| Full name | North Kildare Rugby Football Club |
|---|---|
| Union | IRFU Leinster |
| Founded | 1928 |
| Ground(s) | The Maws, Kilcock |
| President | Robert Landy[citation needed] |
North Kildare RFC is an Irish rugby team based between Maynooth and Kilcock, County Kildare.[1] It is part of the North Kildare Club, which also includes cricket, hockey, bowls, tennis and bridge sections. It is also the home of a gym.[2]
The club caters for adult, youths, mini and girls rugby.[3] The club's first team currently[when?] plays in Division 2A of the Leinster League, and its teams participate in IRFU Leinster Branch and North Midlands Area competitions.[4] As of 2023, the First XV was captained by Mark Farrell.[citation needed] The club colours are cerise, white and blue.[5] The First XV were promoted to Division 2A of the Leinster League at the end of the 2015 season, the second promotion in 3 years. In the 2015/16 season the club finished 3rd in 1B, the highest the club had ever reached in Leinster since the Leinster League began in 1993/94.
Representative players & former players[edit]
Ireland
Leinster
Connacht
- Ted Robinson
- Cormac Daly[6][failed verification]
Ireland U20s
- Marcus Hanan
- Cormac Daly[6][failed verification]
Honours[edit]
- Provincial Towns Cup: 1953, 1958[citation needed]
- Anderson Cup: 1978
- Lalor cup: 2004, 2022
- Speirs cup: 2005
- Leinster League Division Three: 1999/2000, 2005/2006, 2008/2009, 2010/2011[citation needed]
- Leinster League Division Two A: 2014/5[7]
References[edit]
- ^ Lowry, Brian (24 February 2017). "Five-year plan drives club's big ambitions". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ https://beargym.ie/
- ^ "North Kildare RFC - Girls Rugby". northkildaresportsclub.ie.
- ^ "North Midlands Area Branch, looking after local rugby". kildarenow.com. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Leinster Rugby Handbook 2021" (PDF).
- ^ a b "Cormac Daly". ultimaterugby.com.
- ^ https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/domestic-rugby/domestic-fixtures-results/
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