Dolphin
Full nameDolphin Rugby Football Club
UnionIRFU
BranchMunster
Founded1902 (1902)
Ground(s)Musgrave Park, Cork (Capacity: 8,008)
ChairmanNoel Hickey
PresidentGer Hodkinson
Coach(es)Eamonn Mills & Peter Scott
League(s)All-Ireland League, 2B
Team kit
Official website
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 2A of the All-Ireland League.

Former Irish Coach, Declan Kidney played for the club in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Michael Kiernan, with 43, is the club's most capped international player. J S McCarthy and Terry Kingston both captained Ireland. Tomás O'Leary was the scrum half on Ireland's 2009 Grandslam winning team. The club's top try scorer in The AIB League & Cup is James Coughlan with 37, Coughlan was captain of the Munster side that beat Australia.

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 (29)
  • A J F O'Reilly (29) capped also with Old Belvedere + others
  • J S McCarthy (28)
  • Tomás O'Leary (23)
  • John A.O'Meara (22)
  • Phil O'Callaghan (21)
  • Charles J O'Hanrahan (20)
  • Niall Scannell (20) 2017 to date
  • Mick Doyle (20) also with Blackrock College,UCD,Cambridge University
  • Michael Bradley (19)
  • Fergus Aherne (16)
  • Bertie O'Hanlon (12)
  • Paddy Lawlor (12)
  • Bertie O'Hanlon (12)
  • Fergus Aherne
  • Rory Scannell (3)
  • Dave O'Loughlin (6)
  • Maurice Mortell
  • Jack Clarke
  • Gerald Reidy (5)
  • Fred Williamson
  • Ted Ryan
  • James Cronin (3)
  • Henry Wall (2)
  • Jack Mahony (1)
  • Noel Elliott

IRFU Presidents

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

Current Munster-Contracted Players

References


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