Dolphin RFC

Last updated

Dolphin
Dolphin RFC crest.png
Full nameDolphin Rugby Football Club
Union IRFU flag.svg IRFU
Branch Munster
Founded1902;123 years ago (1902)
Ground(s) Musgrave Park, Cork (Capacity: 8,800)
ChairmanNoel Hickey
PresidentLenny Twomey
Director of RugbyDarren Sexton
Coach(es)Eamonn Mills,Steve Forde, Dave O'Mahony
Captain(s)Craig O'Connell
League(s) All-Ireland League, Div. 2C
2024–25 3rd. [1]
Kit left arm goldborder.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body thin goldhoops.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm goldborder.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks 2 gold stripes.png
Kit socks long.svg
Team kit
Official website
dolphinrfc.com

Dolphin Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club in Cork. The senior team play in Division 2C of the All-Ireland League. [2] In the 2023-24 season, the club fielded more Adult Teams in competitive action than any other club in Munster, in fielding 6 Adult sides (4 Men's, an U20.5 side and a Women's Team (in Division 1 of the Munster League). In addition to this 3 Youth Sides, 3 Girls sides and 7 Minis teams.

Contents

History

The club was founded in 1902, by members of the Dolphin Swimming Club who were seeking to find a wintertime activity. [3] Initially a Junior club they gained Senior status in 1913 after winning the Munster Junior Cup that year for the first time. Their first Munster Senior Cup came in 1921 and in 1942 the club moved to their current home at Musgrave Park A clubhouse was completed in 1956 with further facilities added in 1976. The club was not a member of the All-Ireland League for the inaugural season in 1990-91 but won promotion to the League the following season. The club won Division 2 of the League in 2002-03, the club’s centenary season. In 2021, the club decided the time was right to set up Womens' and Girls teams. This has been very successful, the Women were promoted to Division 1 of the Munster Senior League and we have U14, U16 & U18.5 sides.In this short period , 7 of the girls have played for Munster U18's, Irish U18 (7's & 15's, Irish U20 and 2 have played for the Munster Senior Women's side. [4]

Honours

Notable Past Players

Former Irish Coach, Declan Kidney played for the club in the 1980s and early 1990s. [5] Michael Kiernan, with 43, is the club's most capped international player. [6] J S McCarthy and Terry Kingston both captained Ireland. Tomás O'Leary was the scrum half on Ireland's 2009 Grandslam winning team. [7] The club's top try scorer in The AIB League & Cup is James Coughlan with 37, Coughlan was captain of the Munster side that beat Australia in 2010. [8]

The following have represented Ireland at full international level whilst playing with Dolphin;

IRFU Presidents

Current Munster-Contracted Players

References

  1. ↑ A.I.L. Tables 2024–25
  2. ↑ Noble, Ciaron (19 September 2024). "Dolphin Family Ties Run Deep As They Look To Continue Rebuild". irishrugby.ie. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Dolphin swimming Club history". dolphinsc.ie. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Dolphin RFC history". dolphinrfc.com. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  5. ↑ Small, Daragh (1 March 2019). "Club focus: Dolphin RFC". Irish Independent . Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Where are they now? Michael Kiernan". Irish Independent . 8 February 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  7. ↑ McCarry, Patrick (23 November 2013). "All you'll ever need to know about Dolphin Rugby Club". the42.ie. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "As It Happened: Munster 15-6 Australia". rte.ie. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.