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UCD

Full name	University College Dublin Rugby Football Club
Union	IRFU
Branch	Leinster
Nickname(s)	Collidge
Founded	1910; 114 years ago (1910)
Region	Dublin
Ground(s)	UCD Bowl (Capacity: 3,000)
Chairman	Collie Condon
President	David Carrigy
Coach(es)	Kevin Croke
Captain(s)	Bobby Sheehan
League(s)	All-Ireland Div. 1A
2023–24	7th.
Team kit
Official website
ucdrugby.com

University College Dublin Rugby Football Club (also referred as UCD) is a rugby union club 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.

Notable players

Ireland national rugby union team

In 1920 Andy Courtney became the first UCD player to represent the Ireland national rugby union team. The following UCD players also represented Ireland at full international level.

• Barry Bresnihan
• John Cantrell
• Eugene Davy
• Mick Doyle
• Tony Ensor
• Tom Grace
• Harry Harbison
• 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. Since then several UCD players have also played for the Lions.

• Niall Brophy: 1959, 1962
• Bill Mulcahy: 1959
• Barry Bresnihan: 1966, 1968
• Ray McLoughlin: 1966
• Mick Doyle: 1968
• Fergus Slattery: 1971, 1974
• Tom Grace: 1974
• Denis Hickie: 2005
• Brian O'Driscoll: 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013
• Rob Kearney: 2009, 2013
• Seán O'Brien: 2013, 2017

Ireland national rugby sevens team

• Harry McNulty
• Billy Dardis
• Hugo Keenan
• James Norton

Other internationals

The following UCD players have also played at international level.

• David Hewett
• Vasily Artemiev
• Stefan Obradovic
• Ben Barclay
• Jamie Jane
• Sean O'Neill
• Ian McKinley

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

1. League Tables 2023–24 at irishrugby.ie
2. ^ "Down Through the Years". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
3. "Irish Rugby : Player search". Archived from the original on 20 November 2007.
4. The Ireland Rugby Miscellany (2007): Ciaran Cronin
5. "Three Internationals for UCD". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011.
6. "USA Rugby - Men's National Team - Player Profile - Ben Barclay". Archived from the original on 17 September 2008.
7. "Action81.com".

External links

• Official website

• University College Dublin R.F.C.
• Sport at University College Dublin
• Rugby clubs established in 1910
• Rugby union teams in Ireland
• Belfield, Dublin
• University and college rugby union clubs in Ireland
• Rugby union clubs in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
• All-Ireland League rugby union clubs
• Leinster Senior League (rugby union) teams