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St Mary's College RFC

Irish rugby union club, based in County Dublin

Summary

Irish rugby union club, based in County Dublin

Field	Value
teamname	St. Mary's College
union	IRE IRFU
branch	Leinster
fullname	St. Mary's College Rugby Football Club
nickname	Mary's, Maro's, Blues, Blue Army
url	https://www.stmaryscollegerfc.com/
founded
region	County Dublin
ground	Templeville Road
capacity	4,000
chairman	Paul Conlon
president	Gareth Logan
captain	Conor Dean
coach	Mark McHugh
Jamie Cornett
Marcus O'Driscoll
Jack McGrath
Greg Jones
league	All-Ireland Div. 1A
season	2025–26
position	N/A.
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Jamie Cornett Marcus O'Driscoll Jack McGrath Greg Jones St Mary's College Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in South Dublin, Ireland, playing in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League. The club was founded in 1900 by former pupils of St. Mary's College, Dublin and was originally known as Old St Mary's. They club won the Leinster Senior Cup for the first time in 1958. In 2000 they won the AIB League for the first time under the captaincy of Trevor Brennan.

The club was formerly sited at College Drive, Templeogue from 1955 until the 1970s, including clubhouse and grounds which have since been developed as Fortfield Square apartments. In the 1970s, the club moved to Templeville Road to rugby grounds formerly owned and used by Templeogue College, the Holy Ghost Fathers sister school of St Mary's College.

Honours

All Ireland League
- 1999–2000, 2011–12: 2
All-Ireland Cup
- 1974–75: 1
** Leinster Senior League**
- 1972, 1978, 1980, 1989: 4
Leinster Senior Cup
- 1958, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1987, 1993, 1995, 2005, 2010, 2013: 11
Leinster Junior Challenge Cup
- 1905, 1907, 1908, 1911: 4

Notable players

Ireland

The following St Mary's players represented Ireland at full international level.

MEN:

1970 Sean Lynch (17) 1970 Denis J. Hickie (6) 1972 *John Moloney (27) 1972 *Tom Grace (25) 1974 Shay Deering (8) 1977 Tom Feighery (2) 1978 Tony Ward (19) 1978 Terry Kennedy (14) 1979 Ciaran Fitzgerald (26) 1979 Rodney O’Donnell (5) 1981 Paul Dean (32) 1988 Vincent Cunningham (16) 1996 Victor Costello (39) 1997 Denis A. Hickie (62) 1997 Conor McGuinness (14) 1997 Kevin Nowlan (3) 1997 John McWeeney (1) 1997 Malcolm O’Kelly (92) 1998 Trevor Brennan (10) 2000 Peter McKenna (1) 2001 Emmet Byrne (9) 2002 Keith Gleeson (27) 2003 Mark McHugh (1) 2005 Kieran Lewis (3) 2007 Shane Jennings (13) 2009 Johnny Sexton (45) 2009 Kevin McLaughlin (8) 2010 Rhys Ruddock (27) 2011 Sean Cronin (72) 2013 Jack McGrath (56) 2018 Jordan Larmour (32) 2020 Caelan Doris (56)

Had the distinction of captaining Ireland.
- Captain of Triple Crown winning teams in 1982 and 1985

Ireland 7s

The following St Mary’s players have represented the Ireland national rugby sevens team:

Terry Kennedy

British & Irish Lions

As well as representing Ireland, the following St Mary's players have also represented the British & Irish Lions.

References

[https://www.irishrugby.ie/all-ireland-leagues-old/men/league-tables/ A.I.L. Tables 2024–25]
link. (2009-05-26 - History of the Club)
Ciaran Cronin (2007), ''The Ireland Rugby Miscellany''

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