The Carlow Crusaders were a

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team based in

Carlow Carlow ( ; ) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, from Dublin. At the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, it had a population of 27,351, the List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland, ...

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. They competed in the

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and played their home games at Oak Park in,

. However, due to Oak Park being owned and used by Carlow RFC, the Crusaders were compelled to play most of their matches at Cill Dara RFC,

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. In September 2008, Carlow Crusaders defeated the

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24–8 to win the Carnegie League grand final. On 9 July 2011, Carlow Crusaders were scheduled to compete in the All Ireland Final. The match was cancelled due to Carlow's failure to travel. Subsequently, in August, an independent disciplinary panel found Carlow guilty of bringing the game into disrepute. A statement regarding their appeal against this decision was released in October 2011. Coaches, Andrew Melville for its first year. From then on Paul Kenny was the coach of Carlow Crusaders including the year they won the All Ireland

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(1): 2008

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