Blackrock College Rugby Football Club is a

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

club located in

Blackrock, Dublin Blackrock () is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, northwest of Dún Laoghaire. Location and access Blackrock covers a large but not precisely defined area, rising from sea level on the coast to at White's Cross on the N11 national primary road. ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. The club was founded in 1882 by former pupils of

Blackrock College Blackrock College ( ga, Coláiste na Carraige Duibhe) is a voluntary day and boarding Catholic secondary school for boys aged 13–18, in Williamstown, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland. It was founded by French missionary Jules Leman in 186 ...

. Their senior team currently plays in Division 2A of the All-Ireland League Blackrock College RFC was founded in 1882 making it one of the oldest senior rugby clubs in Ireland. While it bears the name and is closely affiliated to the school at Williamstown, it is a very open local club. The club fields adult men’s and women’s teams, under 20s and has a mini and youth section, all of whom are involved in the various competitions throughout Leinster. The men’s senior adult team in Blackrock College RFC is in division 2A of the AIL. The club has a long tradition of producing players for the International side many of whom have also represented the Lions.

Honours

* Leinster Senior Cup (8) 1937, 1939, 1957, 1961, 1983, 1988, 1992, 1999 * Leinster Senior League (4) 1975, 1982, 1983, 1991 *League Section B (1) 1989 * Smithwicks Floodlit Cup (2) 1993, 1997 * Castle Trophy (2) 1978, 1983 *Bateman Cup (1) 1939 * All Ireland League 2nd Division (1) 2000 * Paddy Moore Memorial Shield (2) 2002, 2008 * Jerry Fogarty Memorial Cup (4) 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007 * Brian McLoughlin Memorial Cup (1) 2008 * Brendan Merry Memorial Plate (1) 2008 * Junior 1 League (10) 1900, 1922, 1935, 1948, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1984, 2016 * Leinster Junior Cup (5) 1889, 1892, 1893, 1898, 1899 * Metropolitan Cup (8) 1929, 1938, 1962, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1984, 2001 * Junior 2 (Minor) League (14) 1925, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1937, 1938, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2007 * Albert O’Connell Cup (8) 1959, 1965, 1975, 1976, 1982, 2001, 2004, 2005 * Winters Cup (5) 1965, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1997 * Junior 3 League (3) 1972, 1974, 1998 * Moran Cup (11) 1966, 1975, 1976, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004 * Junior 4 League (2) 1983, 1990 * James O’Connor Cup (6) 1965, 1988, 1991, 2004, 2005, 2007 * Guilfoyle Cup (3) 1987, 1990, 1991 * Tom Fox Cup (7) 1971, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1992, 1993, 2001 * Greenlea Cup (10) 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000 * McCorry Cup (9) 1972, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2007, 2010 * Junior Pennant (3) 1975, 1976, 1977 * Fraser McMullen All Ireland U’20 Cup (2) 1997, 1998 * J. P. Fanagan Cup (6) 1997, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008 * Under 20s Pennant (3) 2001, 2003, 2007 * Hartigan Cup (Under 20s) (2) 2004, 2009 * Under 20s Purcell Cup (1) 2008 * Women All Ireland League (5) 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2008 * Women All Ireland Cup Winners (3) 2002, 2006, 2007 * Youths (2) 2009 League & Cup Double * Lorcan Sherlock Golf Cup (6) 1938, 1960, 1964, 1969, 1981, 1997

Notable former players

Ireland

The following Blackrock players represented

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British & Irish Lions

As well as representing

, the following Blackrock players also went on to represent the

British & Irish Lions The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for the national teams of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The Lions are a test side and most often select players who have already played for their national ...

.''The Ireland Rugby Miscellany'' (2007): Ciaran Cronin * Niall Brophy:

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1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...

Ray McLoughlin Raymond John McLoughlin (21 August 1939 – 20 November 2021) was an Ireland rugby union international who was capped 40 times at prop, an Irish record at the time. He began at tight head, moving to the open side on his return to the Ireland te ...

: 1966 * Mick Doyle:

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

Fergus Slattery John Fergus Slattery (born 12 February 1949 in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland) is a former rugby union player who represented Ireland. He played schools rugby for Blackrock College and then moved on to play senior rugby for UCD, before earning a call ...

: 1971, 1974 * Willie Duggan:

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* Hugo MacNeill:

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...

Brendan Mullin Brendan John Mullin (born Jerusalem, 31 October 1963) is a former Ireland international rugby union football player. He played as a centre. Profile Mullin spent his early life in Jerusalem, Israel and attended secondary school in Blackrock Col ...

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* Paul Wallace:

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* Shane Byrne: 2005 *

Brian O'Driscoll Brian Gerard O'Driscoll (born 21 January 1979) is an Irish former professional rugby union player. He played at outside centre for the Irish provincial team Leinster and for Ireland. He captained Ireland from 2003 until 2012, and captained the ...

: 2001, 2005, 2009,

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Luke Fitzgerald Luke Matthew Fitzgerald (born 13 September 1987) is a former rugby union player. He played at winger or fullback for Leinster. He retired in June 2016. Having previously studied at Blackrock College he won two Leinster Schools Senior Cups, in ...

: 2009

Other internationals

The following Blackrock players have also played at international level. *

Billy Ngawini Billy Ngawini (born 24 August 1981) is an Italian international rugby union footballer who plays for Rugby Rovigo Delta in the Top12 and Amlin Challenge Cup in Europe. He has previously played in the National Provincial Championship and rugby ...

* Stephen Bachop * Gavin Johnson *

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AJ MacGinty Alan "AJ" MacGinty is an Irish-born professional rugby player, who represents the United States in international competition. He primarily plays as a fly-half. MacGinty plays club rugby for Premiership Rugby team Bristol Bears. Early life A gra ...

* Brett Thompson * Luke Thompson

2014/15 squad

*Full-backs: Jan Simon Byrne, David Scott Lennon, Carai Mahon *Wings:

, Davey Rowan (captain), David Kilgallen, Niall Storan, Darren Westman *Centres: Brendan Macken, Sean Coughlan, Emile Van Wyk, Steve Lawton, Daniel Barnett *Out-halves:

Ian Madigan Ian Madigan (born 21 March 1989) is an Irish professional rugby union player for Ulster. His primary position is at fly-half, although he can also play at centre and full-back. Club career Madigan made his senior debut for Leinster in a Celtic L ...

, Peter Quirke, David Godfrey *Scrum-halves: David Moore, Jack O'Carroll, Alex Walsh *Front-rows: Mikey Carroll, Colum Murphy, Mark O'Brien, Daryl Charmant-Dunne *Hookers: Conor Kilcoyne, Ryan Fisher, Tom Cooke *Second-rows: Leo Cullen, Owen Cullen, Gary Fenn, Cillian Duff, Joe Scott Lennon *Wing-forwards: Sam Cooke, Peter McCague, Luke Hickey, Paddy Carroll *Number 8s: Richard Marsh, Job Langbroek

References

External links

Blackrock College RFC
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blackrock College Rfc Irish rugby union teams Rugby clubs established in 1882 University and college rugby union clubs in Ireland Rugby union clubs in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Senior Irish rugby clubs (Leinster)