UCD Rugby Football Club | Est. 1910 | Play in the IRFU Energia AIL Division 1A. Club Sponsor:
@EY_Ireland
. All support welcome. Contact us: info
@ucdrugby
.com
This is something special. These two boys played against each other in School, played together in St. Patrick’s Blue for Collidge and today they faced off in Kobe in the
#RWC2019
in
#IREvRUS
congrats to two great blokes in a very tough game.
@KearneyRob
@VA_rugby
#CollidgeRugby
All week the
@AllBlacks
were in
@ucddublin
availing of the fantastic facilities in prep for todays game against
@IrishRugby
!
Club stalwart John Hammond presented captain Sam Whitelock one of our jerseys on their last day at the Bowl 👏
The Club are delighted to announce that John Hammond has received special recognition from
@IrishCancerSoc
and has been awarded the first ever
#DaffodilDay
Community Champion award for the selfless work he has done the last number of years.
➡️ Read More:
Please read.
In May our very own Emmet Burns was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a cancer originating in white blood cells.
Emmet aims to raise vital funds for
@IrishCancerSoc
and the Haematology Department of St. Vincent’s Hospital, as part of Emmets Ten Tonne Challenge.
Delighted to get a win on the road today! Very tough game against
@UCCRFC
and another great advertisement for AIL Club Rugby. Great to win the Dudley Cup too😁
Everyone at UCD RFC are very sorry to hear the news
@DanLeafy94
.
You can be proud of all you've achieved with
@leinsterrugby
and
@IrishRugby
, and thank you for your involvement with Collidge on and off the pitch.
We wish you the very best for the future.
#AdAstra
📢 |
#LeinsterRugby
sadly announce that
@DanLeafy94
is to retire from the game with immediate effect following medical advice.
We wish Dan the very best for the future and thank him for all the great days in the blue jersey. 💙
More |
#ThankYouDan
Ahead of the big game, the
@WelshRugbyUnion
Captain’s Run took place at the UCD Bowl this morning.
A jersey-swap was arranged between Wales legendary No 10 and current kicking coach Neil Jenkins, Wales full-back
@LeighHalfpenny1
and UCD RFC Captain Jonny Guy.
Special mention to our club captain Bobby Sheehan, Michael Moloney and Head coach Emmet MacMahon on their involvement with the Irish club XV over in Lisbon on Friday night vs
@PortugalRugby
A 🔥 🔥
Great weekend for the club
#AdAstra
#Collidge
We are delighted to report that John Hammond of
@UCDRugby
has been awarded a Values In Action (VIA) Award and was presented with the award at a lunch hosted by Prof. Orla Feely, UCD President in the UCD University Club yesterday 👏
Delighted to announce that Club Captain for 2019/2020 will be Jonny Guy. Jonny takes over from one and only Alex Penny who has been an inspirational leader all season. Sincere thanks to Alex for all his hard work and our best wishes to Jonny for the season ahead
#AdAstra
UCD Rugby would like to send our deepest sympathies to Raphael’s family on his sad passing. A gentleman, friend to many and a man with a great sense of humour. He will be very sadly missed and fondly rememembered. RIP
Message from World player of the year
@joshvdf
ahead of tomorrows UCD Rugby Daffodil Day in aid of Irish cancer Society. Donate through the link in our bio!
Retweeted Team Kit provider SMI Ltd (
@shackettsales
):
Adidas Rugby is Delighted to be official kit partners to
@UCDRugby
for the coming season. Sneak peak at the New Jersey launching soon.
#jointheteam
🛬 wheels down in Dublin after an incredible tour of Ontario and Quebec 🇨🇦 memories that will last a lifetime and a special group of players and management. Some well earned rest on the cards and then
#WeGoAgain
for the season ahead 💪🏻
#AdAstra
What a brilliant career
@fergmcfadden
absolutely brilliant to see the performances over the years and to have witness to many great days including the winning kick against Belfast Harlequins in2007! All the best for all the future holds.
#AdAstra
#IrishRugby
Fergus McFadden has announced he will retire when the 2019/20 season concludes, bringing down the curtain on a 13-year career with
@leinsterrugby
and a 34-cap career in green with Ireland 👏 ☘️
#ShoulderToShoulder
💙 | Scrum-half Nick McCarthy has spoken publicly for the first time about his sexuality.
He now hopes that sharing his experience will be encouraging and provide hope to others. 👏
Read more |
#LeinsterRugby
#FromTheGroundUp
MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO COLLIDGE’S GRAND-SLAM CONTINGENT PICTURED HERE LAST NIGHT IN THE SHELBOURNE HOTEL.!
THE HEROES … Garry Ringrose, Rob Kearney, Vinny Hammond, Andrew Porter, Barry Daly, Luke McGrath, Josh van der Flier and Dan Leavy. (James Ryan mia!)
We at UCD are saddened by the death yesterday of the Reverend Graham Jones, former player and J1 coach, and son of current J4 manager David.
Graham had been ill for some time.
We offer our condolences to his wife Louise and his young daughters Rebecca, Amelia and Romy.
May he RIP
A serious thank you to all the players, coaches and management who made this season possible. Thank you for your dedication, commitment and of course sense of humour! The AIL is a hell of league and today was another example of how competitive it is!
#wegoagain
#FromTheGROUNDup
Conversion is good by Moloney and that's full time!
