Carrigaline RFC
Carrigaline RFC is a rugby club in County Cork, Ireland. It was founded in 1994 and is located at Cork Road Carrigaline and Ballyorban outside Douglas.. In a very successful 2012/13 season, the senior team won three pieces of silverware, including a J2 League and Cup double; and, also the Kelly Cup competition for the 3rd year in a row. It now sees Carrigaline RFC compete at Junior 1, Division 3. There is a large underage section catering for boys and girls aged 6 to 19. It is a member of the Munster Rugby provincial board.
Honours
Year | Competition | Captain | Coach | Grade |
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2005 | McCarthy Cup | Ray Donoghue | Eddie McGarry | J3 |
2011 | Kelly Cup | Noel Kelleher | Paul MacDonald | J2 |
2012 | Kelly Cup | Roy Murphy | Kieran Ronan | J2 |
2013 | J2 League South | Kieran Kelleher | James Kiernan | J2 |
2013 | J2 Cup South | Kieran Kelleher | James Kiernan | J2 |
2013 | Kelly Cup | Kieran Kelleher | James Kiernan | J2 |
As well as the senior teams successes, in 2012 The Munster Club 7’s competition for under 14, under 16 and 18 girls concluded for the season at Shannon RFC’s ground.
Carrigaline U18 girls claimed top prize for the second year running in the competition.
In 2012, The Under 17 boys team captained by the messiah Rory Horgan led his band of merry men to a 4-game winning streak. He brought them to the cup semi final and league semi final. New-comer to the club, Sean O'Brien (the 14th apostle) could not score more than 2 tries in the season. The DreamTeam was Managed from the high hills in the form of Padward Mullen and Billy "Big Smile" Whitnell
In 2015, The Under 16s boys team headed to the Aviva for there test match against the all conquering All Blacks,
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