Greystones RFC

Rugby team

Greystones Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Greystones, County Wicklow in the Republic of Ireland, playing in Division 2B of the All-Ireland League. The club was formed in 1937. They won their first trophy in 1944 when they won the Metropolitan League .^[2]

Notable former players

Ireland

The following Greystones players represented Ireland at full international level.

• Reggie Corrigan
• Tony Doyle
• Paul McNaughton
• John N. Murphy
• John J. Murphy
• Nick Popplewell
• Brian Rigney
• John Robbie
• Tony Ward

British and Irish Lions

As well as representing Ireland, several Greystones players also represented the British and Irish Lions. Both Robbie and Popplewell were attached to Greystones when they represented the Lions.^[3]

• John Robbie: 1980
• Tony Ward: 1980
• Nick Popplewell: 1993

Other internationals

• Tom Curtis
• Pieter Muller
• Dylan Fawsitt

Honours

• Ulster Bank League Division 2B
  • Winners : 2016-17:
• Metro League Division 7
  • Winners : 2015-16:
• Leinster Senior Shield
  • Winners : 2015-16:
• AIB Division Two
  • Winners: 2006-07:
• AIB Division Three
  • Winners: 2003–04, 2004-05: 2
• Leinster Senior League
  • Runners Up : 1980: 1
• Leinster Club Senior Cup
  • Runners Up : 1983, 1994, 1995: 3
• Metropolitan League
  • Winners: 1944: 1
• Metropolitan Cup
  • Winners: 1996: 1

References

1. League Tables 2022–23 at irishrugby.ie
2. "www.greystonesrfc.ie". Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2008.
3. The Ireland Rugby Miscellany (2007): Ciaran Cronin

External links

• Official website
• Fansite