North Kildare RFC

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Flag of Ireland.svg North Kildare
Full nameNorth Kildare Rugby Football Club
Union IRFU
Leinster
Founded1928;98 years ago (1928)
Ground(s)The Maws, Kilcock

North Kildare RFC is an Irish rugby union 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]

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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] 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.

Notable former players

Ireland

Leinster

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Lowry, Brian (24 February 2017). "Five-year plan drives club's big ambitions". Irish Independent . Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Bear Gym". Archived from the original on 22 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "North Kildare RFC - Girls Rugby". northkildaresportsclub.ie.
  4. ↑ "North Midlands Area Branch, looking after local rugby". kildarenow.com. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Leinster Rugby Handbook 2021" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Domestic Fixtures & Results". Archived from the original on 17 May 2021.


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