University College Cork Rugby Football Club currently plays in Division 1B of the
All-Ireland League. Founded in 1872, they originally played as ''Queen’s College Cork'', as UCC was then known. Recent successes include winning the All Ireland U-20 Championship in 2002. In the same year, they also reached the AIB League playoffs for the first time, narrowly missing out on promotion to Division 1. Leading players in that team included
Denis Leamy,
Stephen Keogh
Stephen Keogh (born 10 May 1982) is a former Irish rugby union player.
Early life
Keogh was born in Limerick, Ireland, and grew up in Dromkeen, County Limerick. He attended St. Munchin's College before playing in the second-row for Ireland ...
and
Frank Murphy, all of whom went on to play for
Munster
Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...
.
Honours
*
All-Ireland Cup The All-Ireland Cup, also known as the Bateman Cup, is a knock-out competition for the winners of the four provincial rugby union cups in Ireland.
History
The Bateman Cup ran from 1922 to 1939 as a competition for the four provincial cup-winners ...
**1935-36: 1
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Munster Senior League
**1913, 1914, 1931, 1933. 1934, 1936, 1942 1943, 1945, 1950, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1974, 1978, 1981, 1985: 17
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Munster Senior Cup
**1887, 1888, 1897, 1900, 1901, 1912, 1913, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1963, 1976, 1981: 18
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Munster Junior Cup
**1921, 1933, 1950, 1953, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1975, 1977, 1979: 10
Notable former players
Ireland
In 1879 Ashley Cummins became the first UCC player to represent
Ireland. Since then at least 55 UCC players have played for the full national team. 34 of these played for Ireland while still playing for UCC.
Donal Lenihan was the last UCC player to be capped by Ireland while still attached to the club.
British & Irish Lions
As well as representing
Ireland, at least nine UCC players also went on to represent the
British & Irish Lions. At least two of these players, Mick Lane and
Tom Kiernan, were still UCC players when they toured with the Lions.
[''The Ireland Rugby Miscellany'' (2007): Ciaran Cronin]
References
External links
Official site
{{Sport in Cork City
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Rugby
Cork
Rugby union clubs in County Cork
Cork
Senior Irish rugby clubs (Munster)
1872 establishments in Ireland