Midleton RFC

	Midleton RFC Midleton RFC is an Irish rugby union club that plays in Division 2C of the All-Ireland League. History The club was founded in the 1927/28 season, but disbanded in 1934. Midleton RFC was reformed on 4 March 1967. After a number of decades in the junior leagues, Midleton attained senior status after the 1997/1998 campaign with a 30-7 playoff victory over Sligo RFC. Midleton were beaten finalists in the Munster Senior Cup in 2003. As of 2010, the club was playing in Division Three. By 2020, the club was playing in Division 2C of the All-Ireland League. There was a revamp of club facilities in the mid-2000s. Club honours * Munster Junior Cup (2) 1997, 1998 Cork Charity Cup (3) 1999, 2003, 2006 Cork Charity Shield (4) 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 Munster Junior Clubs' Challenge Cup (1) 1997 Munster Junior League Division 1 (2) 1996-97, 1997-98 Munster Junior League Division 2 (1) 1994 Notable players Former All Black fullback Christian Cullen made a 20 minute appearance for M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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]
	Cork Constitution The Cork Constitution (CC) is a rugby union club based in Cork (city), Cork, playing in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League (rugby union), All-Ireland League. It was founded by staff of the ''Cork Constitution (newspaper), Cork Constitution'' newspaper. Since the paper did not publish on Sundays, the staff were looking for activities to pursue on Saturday afternoons. In the summer, cricket was played, while in the winter, rugby was the designated activity. The team currently plays in Temple Hill, Ballintemple, Cork, Ballintemple. Due to the introduction of professional rugby union, and its success at producing players who go on to obtain Munster contracts, Con, like many other senior rugby clubs in Ireland, has been unable to field a full strength side for a number of years. In this period though, Con have remained competitive, reaching the final of the All-Ireland League on six occasions since 2001 inclusive; losing in 2001 to Dungannon, losing in 2002 to Shannon, again losin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	All-Ireland League Rugby Union Clubs All-Ireland (sometimes All-Island) refers to all of Ireland, as opposed to the separate jurisdictions of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. "All-Ireland" is most frequently used to refer to sporting teams or events for the entire island, but also has related meanings in politics and religion. In sports Many but far from all sports are organised on an all-Ireland basis.{{fv, date=June 2017 "All-Ireland" is often used as an abbreviation of All-Ireland Championship, held by sports organised on All-Ireland basis. In particular: * All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in Gaelic football * All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in hurling Many sports are organised on an all-Ireland basis, for example American football, basketball, boxing, cricket, curling, Gaelic games, golf, hockey, lawn bowls, korfball, Quidditch, rowing, rugby league and rugby union, in which case the international team is usually referred to simply as "Ireland". Others are organised primarily o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rugby Clubs Established In 1927 Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: Rugby league: 13 players per side * Masters Rugby League * Mod league * Rugby league nines * Rugby league sevens * Touch (sport) * Wheelchair rugby league Rugby union: 15 players per side * American flag rugby * Beach rugby * Mini rugby * Rugby sevens, 7 players per side * Rugby tens, 10 players per side * Snow rugby * Touch rugby * Tambo rugby Both codes * Tag rugby Rugby Fives, a handball game, similar to squash, played in an enclosed court Underwater rugby, an underwater sport played in a swimming pool and named after rugby football Rugby ball, a ball for use in rugby football Arts and entertainment '' Rugby'' (video game), the 2000 installment of Electronic Arts' Rugby video game series * ''Rugby'', second movement of ''Mouvements symphoniques'' by Arthur Honegger Brands and enterprises * Rugby (automobile), made by Durant Motors * Rugby Cement, a former UK PLC, now a su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rugby Union Clubs In County Cork Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: Rugby league: 13 players per side * Masters Rugby League * Mod league * Rugby league nines * Rugby league sevens * Touch (sport) * Wheelchair rugby league Rugby union: 15 players per side * American flag rugby * Beach rugby * Mini rugby * Rugby sevens, 7 players per side * Rugby tens, 10 players per side * Snow rugby * Touch rugby * Tambo rugby Both codes * Tag rugby Rugby Fives, a handball game, similar to squash, played in an enclosed court Underwater rugby, an underwater sport played in a swimming pool and named after rugby football Rugby ball, a ball for use in rugby football Arts and entertainment Rugby (video game), '' Rugby'' (video game), the 2000 installment of Electronic Arts' Rugby video game series * ''Rugby'', second movement of ''Mouvements symphoniques'' by Arthur Honegger Brands and enterprises * Rugby (automobile), made by Durant Motors * Rugby Cement, a forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rugby Union Teams In Ireland Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: Rugby league: 13 players per side * Masters Rugby League * Mod league * Rugby league nines * Rugby league sevens * Touch (sport) * Wheelchair rugby league Rugby union: 15 players per side * American flag rugby * Beach rugby * Mini rugby * Rugby sevens, 7 players per side * Rugby tens, 10 players per side * Snow rugby * Touch rugby * Tambo rugby Both codes * Tag rugby Rugby Fives, a handball game, similar to squash, played in an enclosed court Underwater rugby, an underwater sport played in a swimming pool and named after rugby football Rugby ball, a ball for use in rugby football Arts and entertainment '' Rugby'' (video game), the 2000 installment of Electronic