3pm tomorrow in Portlaoise RFC. The J1s face Gorey in the Provincial Towns Plate Final on Sunday at 3pm in Arklow RFC. Our U18 Girls are in the Leinster League final on Sunday at 12 noon, they play De La Mary's in Kilkenny RFC. Boys U14 meet Midland Warriors in the Shield Final tomorrow morning at 11am in Carlow RFC. It is a great achievement for the teams, coaches and managers to reach a final and we wish them the very best of luck, do come along and show your support.

The U13 Boys play Pembroke RFC in a friendly tomorrow at 11am at Alcast Park, we hope both teams enjoy the game.

Our Youths Awards night will take place on the 8th of May at 7pm in the Clubhouse. As well as the awards there will be music bingo and a disco.

The club Annual awards night and volunteer bbq will take place from 7pm on the 16th of May. This is a our opportunity to recognise our players and to thank our volunteers for everything that they do for the club.

The best of luck to Katie, Aoife and the rest of the Ireland squad in the Women's Six Nations clash against France tomorrow night. Following their strong performance against Italy we hope they can take another win away.

And speaking of France...our good friends at U.S. Alfortville rugby topped their region and are playing in the Paris area final on Sunday. A big Bon Chance to them from Enniscorthy RFC.

As the good weather holds, we look forward to a great weekend of competitive and safe rugby and wish huge good luck to all our teams in their finals this weekend.

Annette Soraine

Chairperson