Unidare RFC

Rugby team
teamname = Unidare RFC


fullname = Unidare Rugby Football Club
nickname = Ravens
url = www.unidarerfc.com
founded = 1958
location = Dublin, Republic of Ireland
country

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ground = Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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coach = Kevin Furey
captain = Rónan McSweeney
league = Dublin Metropolitan J4 League
season = 2005-06
position = 3rd
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Unidare Rugby Football Club, commonly known as Unidare RFC, is a rugby union club founded in 1958 and based in the Dublin City University Sports Complex on the Ballymun Road in Dublin, Ireland. [http://www.irishrugby.ie/23_8924.php?team=2497&includeref=dynamic IrishRugby.ie - Club contacts - Unidare Ravens] ] The club's emblem is a Raven and they play in Black and Red. They currently play in the Junior (J4) section of the Leinster Branch Metropolitan League. [ [http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/members/getFile.asp?FC_ID=163&docID=2040 LeinsterRugby.ie - Junior Rugby Area Organisation - METROPOLITAN AREA] ]

History

Foundation

Unidare Rugby Football Club was founded in 1958 out of the, now defunct, Unidare works in Finglas. [http://domestic.leinsterrugby.ie/index.asp?docID=435 LeinsterRugby.ie - "Unidare-Finglas going from Strength to Strength..." ] ] During the foundation years (1958-1977) the club participated in the Business Houses Cup Competition and took part in friendly matches during the rest of the season. The club did not have their own grounds but were given the use of a playing field and dressing rooms in Blackrock College by Father Shields.

Business Houses League

In 1977 the Business Houses League was formed. At that time Unidare Rugby Football Club was given grounds in Unidare Industrial estate on Jamestown Road, Finglas. This was developed further by the club with dressing rooms, training lights etc. The club did well in the Business Houses League, wining it for the first time in the 1980-1981 season. AIB had won the competition for the first three seasons of the competition. The club continued to participate in this competition during the 1980s.Fact|date=July 2008

Recent developments

In 1990 the club lost its playing fields when Unidare plc sold the land for development, and the club was hosted by Suttonians RFC and Malahide RFC for different seasons. 2005 saw Unidare RFC forming an alliance with Dublin City University Sports to play and train in the Ballymun grounds.

Youth Section

In recent years, the club has undergone a revival in interest and membership and has focused in particular on the development of its youth teams. In the 2007/08 season, the club's first competitive under-age side created history [See Dublin Metro League, AGM Report, May 2008 ] by coming runners-up in the Dublin Metro U-18 League, at their very first attempt. [LeinsterRugby.ie - Unidare-Finglas going from Strength to Strength] The club currently fields youth sides at U-14, U-16, & U-18 and has ten fully qualified coaches currently working in their underage section. [Emerald Rugby Magazine, Oct 2007]

2007/2008 Season

2007/2008 J4 Metropolitan League Fixtures/Results

2007/2008 Friendly Fixtures/Results

ee also

* Leinster Branch

References