Nenagh Ormond RFC is an

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club based in

Nenagh Nenagh (, ; or simply ''An tAonach'') meaning “The Fair of Ormond” or simply "The Fair", is the county town and second largest town in County Tipperary in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Nenagh used to be a market town, and the site of the ...

County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...

. It was founded in 1884 as the Ormond Cricket and Football Club. The club plays in Division 2A of the All-Ireland League and was County Tipperary's first ever senior grade rugby club. The club's main ground is New Ormond Park with another ground in Tyone where underage teams train and play. The club fields 2 adult sides and 10 underage sides, including u13 to u20 teams which compete in North Munster competitions and Munster competitions. The club also fields a women's side and girl's underage sides. The club joined the senior ranks in 2005 when they won the round robin and spent their first ten seasons as a senior club in the bottom division of the All Ireland League. In the 2013/2014 season, the club won Division 2B of the All Ireland League and retained the Munster Senior Plate which had been won for the first time in December 2012 with a win over Dolphin in Mahon, Cork. In 2014, Nenagh beat Young Munster by 74 points to 7 to win a third competition in the senior ranks. Nenagh Ormond has produced three Irish full-internationals as well as several players who either played for Munster in the amateur era or played professionally for an Irish province or in England. Tony Courtney (1899-1970) with seven caps,

Trevor Hogan Trevor Hogan (born 19 November 1979) is an Irish former professional rugby union player. He attended Nenagh CBS and Dublin City University, from which he obtained an honours degree in journalism. He played rugby with Nenagh Ormond, Dublin Unive ...

(formerly

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and

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) who won three caps made his debut against

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in 2005 and

Donnacha Ryan Donnacha Ryan (born 11 December 1983) is an Irish former rugby union player and current coach. Ryan spent most of his career representing his native province Munster, spending 13 seasons at the club, before moving to French club Racing 92 in 2 ...

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) who made his debut in 2008 against

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, Dublin. Ray Hogan played professionally with Connacht and David Delaney played professionally with Plymouth.

Club honours

*A.I.L Division 2B - 2014 *Munster Senior Plate - 2013, 2014 *Limerick Charity Cup - 2017/2018 *Munster Senior Club of the Year - 2014 *A.I.L. Round-Robin Series - 2005 *

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 ...

(5): 1931, 1935, 1948, 2000 & 2004 *Munster Junior League, Division 1 - 2005 *Munster Junior League, Division 2 - 1999 *Munster Junior Clubs Challenge Cup - 2000, 2003 *Manseragh Cup 1931, 2004 *Garryowen Cup 1931, 2000 *Gleeson League 2000 *O'Carroll Cup 2000 *u20/21 O Connor Cup 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 *u20 Munster division 2 league 2009

External links

Official Club Website
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