The club was formerly sited at College Drive, Templeogue 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 Holy Ghost Fathers sister school of St Mary's College.[2]
^St Mary's College RFC 2009-05-26 at the Wayback Machine - History of the Club
^Ciaran Cronin (2007), The Ireland Rugby Miscellany
External linksEdit
Official website
October 20, 2023
mary, college, mary, college, rugby, football, club, rugby, union, club, based, south, dublin, ireland, playing, division, ireland, league, club, founded, 1900, former, pupils, mary, college, dublin, originally, known, mary, they, club, leinster, senior, first. St Mary s College Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in South Dublin Ireland 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 St Mary s CollegeFull nameSt Mary s College Rugby Football ClubUnionIRFUNickname s Mary s Maro s Blues Blue ArmyFounded1900 123 years ago 1900 RegionCounty DublinGround s Templeville Road Capacity 4 000 ChairmanBrendan SpringPresidentBobby O ConnorCoach es Sean Cronin Jamie Cornett Marcus O DriscollCaptain s Ronan WattersLeague s All Ireland D1A2022 236th 1 Team kitOfficial websitewww wbr stmaryscollegerfc wbr comThe club was formerly sited at College Drive Templeogue 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 Holy Ghost Fathers sister school of St Mary s College 2 Contents 1 Honours 2 Notable players 2 1 Ireland 2 2 Ireland 7s 2 3 British amp Irish Lions 3 References 4 External linksHonours EditAll 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 Leinster Junior Challenge Cup 1905 1907 1908 1911 4Notable players EditIreland Edit The following St Mary s players represented Ireland at full international level Trevor Brennan Jack McGrath Victor Costello Vince Cunningham Paul Dean Ciaran Fitzgerald Keith Gleeson Tom Grace Denis Hickie Shane Jennings Sean Lynch John Moloney Rodney O Donnell Malcolm O Kelly Johnny Sexton Tony Ward Rhys Ruddock Jordan LarmourCaelan DorisMEN 1970 Sean Lynch 17 1970 Denis J Hickie 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 1985Ireland 7s Edit The following St Mary s players have represented the Ireland national rugby sevens team Terry KennedyBritish amp Irish Lions Edit As well as representing Ireland the following St Mary s players have also represented the British amp Irish Lions 3 Sean Lynch 1971 John Moloney 1974 Tom Grace 1974 Rodney O Donnell 1980 Tony Ward 1980 Ciaran Fitzgerald 1983 Paul Dean 1989 Vince Cunningham 1993 Malcolm O Kelly 2001 Denis Hickie 2005 Johnny Sexton 2013 2017 Jack McGrath 2017See also Category St Mary s College R F C playersReferences Edit League Tables 2022 23 at irishrugby ie St Mary s College RFC Archived 2009 05 26 at the Wayback Machine History of the Club Ciaran Cronin 2007 The Ireland Rugby MiscellanyExternal links EditOfficial website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Mary 27s College RFC amp oldid 1178558662, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
