When three tribes unite and all push for a common goal, there can be only one winner. And so it was today when the Young Barbarians made up of players from Lansdowne FC, Old Belvedere RFC and De La Salle Palmerston RFC won the Leinster Schools Youth Division 1 final in Ballycorus against the N3 Sharks.

It is a great testament to the cooperation of all three clubs whose sole ambition was to get these boys playing rugby, that this success can be attributed.

Our thanks to everybody involved but especially a hearty congrats to all the boys who put in so much effort to make this happen.

Thanks to Leinster Rugby, to Norman O'Leary the Age Grade Co-ordinator, to the Refereeing team of John Kerr and Mike Conn.