Huge crowd at the UCD Bowl tonight, thanks to all those who came!
UCD RFC - 35
DUFC - 8
#EnergiaAIL
#PositiveEnergy
@EY_Ireland
In a great weekend for the club, it was special to have the Deegan brothers on the pitch together for the the first time yesterday for our AIL game.
Two great servants to the club and the plenty more left in them⛽️⛽️⛽️
Best wishes to the entire
@IrishRugby
Men's Sevens squad who begin their Tokyo Olympics campaign on Monday against South Africa.
We are very proud to see the trio of Harry McNulty, Billy Dardis, and Gavin Mullin involved!
At the end of the 2021/22 season, I will be retiring from professional rugby.
I've enjoyed every second of my career and can't thank my friends and family enough for their support.
Thank you,
Sean.
Today should and would have been Colours against
@DUFCRUGBY
this evening. What a day it would have been for a game of rugby as well!
Here's a look back at our win in the fixture in October.
Wishing all our members good health and everyone is staying safe.
#AdAstra
Very proud day to see
@KeenanHugo
and
@wconnors09
getting their senior caps for
@IrishRugby
against
@azzurri
massive congrats to them and no doubt a really proud occasion for their families 👏🏻 shout out 📢 to all the other Collidge boys involved too
#AdAstra
Special announcement:
James Tarrant makes his 50th AIL cap for UCD RFC today. Eternally brave, skilful, and devilishly handsome.
This is also the 20th cap for his current hairstyle. We wish them both the best of luck.
Really disappointing for the season to ❌this way but really important the COVID-19 is 🥊. We all need to play our part. Thanks to all of our players, coaches, managers and supporters for all their efforts this season. Hopefully we will all be back in full health soon
#OneInAllIn
First win of the season on home soil. Tough game tonight against
@mubarnhallrfc
great pitch and near perfect conditions. Best of luck to
@mubarnhallrfc
for the rest of the season
#AdAstra
Huge congratulations to Ruben Moloney winning the inaugural Great Collidge Bake off in aid of Movember.
A top class lemon cake he insists was made entirely by himself
I’m not so sure 🤔
Please donate below:
Great win for the J1's yesterday in a very entertaining match v Old Wesley, Collidge came out on top 40 - 34 winners. It was a fitting performance for Luke Maloney's last match before heading to NY City, great to see Ben White down after last weeks injury
#thankyouLukey
#adastra
We can’t wait to welcome you all to
@ucddublin
’s O’Reilly Hall this evening for our first Annual Dinner since 2019.
We looking forward to special guest speaker Paul O’Connell sharing his many experiences as a player and currently as
@IrishRugby
Forwards Coach.
It's Your Team!
We were delighted to have an opportunity to interview John and
@vinnyhammond
who shared their memories and insight of UCD Rugby with fellow Collidge man,
@RuaidhriOC
.
Watch the interview and many others on your website
Disappointing news regarding the Energia Community Series but one we fully support from
@IrishRugby
.
Everyone needs to band together and above all else stay safe. Hopefully we will be back on the pitch again soon.
UCD Rugby would like to extend our deepest sympathies to the family of Revered Graham Jones on his sad passing. Graham was a former player and coach with Collidge and a founder of
@libertiesrugby
Graham was an inspirational figure on and off the pitch
#RIP
A big
@UCDRugby
representation in the
@leinsterrugby
side for today’s game!
Kearney, Keenan, Frawley, R. Byrne, E. Byrne, Molony, Murphy and Connors. Subs - Tracy, Milne, Penny and O’Brien.
Special mention to
@edbyrne11
on captaining the side for the first time.
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our dear friend and colleague Brian Mullins last night.
Our thoughts go out to Brian Mullins’ family, his many friends, and colleagues.
Someone so special can never be forgotten.
Rest in peace Brian.
Congrats to Collidge reps Tim Corkery, Bobby Sheehan, Cian Prendergast, Sean O’Brien and Niall Comerford on their inclusion in the
@IrishRugby
Under-20 Six Nations squad!
#FutureIsGreen
Ireland Under-20 Head Coach Noel McNamara has named a 37-man squad for the Six Nations, including seven players from last year's Grand Slam-winning panel ☘️
More:
#ShoulderToShoulder
UCD Rugby can confirm we have raised over €10,000 for
@IrishCancerSoc
, as part of our annual Daffodil Day collection!
The response online and on campus has been incredible and we will inform you of a total figure soon!
Thanks to all who contributed!
Your UCD team for the 70th annual colours game 🚨🚨
See you all at 5:30pm tomorrow
@bfsportanalysis
will be streaming tomorrow for those who can’t make it
#AdAstra
A very Merry Christmas from all of us in
@UCDRugby
wishing all of our players, coaches, volunteers, supporters and their families a very happy and peaceful Christmas🎅🏼🎅🏼🎄🎄🎁🎁
#Santa
#hopeyouweregood
Last week
@lospumas
were on campus using the wonderful facilities ahead of the final November International.
John Hammond was on duty to present captain Julián Montoya with one of our jerseys.
The
@ucddublin
water tower is lit up in yellow in advance of our annual Daffodil Day collection tomorrow 🌼
Please look our out for our club members and students from the
@ucd_sphpss
Sports Management programme who will be in yellow hi vis vests looking for your donations!