St Mary's College Rugby Football Club is a

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club based in

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, playing in Division 1B of the All-Ireland League. The club was founded in 1900 by former pupils of St. Mary's College, Dublin and was originally known as Old St Mary's. They club won the Leinster Senior Cup for the first time in 1958. In 2000 they won the AIB League for the first time under the captaincy of

Trevor Brennan Trevor Brennan (born 29 September 1973) is an Irish former rugby union player. He played for Barnhall, Bective Rangers, St Marys College RFC, Leinster, Stade Toulousain and Ireland, being capped 13 times. He played either in the second row o ...

. The club was formerly sited at College Drive,

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from 1955 until the 1970s, including clubhouse and grounds which have since been developed as ''Fortfield Square'' apartments. In the 1970s, the club moved to Templeville Road to rugby grounds formerly owned and used by Templeogue College, the

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sister school of St Mary's College.

Honours

* All Ireland League **1999-00, 2011-12: 2 * All-Ireland Cup **1974-75: 1 * Leinster Senior League **1972, 1978, 1980, 1989: 4 * Leinster Senior Cup **1958, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1987, 1993, 1995, 2005, 2010, 2013 : 11 *

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**1905, 1907, 1908, 1911: 4

Notable players

Ireland

The following St Mary's players represented

at full international level. Caelan Doris MEN: 1970 Sean Lynch (17) 1970

Denis J. Hickie Denis Joseph Hickie (12 April 1943 – 26 December 2021) was an Irish rugby union player. He played as a number 8 for St. Mary's College, Leinster and Ireland. Career Hickie, along with his brother Tony, played on the first team from St Mar ...

(6) 1972 *John Moloney (27) 1972 *Tom Grace (25) 1974 *Shay Deering (8) 1977 Tom Feighery (2) 1978 Tony Ward (19) 1978 Terry Kennedy (14) 1979 *Ciaran Fitzgerald (26)** 1979 Rodney O’Donnell (5) 1981 Paul Dean (32) 1988 Vincent Cunningham (16) 1996 Victor Costello (39) 1997 Denis A. Hickie (62) 1997 Conor McGuinness (14) 1997 Kevin Nowlan (3) 1997 John McWeeney (1) 1997 Malcolm O’Kelly (92) 1998 Trevor Brennan (10) 2000 Peter McKenna (1) 2001 Emmet Byrne (9) 2002 Keith Gleeson (27) 2003 Mark McHugh (1) 2005 Kieran Lewis (3) 2007 Shane Jennings (13) 2009 Johnny Sexton (45) 2009 Kevin McLaughlin (8) 2010 Rhys Ruddock (3) 2011 Sean Cronin (35) 2013 Jack McGrath (10) 2013 James Bourke (0) *Had the distinction of captaining Ireland. **Captain of Triple Crown winning teams in 1982 and 1985

Ireland 7s

The following St Mary’s players have represented the

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: * Terry Kennedy

British & Irish Lions

As well as representing

, the following St Mary's players have also represented the

British & 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 ...

.Ciaran Cronin (2007), ''The Ireland Rugby Miscellany''

References

External links

St Mary's College RFC's Official websiteSt. Mary's College RFC on FacebookSt. Mary's College RFC on TwitterAIB League Div 1A Info
{{DEFAULTSORT:St Mary's College Rfc Irish rugby union teams Rugby union clubs in South Dublin (county) Rugby clubs established in 1900 University and college rugby union clubs in Ireland Templeogue Senior Irish rugby clubs (Leinster)