Garda RFC is the
rugby team with players drawn mostly from local areas of Westmanstown(
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Leixlip,
Dunboyne,
Clonsilla,
Castleknock
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Blanchardstown) and members of
Garda Síochána
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, the national police force of
Ireland. It currently plays in Division 2B of the
Leinster League.
History
The club was founded in February 1965 by rugby enthusiasts at the Garda Station in Pearse Street.
One of its first coaches was the former
Ireland and
British and Irish Lions prop,
Gordon Wood, who was also the father of the rugby icon
Keith Wood. His memory is honoured by the Gordon Wood Trophy, competed for annually by the Garda and the
Irish Defence Forces
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rugby teams.
Other trophies contested by the club include the Eugene Crowley Cup against
Monkstown, the Doyle Cup against
Greystones, the Trevaskis Cup against
Clontarf and the George Treiner Cup against
Terenure.
Honours
* O'Connell Cup: 1968
* Spencer Cup: 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2005
* Keating Cup: 1989
* Bill Marshal Trophy: 1989
* Leinster J2 League: 1997
*
Leinster League Division Two: 2000
* Leinster League Division 1B Champions: 2011
Notable players
Irish Students
* Shaw McGannety
References
Garda RFC
Irish rugby union teams
Rugby clubs established in 1965
Rugby union clubs in Fingal
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