North Kildare RFC is an

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rugby team based between

Maynooth Maynooth (; ga, Maigh Nuad) is a university town in north County Kildare, Ireland. It is home to Maynooth University (part of the National University of Ireland and also known as the National University of Ireland, Maynooth) and St Patrick's ...

and

Kilcock Kilcock () is a town and townland in the north of County Kildare, Ireland, on the border with County Meath. Its population of 6,093 makes it the ninth largest town in Kildare and 76th largest in Ireland. The town is located 35 km (22&nbs ...

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rugby. The club's first team currently plays in Division 2A of the

Leinster League The Leinster League is the second tier of rugby in Leinster, behind the Leinster Senior League. It has five divisions. The champions qualify for a round-robin tournament with the champions of the other three provincial junior leagues for one of tw ...

, and its teams participate in

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Leinster Branch and North Midlands Area competitions. As of 2021, the First XV is captained by Calvin Coffey. The club colours are cerise, white and blue. The First XV were promoted to Division 2A of the Leinster League at the end of the 2015 season, the second promotion in 3 years. In the 2015/16 season the club finished 3rd in 1B, the highest the club had ever reached in Leinster since the Leinster League began in 1993/94.

Representative players & former players

Ireland * Bob Casey * Devin Toner *

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Leinster * Bob Casey * Devin Toner *

* Marcus Hanan Connacht *Ted Robinson
Cormac Daly
Ireland U20s * Marcus Hanan
Cormac Daly
Ireland Youths * Sean Brady Ireland Schools * Luke Satchwell * Cathal Duff Leinster Juniors * Gavin Satchwell * Tom Satchwell *Conor McCrossan * Joe Gerry * Robert Waters New Zealand Universities *James Mullarkey

Honours

* Provincial Towns Cup: 1953, 1958 *Anderson Cup: 1978 *Lalor cup: 2004 *Speirs cup: 2005 *Leinster Provincial Towns Plate: runner up 2010 *

Leinster League Division Three Leinster League Division Three is the third division of the Leinster League and started in the 1994/95 season. The number of teams was reduced from 14 to 13 in 2007/2008, and again from 13 to 9 in 2008/2009. History Ashbourne RFC, Ashbourne, B ...

: 1999/2000, 2005/2006, 2008/2009,2010/2011
Leinster League Division Two A
2014/5

References

External links

North Kildare Sports Club website
Irish rugby union teams Rugby clubs established in 1928 Rugby union clubs in County Kildare {{Ireland-rugbyunion-team-stub