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team with players drawn mostly from local areas of Westmanstown(

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) and members of

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, the national police force of

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. It currently plays in Division 2B of the

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History

The club was founded in February 1965 by rugby enthusiasts at the Garda Station in Pearse Street. One of its first coaches was the former

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prop, Gordon Wood, who was also the father of the rugby icon

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. His memory is honoured by the Gordon Wood Trophy, competed for annually by the Garda and the

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rugby teams. Other trophies contested by the club include the Eugene Crowley Cup against Monkstown, the Doyle Cup against

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, the Trevaskis Cup against Clontarf and the George Treiner Cup against

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Honours

* O'Connell Cup: 1968 * Spencer Cup: 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2005 * Keating Cup: 1989 * Bill Marshal Trophy: 1989 * Leinster J2 League: 1997 * Leinster League Division Two: 2000 * Leinster League Division 1B Champions: 2011

References

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