Rugby team
Full name | Greystones Rugby Football Club | |
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Union | IRFU | |
Founded | 1937; 87 years ago (1937) | |
Region | County Wicklow | |
Ground(s) | Dr Hickey Park Mill Road Greystones | |
Chairman | Donall Gannon | |
President | Breffni O'Hagan 22/23 | |
Coach(es) | Danny Kenny | |
Captain(s) | Eoin Marmion 22/23 | |
League(s) | All-Ireland D2A | |
2022–23 | 1st. | |
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Official website | ||
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Greystones Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Greystones, County Wicklow in the Republic of Ireland, playing in Division 2A of the All-Ireland League. The club was formed in 1937. They won their first trophy in 1944 when they won the Metropolitan League .
Notable former players
See also: Category:Greystones RFC playersIreland
The following Greystones players represented Ireland at full international level.
- Reggie Corrigan
- Tony Doyle
- Paul McNaughton
- John N. Murphy
- John J. Murphy
- Nick Popplewell
- Brian Rigney
- John Robbie
- Tony Ward
British and Irish Lions
As well as representing Ireland, several Greystones players also represented the British and Irish Lions. Both Robbie and Popplewell were attached to Greystones when they represented the Lions.
Other internationals
- Tom Curtis
- Pieter Muller
- Dylan Fawsitt
Honours
- Ulster Bank League Division 2B
- Winners : 2016-17:
- Metro League Division 7
- Winners : 2015-16:
- Leinster Senior Shield
- Winners : 2015-16:
- AIB Division Two
- Winners: 2006-07:
- AIB Division Three
- Winners: 2003–04, 2004-05: 2
- Leinster Senior League
- Runners Up : 1980: 1
- Leinster Club Senior Cup
- Runners Up : 1983, 1994, 1995: 3
- Metropolitan League
- Winners: 1944: 1
- Metropolitan Cup
- Winners: 1996: 1
References
- League Tables 2022–23 at irishrugby.ie
- "www.greystonesrfc.ie". Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2008.
- The Ireland Rugby Miscellany (2007): Ciaran Cronin
External links
All-Ireland League | |
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Division 1A | |
Division 1B | |
Division 2A | |
Division 2B | |
Division 2C |