Greystones RFC

Rugby team
Greystones
Full nameGreystones Rugby Football Club
UnionIRFU
Founded1937; 87 years ago (1937)
RegionCounty Wicklow
Ground(s)Dr Hickey Park
Mill Road
Greystones
ChairmanDonall Gannon
PresidentBreffni O'Hagan 22/23
Coach(es)Danny Kenny
Captain(s)Eoin Marmion 22/23
League(s)All-Ireland D2B
2022–231st.[1]
Team kit
Official website
www.greystonesrfc.ie

Greystones Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Greystones, County Wicklow in the Republic of Ireland, playing in Division 2B 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

See also: Category:Greystones R.F.C. players

Ireland

The following Greystones players represented Ireland at full international level.

  • Reggie Corrigan
  • Tony Doyle
  • Paul McNaughton
  • John N. Murphy
  • John J. Murphy
  • Nick Popplewell
  • Brian Rigney
  • John Robbie
  • Tony Ward

British and Irish Lions

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

Honours

  • Ulster Bank League Division 2B
    • Winners : 2016-17:
  • Metro League Division 7
    • Winners : 2015-16:
  • Leinster Senior Shield
    • Winners : 2015-16:
  • AIB Division Two
    • Winners: 2006-07:
  • AIB 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

  1. ^ League Tables 2022–23 at irishrugby.ie
  2. ^ "www.greystonesrfc.ie". Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2008.
  3. ^ The Ireland Rugby Miscellany (2007): Ciaran Cronin

External links

  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata
  • Fansite