Arts' Rugby video game series * ''Rugby'', second movement of ''Mouvements symphoniques'' by Arthur Honegger Brands and enterprises * Rugby (automobile), made by Durant Motors * Rugby Cement, a former UK PLC, now a su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mark Donnelly (rugby Union) Mark Donnelly (born 14 March 2001) is an Irish rugby union player who plays as a prop for United Rugby Championship club Munster. Early life Donnelly played rugby for Midleton and Midleton College before moving to Christian Brothers College, Cork, where he won a Munster Schools Rugby Senior Cup in 2019 before joining Limerick club Garryowen. Munster Having previously represented the province at under-18 level, as well as playing for Munster's 7s team in the IRFU's inaugural HPC Sevens Series and for the 'A' team in fixtures against Leinster A and Ulster A, Donnelly joined the Munster academy ahead of the 2021–22 season. Following the disruption caused by the province's recent tour to South Africa, Donnelly made his senior competitive debut for Munster in their opening 2021–22 Champions Cup fixture away to English club Wasps on 12 December 2021, coming on as a replacement for Dave Kilcoyne in the province's 35–14 win. Donnelly made his league debut for Munster as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Diarmuid O'Sullivan Diarmuid O'Sullivan (born 27 July 1978) is an Irish hurling coach and hurler who plays for Cork Premier Championship club Cloyne. He played for the Cork senior hurling team for 12 years, during which time he usually lined out as a full-back. A fan favourite who was noted for his swashbuckling style during his inter-county career, O'Sullivan is considered a "Cork legend". O'Sullivan began his hurling career at club level with Cloyne, for whom his father Jerry O'Sullivan, had also played. He broke onto the club's top adult team as a 16-year-old in 1995 and enjoyed his greatest success two years later when the club won the 1997 Cork Intermediate Championship title and promotion. O'Sullivan has made 90 championship appearances in three different grades of hurling for the club, while his early prowess also saw him selected for the Imokilly divisional team with whom he won the 1997 Cork Senior Championship. At inter-county level, O'Sullivan was part of the successful Cork under-2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John O'Neill (rugby Union) John O'Neill (born 18 September 1973) is an Irish former rugby union player. Career Born in Ballina, O'Neill first began playing rugby for Highfield's underage teams, before joining their senior team at the age of 17. He then joined another Cork club, Sundays Well, where his performances saw him join the Munster squad ahead of the 1998–99 season, going on to play in the 2000 Heineken Cup Final defeat against English side Northampton Saints and again in the inaugural final of the eltic league finaln 2001 defeat against Leinster. In 2002 he went on to play against Leicester in the Heineken cup final in the millennium stadium where Munster were defeated again . He is perhaps best known for scoring the infamous "try that wasn't" in Munster's 16–15 Heineken Cup semi-final defeat against Stade Français in 2001. O'Neill scored a try in the corner to win the game but it was disallowed by the referee, who had judged that the ball had gone into touch before O'Neill grounded it. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Christy Condon Christy Condon (born 23 October 1981) is an Irish former rugby union player. Munster Condon joined the Munster set-up on a training contract at the start of the 2011–12 season, and secured a development contract for the 2012–13 season. He represented Munster A during their victorious 2011–12 British and Irish Cup The 2011–12 British and Irish Cup was the 3rd season of the annual rugby union competition for second tier, semi-professional clubs from Britain and Ireland. First round matches began on Wednesday 21 September 2011 and the final was held on Fri ... campaign. It was announced on 14 May 2013 that Condon would be leaving Munster, to a yet unannounced club. References External linksMunster Profile Living people 1981 births Rugby union players from County Cork Irish rugby union players Dolphin RFC players Munster Rugby players Rugby union props {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Junior Sifa Junior Lotomau Sifa (born 24 March 1983) is a former American international rugby union player who previously played in Ireland for Midleton as a centre and for Nottingham Rugby. Sifa attended Edgewater College. He made the USA squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. After the World Cup Sifa retired from professional rugby and moved to Perth, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ... where he began playing for the Associates Rugby Club. External linksScrum.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Sifa, Junior 1983 births Living people Rugby union centres American rugby union players United States international rugby union players Nottingham R.F.C. players People from Faga'alu American Samoan rugby union players 2011 Rugby World Cup players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jason Holland (rugby Union) Jason John Holland (born 12 August 1972) is a New Zealand former rugby union footballer, who played for Munster from 1999 until 2008, usually as a centre. Holland played in two Heineken Cup finals in 2000 where he scored from a drop-goal, and 2002, and won 102 Munster caps in total. He also worked as Munster backs coach in 2008. Holland also represented the Ireland A team. Holland returned to his native New Zealand in 2012 to become assistant coach to Canterbury in the ITM Cup before moving to the assistant coach post at the Hurricanes who compete in the Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Building on various Southern Hem ... competition. He became the Hurricanes head coach in December 2019. References External linksMunster Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Holland, Jason Munster Rugby players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]