St Mary's College RFC
| Full name | St Mary's College Rugby Football Club | |
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| Union |
IRFU Leinster | |
| Nickname(s) | Mary's | |
| Founded | 1900 | |
| Region | County Dublin | |
| Ground(s) |
Templeville Road Templeogue (Capacity: 4000) | |
| President | Steven J. Hennessy | |
| Coach(es) |
Peter Smyth Ciaran Potts James Norton | |
| Captain(s) | Darragh Fanning | |
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St Mary's College Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in South Dublin, Ireland, playing in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League. The club was founded in 1900 by former pupils of St. Mary's College, Dublin and was originally known as Old St Mary's. They club won the Leinster Senior Cup for the first time in 1958. In 2000 they won the AIB League under the captaincy of Trevor Brennan.
The club was formerly sited at College Drive, Templeogue from 1955 until the 1970s, including clubhouse and grounds which have since been developed as Fortfield Square apartments. In the 1970s, the club moved to Templeville Road to rugby grounds formerly owned and used by Templeogue College, the Holy Ghost Fathers sister school of St Mary's College.[1]
Honours
- All Ireland League
- 1999-00, 2011-12: 2
- All-Ireland Cup
- 1974-75: 1
- Leinster Senior League
- 1972, 1978, 1980, 1989: 4
- Leinster Senior Cup
- 1958, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1987, 1993, 1995, 2005, 2010, 2013 : 11
- Leinster Junior Challenge Cup
- 1905, 1907, 1908, 1911: 4
Notable players
Ireland
The following St Mary's players represented Ireland at full international level.
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British and Irish Lions
As well as representing Ireland, the following St Mary's players have also represented the British and Irish Lions.[2]
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see also Category:St. Mary's College R.F.C. players
2009/10 Squad
- Full-backs: Gavin Dunne, Stuart O'Flanagan
- Wings: Ronan Doherty, Darragh Fanning, Conor McPhillips
- Centres: Philip Brophy, Conor Donohoe, Stephen Grissing, Mark Sexton
- Out-halves: Shaun McCarthy, Jonathan Sexton
- Scrum-halves: Joe Burns
- Front-rows: Kevin Carroll, Jack McGrath, Colm McMahon, Rob Sweeney, Sean Treston
- Hookers: Gavin Hickie, Richie Sweeney
- Second-rows: Stephen Bradshaw, Robin Copeland, Gareth Logan, Malcolm O'Kelly
- Wing-forwards: Damian Hall, Shane Jennings, Barry O'Flanagan, Paul Nash
- Number 8s: Hugh Hogan (captain)
References
- ↑ St Mary's College RFC - History of the Club
- ↑ Ciaran Cronin (2007), The Ireland Rugby Miscellany
External links
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