October 27th 2018 was an important day in Irish Rugby history as Mixed Ability Rugby took a major step forward.<br /><br />Sundays Well Rebels welcomed Bumble Bees Barbarians to Irish Independent Park.<br /><br />The touring side formed in 2009 as England’s first team playing to play Mixed Ability Contact Rugby Union.<br /><br />The Rebels formed in 2014 and had been looking forward to welcoming their Bradford counterparts to Cork for quite some time. <br /><br />“It was a momentous occasion,” said Rebels manager Liam Maher, “to have the first official mixed ability rugby played in Irish Independent Park here in our home pitch, sanctioned by the IRFU.
