Thar na Loidhne/Crossing the Line

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A series about up-and-coming rugby players based in Scotland and Ireland.

A series about up-and-coming rugby players based in Scotland and Ireland, from grass roots to professional level.

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Catriona Lexy Campbell

Ross Macleod

Seumas Mactaggart

Margaret Cameron

Thar na Loidhne/Crossing the Line: Series 1: Episode 4

Thar na Loidhne

Episode 4

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The Stornoway Ladies Team are preparing for a big game against the Orkney Dragons.

Boireannaich Steòrnabhaigh an aghaidh na ‘Orkney Dragons’. Stornoway Ladies play against the Orkney Dragons.

Tha Rugbaidh air sìor fhàs air feadh an t-saoghail thairis air na 20 bliadhna a chaidh seachad, agus fiù ’s ann an àiteachan air nach smaoinich thu. Ach dè tha toirt air na cluicheadairean am balla sònraichte seo a thogail? 

Tha an t-sreath seo de chòig phrògraman a’ leantainn cluicheadairean ùr rugbaidh à Alba agus Èirinn, le cuid aig ìre tòiseachaidh agus cuid eile aig ìre proifeiseanta, a’ strì airson soirbheachadh agus a’ phrìomh amas, a dhol thar na loidhne. Tha sinn a’ faicinn a h-uile pàirt dhen ghèam – am buannachadh, an trèanadh, na leòintean, agus am briseadh cridhe a tha an lùib a bhith call. 

Ann am prògram a ceithir de Thar na Loidhne, tha Joe Dunleavy agus Conor McMenamin a’ strì airson àite fhaighinn ann an Sgioba Ulaidh nan Inbheach. Ann am Baile na h-Eaglaise anns na h-Eileanan mu Thuath, tha Sgioba Bhoireannaich Steòrnabhaigh ag ullachadh airson gèam mòr an aghaidh na ‘Orkney Dragons’, agus tha sinn ag ionnsachadh mu mar a tha an cluicheadair ainmeil, Colm de Buitléar à Conamara, a’ toirt buaidh air an òigridh. 

Rugby has seen huge world wide growth in the past 20 years particularly in areas you’d least expect. But what is it that motivates players to pick up the oval ball? 

This series follows up-and-coming rugby players based in Scotland and Ireland, from grass roots to professional level, as they strive for success and the ultimate goal of crossing the line. We see all aspects of the game - the highs of winning, the training, the injuries, and the heartbreak of defeat. 

In this programme, Joe Dunleavy and Conor McMenamin fight for a place on the Ulster senior team. In Kirkwall, in the Northern Isles, Stornoway Ladies prepare for a big game against Orkney Dragons, and we learn about how Connemara man and well-known rugby player Colm de Buitléar is now influencing the younger generation.

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