Greystones RFC
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 | |
2024–25 | 4th.[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
Ireland
The following Greystones players represented Ireland at full international level.
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
- Tom Curtis
- Pieter Muller
- Dylan Fawsitt
- Chip Howard
Honours
- 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
- ^ A.I.L. Tables 2024–25
- ^ "www.greystonesrfc.ie". Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2008.
- ^ The Ireland Rugby Miscellany (2007): Ciaran Cronin