Dolphin RFC

Dolphin Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club in Cork. It was founded in 1902, by members of Dolphin Swimming Club seeking to find a wintertime activity. They play in Division 2A of the All-Ireland League.

Dolphin
Full nameDolphin Rugby Football Club
UnionIRFU
BranchMunster
Founded1902
Ground(s)Musgrave Park, Cork (Capacity: 8,008)
ChairmanNoel Hickey
PresidentDonal Daly
Coach(es)Robbie Doyle & Steve Ford assisted by Brian Scott & Ryan Foley
League(s)All-Ireland League, 2A
Team kit
Official website
www.dolphinrfc.com

Former Irish Coach, Declan Kidney played for the club in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Michael Kiernan, with 43, is the club's most capped international player. J S McCarthy and Terry Kingston both captained Ireland. Tomás O'Leary was the scrum half on Ireland's 2009 Grandslam winning team. 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.

Honours

  • All Ireland League Division 2 Champions 2003
  • Munster Senior Cup Winners (6): 1921, 1931, 1944–45, 1948 and 1956.
  • Munster Junior Cup (4):1913, 1923, 1926, 1944.
  • Munster Junior Plate: 1985.
  • Munster Under 20 League: 1984.
  • Munster Senior League: (8) 1924, 1926, 1929, 1949, 1955, 1956, 1973 and 1991.

British & Irish Lions to have played with Dolphin

Michael Bradley

J S McCarthy

A J F O’Reilly

Michael Lane

Michael Kiernan


Notable Past Players

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

  • Michael Kiernan (43)
  • Terry Kingston (29)
  • A J F O'Reilly (29) capped also with Old Belvedere + others
  • J S McCarthy (28)
  • Tomás O'Leary (23)
  • John A.O'Meara (22)
  • Phil O'Callaghan (21)
  • Charles J O'Hanrahan (20)
  • Niall Scannell (20) 2017 to date
  • Mick Doyle (20) also with Blackrock College,UCD,Cambridge University
  • Michael Bradley (19)
  • Fergus Aherne (16)
  • Bertie O'Hanlon (12)
  • Paddy Lawlor (12)
  • Bertie O'Hanlon (12)
  • Fergus Aherne
  • Rory Scannell (3)
  • Dave O'Loughlin (6)
  • Maurice Mortell
  • Jack Clarke
  • Gerald Reidy (5)'
  • Fred Williamson
  • Ted Ryan
  • James Cronin (3)
  • Henry Wall (2)
  • Jack Mahony (1)

IRFU Presidents

  • 1955/56 C J Hanrahan
  • 1973/74 I F Mahony
  • 1983/84 G F Reidy

Current Munster-Contracted Players


References


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