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Dolphin RFC
Dolphin Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club in Cork. It was founded in 1902, by members of Dolphin Swimming Club seeking to find a wintertime activity. They play in Division 2A of the All-Ireland League. Former Irish Coach, Declan Kidney played for the club in the 1980s and early 1990s. Michael Kiernan, with 43, is the club's most capped international player. J S McCarthy and Terry Kingston both captained Ireland. Tomás O'Leary was the scrum half on Ireland's 2009 Grandslam winning team. The club's top try scorer in The AIB League & Cup is James Coughlan with 37, Coughlan was captain of the Munster side that beat Australia. Honours *All Ireland League Division 2 Champions 2003 * Munster Senior Cup Winners (6): 1921, 1931, 1944–45, 1948 and 1956. * Munster Junior Cup (4):1913, 1923, 1926, 1944. *Munster Junior Plate: 1985. *Munster Under 20 League: 1984. * Munster Senior League: (8) 1924, 1926, 1929, 1949, 1955, 1956, 1973 and 1991. Notable Past Players The fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IRFU
The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) ( ga, Cumann Rugbaí na hÉireann) is the body managing rugby union in the island of Ireland (both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ground at Aviva Stadium, where adult men's Irish rugby union international matches are played. In addition, the Union also owns the Ravenhill Stadium in Belfast, Thomond Park in Limerick and a number of grounds in provincial areas that have been rented to clubs. History Initially, there were two unions: the Irish Football Union, which had jurisdiction over clubs in Leinster, Munster and parts of Ulster and was founded in December 1874, and the Northern Football Union of Ireland, which controlled the Belfast area and was founded in January 1875. The IRFU was formed in 1879 as an amalgamation of these two organisations and branches of the new IRFU were formed in Leinster, Munster and Ulster. The Connacht Branch was formed in 1900. The IR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás O'Leary
Tomás O'Leary (born 22 October 1983) is an Irish former rugby union player who played as a scrum-half. O'Leary played most of his career in the United Rugby Championship with Munster, where he was part of the team that won the Heineken Cup in 2006 and again in 2008. He also played in the English Premiership with London Irish, and the Top 14 with Montpellier. Internationally, he represented Ireland, where he was a member of the team that won the 2009 Six Nations Championship and Grand Slam. Also in 2009, he was selected for the British & Irish Lions, though injury prevented him from touring with the squad. O'Leary retired from professional rugby in July 2017. Early years O'Leary was born in Cork, Ireland. The son of Cork hurler, Seánie O'Leary, O'Leary attended Saint Patrick's School on Gardiner's Hill before going to Christian Brothers College (CBC) for his second-level education. CBC has a rugby tradition and this is where O'Leary first started playing. He was recognised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senior Irish Rugby Clubs (Munster)
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Rugby Union Clubs In County Cork
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Irish Rugby Union Teams
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Rory Scannell
Rory Scannell (born 22 December 1993) is an Irish people, Irish rugby union player for Munster Rugby, Munster in the United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Champions Cup. He plays primarily as a Rugby union positions#Centre, centre, but can also play as a Rugby union positions#Fly-half, fly-half or Rugby union positions#Full-back, fullback, and represents Dolphin RFC, Dolphin in the All-Ireland League (rugby union), All-Ireland League. Munster Scannell made his senior Munster debut on 1 November 2014, starting at Centre (rugby union), inside centre against Cardiff Rugby, Cardiff Blues in a 2014–15 Pro12 fixture. He started at Fly-half (rugby union), fly-half against Cardiff Rugby, Cardiff Blues on 14 February 2015. Scannell was nominated for the 2015 John McCarthy Award for Academy Player of the Year in April 2015. On 14 November 2015, Scannell made his European Rugby Champions Cup debut for Munster, coming off the bench in their opening 2015–16 European Rugby Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niall Scannell
Niall Scannell (born 8 April 1992) is an Irish people, Irish rugby union player for Munster Rugby, Munster in the United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Champions Cup. He plays as a Rugby union positions#Hooker, hooker and represents Dolphin RFC, Dolphin in the All-Ireland League (rugby union), All-Ireland League. Munster Scannell secured a development contract with the senior Munster for the 2013–14 season in April 2013. He made his senior Munster debut on 21 December 2013, coming on as a replacement against Scarlets in the United Rugby Championship. Scannell made his first start for Munster on 27 December 2013, against Connacht Rugby, Connacht. He signed a one-year development contract extension in March 2014. In March 2015, Scannell signed a two-year contract with Munster. Scannell made his European debut on 12 December 2015, starting against Leicester Tigers. Scannell signed a contract extension with Munster in January 2017. On 25 April 2017, it was announced that S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Elliott
