Greystones 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 ...

team based in

Greystones Greystones () is a coastal town and seaside resort in County Wicklow, Ireland. It lies on Ireland's east coast, south of Bray and south of Dublin city centre and has a population of 18,140 (2016). The town is bordered by the Irish Sea to ...

, County Wicklow in the

Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 Counties of Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern ...

, playing in Division 2B of the All-Ireland League. The club was formed in 1937. They won their first trophy in 1944 when they won the Metropolitan League .

Notable former players

Ireland

The following Greystones players represented

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at full international level. * Reggie Corrigan * Tony Doyle *

Paul McNaughton Paul Peter Patrick McNaughton (18 November 1952 – November 2022) was an Irish rugby union, soccer and GAA player during the 1970s and 1980s. He was also manager of the Irish Rugby Team, a position he held from 2008 to 2011. He played rugby ...

* John Murphy * Johnny Murphy *

Nick Popplewell Nick Popplewell (born 6 April 1964 in Dublin) is an Irish former rugby union player who won 48 caps for his country between 1989 and 1998. He played club rugby for Greystones RFC, Wasps RFC, Newcastle Falcons, and also captained Leinster Rugb ...

* Brian Rigney *

John Robbie John Cameron Robbie (born 17 November 1955) is a former international rugby union player who played scrum half, and a well known radio presenter in South Africa on Talk radio 702. His previous rugby career has also seen him take up the role of ...

* Tony Ward

British and Irish Lions

As well as representing

, several Greystones players also represented the

British and 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 ...

. Both Robbie and Popplewell were attached to Greystones when they represented the Lions.''The Ireland Rugby Miscellany'' (2007): Ciaran Cronin *

: 1980 * Tony Ward: 1980 *

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Other internationals

* Tom Curtis * Pieter Muller * Dylan Fawsitt

Honours

* Ulster Bank League Division 2B **''Winners'' : 2016-17: * Metro League Division 7 **''Winners'' : 2015-16: *

Leinster Senior Shield Leinster ( ; ga, Laighin or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, situated in the southeast and east of Ireland. The province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of Ire ...

**''Winners'' : 2015-16: *

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**''Winners'': 2006-07: *

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**''Winners'': 2003-04, 2004-05: 2 * Leinster Senior League **''Runners Up'' : 1980: 1 *

Leinster Club Senior Cup The Leinster Senior Cup is a major rugby competition in Ireland, involving all senior rugby clubs in Leinster, i.e., clubs from Leinster competing in the All-Ireland League. From 2006 until 2016 it was known as the Leinster Senior League Cup du ...

**''Runners Up'' : 1983, 1994, 1995: 3 *Metropolitan League **''Winners'': 1944: 1 *

Metropolitan Cup The Ron Massey Cup (formerly known as the Bundaberg Red Cup and Jim Beam Cup) is a semi-professional development level rugby league competition in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, run jointly by the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) and th ...

**''Winners'': 1996: 1

References

External links

www.greystonesrfc.ie
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