North Kildare RFC is an Irish rugby team based between Maynooth and Kilcock, County Kildare.[1] It is part of the North Kildare Club, which also includes cricket, hockey, bowls, tennis and bridge sections. It is also the home of a gym.[2]

North Kildare
Full nameNorth Kildare Rugby Football Club
UnionIRFU
Leinster
Founded1928
Ground(s)The Maws, Kilcock
PresidentRobert Landy[citation needed]

The club caters for adult, youths, mini and girls rugby.[3] The club's first team currently[when?] plays in Division 2A of the Leinster League, and its teams participate in IRFU Leinster Branch and North Midlands Area competitions.[4] As of 2023, the First XV was captained by Mark Farrell.[citation needed] The club colours are cerise, white and blue.[5] The First XV were promoted to Division 2A of the Leinster League at the end of the 2015 season, the second promotion in 3 years. In the 2015/16 season the club finished 3rd in 1B, the highest the club had ever reached in Leinster since the Leinster League began in 1993/94.

Representative players & former players

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Ireland

Leinster

Connacht

Ireland U20s

Honours

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2nds Leinster Towns Cup: 2024

  • Anderson Cup: 1978
  • Lalor cup: 2004, 2022
  • Speirs cup: 2005

Leinster League (J2s) Division 2A: 2023/2024

References

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  1. ^ Lowry, Brian (24 February 2017). "Five-year plan drives club's big ambitions". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  2. ^ https://beargym.ie/ [bare URL]
  3. ^ "North Kildare RFC - Girls Rugby". northkildaresportsclub.ie.
  4. ^ "North Midlands Area Branch, looking after local rugby". kildarenow.com. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Leinster Rugby Handbook 2021" (PDF).
  6. ^ a b "Cormac Daly". ultimaterugby.com.
  7. ^ https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/domestic-rugby/domestic-fixtures-results/ [bare URL]
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