University College Cork RFC
UCC RFC
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| Full name |
University College Cork Rugby Football Club |
| Union |
Rugby Union |
| Founded |
1872 |
| Region |
Cork |
| Ground(s) |
Mardyke (Capacity: 5,000) |
| Chairman |
Bryan Hyland |
| President |
Dr. David Corr |
| Coach(es) |
Conor Twomey |
| Captain(s) |
James Ryan |
| League(s) |
AIL Division 1B |
| 2008–09 |
Promoted to 1B |
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| Official website |
| www.uccrugby.ie |
University College Cork Rugby Football Club is the rugby union team of University College Cork, based in Cork in the Republic of Ireland. They currently play in Division 1B of the AIB League. Founded in 1872, they originally played as Queen’s College Cork, as UCC was then known. Recent successes include winning the All Ireland U-20 Championship in 2002. In the same year, they also reached the AIB League playoffs for the first time, narrowly missing out on promotion to Division 1. Leading players in that team included Denis Leamy, Stephen Keogh and Frank Murphy, all of whom went onto play for Munster [1].
Honours
UCC All Ireland League Division 2 Championship Winners 07/08 All Ireland U-21 Championship 2010
- All Ireland U-20 Championship
- Winners:1996-97, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2006-07, 2009-10 5
- Munster Senior League
- Winners 1913, 1914, 1931, 1933. 1934, 1936, 1942 1943, 1945, 1950, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1974, 1978, 1981, 1985: 17
- Runners Up 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1966, 1982, 1992: 7
- Munster Senior Cup
- Winners: 1912. 1913, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1963, 1976, 1981: 13
- Runners Up : 1914, 1930, 1938, 1942, 1952, 1960, 1966, 1990: 8
- Munster Junior Cup
- Winners: 1921, 1933, 1950, 1953, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1975, 1977, 1979: 10
- Runners Up : 1972, 1980, 1981, 1996, 2005: 4
Queens College Cork
- Munster Senior Cup
- Winners: 1887, 1888, 1897, 1900,1901: 5
- Runners Up : 1890, 1892, 1903, 1905, 2010: 4
Notable former players
Ireland
In 1879 Ashley Cummins became the first UCC player to represent Ireland. Since then at least 55 UCC players have played for the full national team. 34 of these played for Ireland while still playing for UCC. Donal Lenihan was the last UCC player to be capped by Ireland while still attached to the club.
British and Irish Lions
As well as representing Ireland, at least 9 UCC players also went onto represent the British and Irish Lions. At least two of these players, Mick Lane and Tom Kiernan, were still UCC players when they toured with the Lions [2].
see also Category:University College Cork R.F.C. players
2009/10 Squad
- Full-backs: Sean Scanlon, Willie Walsh
- Wings: Keith Buckley, Colin Crowley, Brian Derham
- Centres: Brian Dennehy, Ivan Dineen (captain), Patrick Parfey, John Gleeson
- Out-halves: Andrew Burke, Ronan O'Sullivan
- Scrum-halves: Brian Slater, Dearen Mcgrath, Eoin Kennedy
- Front-rows: Brian Cagney, Gavin Duffy, Neville O'Donoghue, Will O'Donovan, John Ryan
- Hookers: Andrew Cudmore, Wayne Falvey
- Second-rows: Phillie Donnellan, Mike Lenihan, Peter Murphy
- Wing-forwards: Brian O'Callaghan, Dave O'Callaghan, Shane O'Sullivan, John Quill, Rob Barry
- Number 8s: James Ryan
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