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Rugby team
Unidare RFC
Full nameUnidare Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)Ravens
Founded1958
LocationDublin, Republic of Ireland
Ground(s)Dublin City University,
Dublin, Ireland
Coach(es)Kevin Furey
Captain(s)Rónan McSweeney
League(s)Dublin Metropolitan J4 League
2005-063rd
Team kit
Official website
www.unidarerfc.com

Unidare Rugby Football Club, commonly known as Unidare RFC, is a rugby union club founded in 1958 and based in the Dublin City University Sports Complex on the Ballymun Road in Dublin, Ireland. The club's emblem is a Raven and they play in Black and Red. They currently play in the Junior section of the Leinster Branch Metropolitan League.

History

Foundation

Unidare Rugby Football Club was founded in 1958 out of the, now defunct, Unidare works in Finglas. During the foundation years (1958-1977) the club participated in the Business Houses Cup Competition and took part in friendly matches during the rest of the season. The club did not have their own grounds but, thanks to the generosity of Father Shields, were given the use of a playing field and dressing rooms in Blackrock College.

Business Houses League

In 1977 the Business Houses League was formed. At that time Unidare Rugby Football Club was given grounds in Unidare Industrial estate on Jamestown Road, Finglas. This was developed further by the club with dressing rooms, training lights etc. The club did extremely well in the Business Houses League, wining it for the first time in the 1980-1981 season. AIB had won the competition for the first three seasons of the competition. The club continued to participate in this competition during the 1980s.

A New Era

In 1990 the club lost its playing fields when Unidare plc sold the land on for development and the club was very graciously supported by Suttonians RFC and Malahide RFC for different seasons. 2005 saw Unidare RFC forming an alliance with Dublin City University Sports to play and train in the Ballymun grounds.

The Team now has an under 16 and under 18 squad.The club has recently undergone a revival in interest and membership.

2007/2008 Season

2007/2008 J4 Metropolitan League Fixtures/Results

Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Match Report
October 13th 2007 De La Salle Palmerston RFC 20 - 24 Unidare RFC Kilternan
October 20th 2007 Unidare RFC 94 - 05 Malahide RFC DCU Sportsground
November 3rd 2007 AIB RFC 17 - 00 Unidare RFC DCU Sportsground ...
November 10th 2007 Dundalk RFC 11 - 10 Unidare RFC Dundalk ...
November 17th 2007 Clontarf RFC 8 - 00 Unidare RFC Clontarf ...
December 1st 2007 Unidare RFC 53 - 00 Emerald Warriors DCU Sportsground ...
December 8th 2007 CYM 05 - 10 Unidare RFC Terenure
January 5th 2008 Unidare RFC 05 - 29 De La Salle Palmerston RFC DCU Sportsground ...
January 12th 2008 Malahide RFC 13 - 18 Unidare RFC Estuary Road ...
January 27th 2008 Unidare RFC 07 - 20 Dundalk DCU Sportsground ...

2007/2008 Friendly Fixtures/Results

Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue
September 15th 2007 Stillorgan RFC 36 - 14 Unidare RFC Bird Avenue
November 24th 2007 Unidare RFC 00 - 29 Stillorgan RFC DCU Sportsground

See also

External links

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Irish Rugby Football Union
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Women's
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Provincial senior cups
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