Greystones RFC
Appearance
Full name | Greystones Rugby Football Club | |
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Union | IRFU | |
Branch | Leinster | |
Founded | 1937 | |
Region | County Wicklow | |
Ground(s) | Dr Hickey Park Mill Road Greystones | |
Chairman | Niall Savage | |
President | Anne Bowes | |
Director of Rugby | Breffni O'Hagan | |
Coach(es) | Danny Kenny | |
Captain(s) | Eoin Marmion | |
League(s) | All-Ireland Div. 2A | |
2023–24 | 8th.[1] | |
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Official website | ||
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Greystones Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Greystones, County Wicklow in the Republic of Ireland, playing in Division 2A of the All-Ireland League. The club was formed in 1937. They won their first trophy in 1944 when they won the Metropolitan League .[2]
Notable former players
[edit]Ireland
[edit]The following Greystones players represented Ireland at full international level.
British and Irish Lions
[edit]As well as representing Ireland, several Greystones players also represented the British and Irish Lions. Both Robbie and Popplewell were attached to Greystones when they represented the Lions.[3]
Other internationals
[edit]- Tom Curtis
- Pieter Muller
- Dylan Fawsitt
Honours
[edit]- A.I.L. Division 2B
- Winners : 2016-17, 2022-23
- Metro League Division 7
- Winners : 2015-16:
- Leinster Senior Shield
- Winners : 2015-16:
- A.I.L. Division Two
- Winners: 2006-07:
- A.I.L. Division Three
- Winners: 2003–04, 2004-05: 2
- Leinster Senior League
- Runners Up : 1980: 1
- Leinster Club Senior Cup
- Runners Up : 1983, 1994, 1995: 3
- Metropolitan League
- Winners: 1944: 1
- Metropolitan Cup
- Winners: 1996: 1
References
[edit]- ^ League Tables 2023–24 at irishrugby.ie
- ^ "www.greystonesrfc.ie". Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2008.
- ^ The Ireland Rugby Miscellany (2007): Ciaran Cronin