Dolphin RFC

Dolphin

Full name	Dolphin Rugby Football Club
Union	IRFU
Branch	Munster
Founded	1902
Ground(s)	Musgrave Park, Cork (Capacity: 8,000)
President	David Kirk
Coach(es)	Steve Forde
Team kit
Official website
www.dolphinrfc.com/

Dolphin Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club in Cork. It was founded in 1902, by members of Dolphin Swimming Club seeking to find a wintertime activity.They play in Division 1 of the All-Ireland League. In 2007/08 they finished in their highest ever league position- 6th. The present Irish Coach, Declan Kidney played for the club in the 1980s and early 90's. Michael Kiernan, with 43, is the clubs most capped international player, J S McCarthy and Terry Kingston both captained Ireland. Scrum half Tomás O'Leary is the present Irish No 9. The clubs top try scorer in The AIB League & Cup is James Coughlan with 32, Coughlan was on the Munster side beaten 18-16 by New Zealand.The team also has a number of Munster contracted players on its team including prop Dave Ryan. The first player to reach 1000 AIB League points was John O'Mahony

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Honours

• All Ireland League Division 2 Champions 2003
• Munster Senior Cup Winners (6): 1921, 1931, 1944–45, 1948 and 1956.
• Munster Junior Cup (4):1913, 1923, 1926, 1944.
• Munster Junior Plate: 1985.
• Munster Under 20 League: 1984.
• Munster Senior League: (8) 1924, 1926, 1929, 1949, 1955, 1956, 1973 and 1991.

Notable Past Players

The following have represented Ireland at full international level whilst playing with Dolphin;

Michael Kiernan (43) Terry Kingston (30) A J F O'Reilly J S McCarthy (28) John O'Meara (22) Phil O'Callaghan (21) Charles J O'Hanrahan (20) Michael Bradley (19) Bertie O'Hanlon (12) Paddy Lawlor

Fergus Aherne Dave O'Loughlin (6) Maurice Mortell Gerald Reidy (5) Jack Clarke Tomás O'Leary (3) Fred WWilliamson Ted Ryan Henry Wall (2) Jack Mahony (1)

IRFU Presidents

• 1955/56 C J Hanrahan
• 1973/74 I F Mahony
• 1983/84 G F Reidy

First XV (2010/11)

N. Walley
15

C. Bohane
14

B. Dennehy
13

E. Moloney
12

P. Hurley
11

B. Keeshan (c, k)
10

G. O'Keeffe
9

J. Quill
7

R. Geoghegan
8

D. O'Callaghan
6

P. Murphy
5

C. Rowe
4

C. Condon
3

N. Scannell
2

D. Ryan
1

Current Munster-Contracted Players

• James Coughlan
• Tomás O'Leary
• Dave Ryan
• Danny Barnes

External links

• Dolphin RFC's Official website