University College Dublin R.F.C.
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Full name | University College Dublin Rugby Football Club | |
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Union | IRFU Leinster | |
Nickname(s) | Collidge | |
Founded | 1910 | |
Region | Dublin | |
Ground(s) | UCD Bowl (Capacity: 3,000) | |
Coach(es) | Kevin Croke | |
Captain(s) | Jonny Guy | |
League(s) | All-Ireland League, 1A | |
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Official website | ||
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University College Dublin Rugby Football Club is based in Dublin, Ireland, and plays in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League. They play their home games at UCD Bowl.
The club was founded in 1910 and they won their first trophy, the Leinster Junior Challenge Cup, in 1914. In 1924 they won their first Leinster Club Senior Cup. Since 1952 they have also played an annual challenge game, the Colours Match against their rivals Dublin University. In 1993 when the AIB League was expanded to four divisions to include 46 senior clubs, UCD and four other university clubs joined the league.
In 2001 UCD won the AIB League Division 2 title, gaining promotion to Division 1. They have continued to play in the same division until the 2008–09 season when they finished second from bottom and were relegated. They were the first Irish university rugby club to play in AIB League top division and have now been joined by rivals Dublin University Football Club
They are the current holders of the Leinster League Senior Cup which they won by defeating Clontarf RFC in the UCD Bowl in February 2020.
Notable players[]
Ireland national rugby union team[]
In 1920 Andy Courtney became the first UCD player to represent the Ireland national rugby union team.[1][2] The following UCD players also represented Ireland at full international level.
- Barry Bresnihan
- Eugene Davy
- Mick Doyle
- Tony Ensor
- Tom Grace
- Denis Hickie
- Rob Kearney
- Dan Leavy
- Fergus McFadden
- Luke McGrath
- Kevin McLaughlin
- Ray McLoughlin
- Seán O'Brien
- Brian O'Driscoll
- Kevin O'Flanagan
- Darragh O'Mahony
- Garry Ringrose
- Rhys Ruddock
- Ciaran Scally
- Fergus Slattery
- James Tracy
- Josh van der Flier
- Paddy Wallace
British & Irish Lions[]
In 1959 Niall Brophy and Bill Mulcahy become the first UCD players to represent the British & Irish Lions.[1] Since then several UCD players have also played for the Lions.[3]
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Ireland national rugby sevens team[]
Other internationals[]
The following UCD players have also played at international level.
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See also Category:University College Dublin R.F.C. players
Honours[]
- All-Ireland Cup
- 1937–38
- Leinster Senior Cup
- 1923–24, 1937–38, 1947–48, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1969–70, 1976–77, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2019–20: 11
- Leinster Junior Challenge Cup
- 1914: 1
References[]
- ^ a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Irish Rugby : Player search". Archived from the original on 2007-11-20.
- ^ The Ireland Rugby Miscellany (2007): Ciaran Cronin
- ^ "Three Internationals for UCD". Archived from the original on 2011-10-03.
- ^ "USA Rugby - Men's National Team - Player Profile - Ben Barclay". Archived from the original on 2008-09-17.
- ^ "Action81.com".
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