| Full name | University College Dublin Rugby Football Club | |
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| Union |  IRFU | |
| Branch | Leinster | |
| Nickname | Collidge | |
| Founded | 1910; 115 years ago (1910) | |
| Region | Dublin | |
| Ground | UCD Bowl (Capacity: 3,000) | |
| Chairman | Collie Condon | |
| President | David Carrigy | |
| Coach | Kevin Croke | |
| Captain | Bobby Sheehan | |
| League | All-Ireland Div. 1A | |
| 2024–25 | 8th.[1] | |
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| Official website | ||
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University College Dublin Rugby Football Club (also referred asUCD) is arugby union club based in Dublin,Ireland, and plays inDivision 1A of theAll-Ireland League. They play their home games atUCD Bowl.
The club was founded in 1910 and they won their first trophy, theLeinster Junior Challenge Cup, in 1914. In 1924 they won their firstLeinster Club Senior Cup. Since 1952 they have also played an annual challenge game,the Colours Match against their rivalsDublin University. In 1993 when theAIB League was expanded to four divisions to include 46 senior clubs, UCD and four other university clubs joined the league.[citation needed]
In 2001 UCD won theAIB League Division 2 title, gaining promotion to Division 1. They have continued to play in the same division until the 2008–09 season when they finished second from bottom and were relegated. They were the first Irish university rugby club to play in AIB League top division and have now been joined by rivalsDublin University Football Club.[citation needed]
In 1920 Andy Courtney became the first UCD player to represent theIreland national rugby union team.[2][3] The following UCD players also represented Ireland at full international level.
In1959 Niall Brophy and Bill Mulcahy become the first UCD players to represent theBritish & Irish Lions.[2] Since then several UCD players have also played for the Lions.[4]
The following UCD players have also played at international level.
David Hewett[2]
Vasily Artemiev[5]
Stefan Obradovic
Ben Barclay[6]Jamie Jane
Sean O'Neill[7]
Ian McKinleySee alsoCategory:University College Dublin R.F.C. players