James Noel Elliott (1947 – 26 February 2021) was an Irish rugby union player. He played in the back row for Dolphin RFC and Munster. Career Elliott enjoyed his first rugby successes when he won Senior Cup and Junior Cup medals with Presentation Brothers College at prop forward and also played for Munster Schools for two seasons. He led the Dolphin U20 team to win the Dooradoyle Cup, a 7-a-side competition, beating University College Dublin in the final thanks to his two tries. As club captain during the 1972-73 season he guided Dolphin to the Munster Senior League title. Elliott subsequently changed positions to wing forward, a move which suited him, as he went on play many times for Munster, including in a narrow loss to Australia, while he also made the national squad for a period. Death Elliott died aged 74 on 26 February 2021. Honours ;Presentation Brothers College *Munster Schools Rugby Senior Cup The Munster Schools Senior Cup or Munster Senior Cup is the unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Clarke (rugby Union)
Jack Clarke (born Kisumu, 2 September 1968) is a former Irish people, Irish rugby union international player who played as a winger. He played for Dolphin RFC and for Munster Rugby, Munster. He played for the Ireland national rugby union team, Ireland team from 1991 to 1992, winning 6 caps and scoring one try. He was a member of the Ireland squad at the 1991 Rugby World Cup. References External linksESPN Profile 1968 births Living people Irish rugby union players Ireland international rugby union players Rugby union wings {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bradley (rugby Union, Born 1897)
Michael James Bradley (16 October 1897 – 14 July 1951) was an Irish rugby union player who can played in the prop position. Bradley played club rugby with Dolphin RFC, was capped 19 times for Ireland, and was a member of the British Isles team that toured in 1924. International career Bradley obtained his first cap for Ireland on 13 March 1920 against Wales. In 1924, he toured with a combined British Isles team in South Africa, and although didn't feature in any of the test matches Test match in some sports refers to a sporting contest between national representative teams and may refer to: * Test cricket * Test match (indoor cricket) * Test match (rugby union) * Test match (rugby league) * Test match (association football) ..., he played in a total of 13 games against other opposition during the tour. In 1926, Bradley played in all four Ireland matches during the Five Nations tournament where Ireland were joint champions. He also featured during two matches in Ireland' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Kingston (rugby Union)
Terry Kingston (born 19 September 1963 in Cork) is a former Irish rugby union international player who played for the Irish national rugby union team. He played as a hooker. Career Gaining his first full cap for the Ireland national team which played Wales in the 1987 Rugby World Cup, he went on to win 30 caps for Ireland. In total he played in three Rugby World Cups, at 1987, 1991 and 1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ... where he was captain of the Irish team. He is also a former Munster Rugby player, and was captain of the Munster team that beat Australia (the then Rugby World Cup holders) in 1992. He retired from representative rugby in 1996. References 1963 births Living people Irish rugby union players Ireland international rugby union players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munster Rugby
Munster Rugby ( ga, Rugbaí Mumhan) is one of the four professional provincial rugby teams from the island of Ireland. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup. The team represents the IRFU's Munster Branch, which is responsible for rugby union throughout the Irish province of Munster. The team motto is "To the brave and faithful, nothing is impossible." This is derived from the motto of the MacCarthy clan – "Forti et Fideli nihil difficile". Their main home ground is Thomond Park, Limerick, though some games are played at Musgrave Park, Cork. History Foundation and early years Munster was officially founded in 1879, at the same time as Leinster and Ulster, with Connacht being founded ten years later in 1889. The first interprovincial matches between Leinster, Ulster and Munster, however, were held in 1875. The founding of the Munster branch of the IRFU was intended to organise and oversee the game within the province and prevent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
