Midleton RFC is an Irish

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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

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. Midleton were beaten finalists in the Munster Senior Cup in 2003. As of 2010, the club was playing in

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. 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 The Munster Junior Cup is a rugby union competition played in the province of Munster, Ireland. The competition was established for the stronger junior clubs and the second teams of the Senior clubs in the province of Munster. The current champio ...

(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

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fullback

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made a 20 minute appearance for Midleton in a friendly match against

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in March 2006. Other former players have included: * Jason Holland *

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 201 ...

* Christy Condon * John O'Neill *

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 ...

* Mark Donnelly

References

External links

Midleton RFC
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