Enniscorthy RFC is a

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

club based in

Enniscorthy Enniscorthy () is the second-largest town in County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is located on the picturesque River Slaney and in close proximity to the Blackstairs Mountains and Ireland's longest beach, Curracloe. The Plac ...

County Wexford County Wexford () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was ba ...

in Ireland. Founded in 1912, as of 2024 it was playing in Division 2C of the All-Ireland League. The clubhouse and pitch are located on the Ross Road in Enniscorthy. The club won the last

Leinster Junior Challenge Cup The Leinster Junior Challenge Cup was the forerunner of the Leinster Towns Cup. The cup was established in 1888. It was established as a competition for clubs below senior level who were affiliated to the Leinster branch of the Irish Rugby Foot ...

in 1925, and went on to win the successor Leinster Rugby Provincial Towns Cup several times, including in 2012, 2015, 2018, and 2019. It has also twice won the Irish Rugby All Ireland Junior Cup (in 2014 and 2016). Enniscorthy RFC was voted "club of the year" at the 2022 Guinness Rugby Writers Awards.

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