Blackrock College Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club located in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 by former pupils of Blackrock College. Their senior team currently plays in Division 2A of the All-Ireland League
Blackrock College RFC was founded in 1882 making it one of the oldest senior rugby clubs in Ireland. While it bears the name and is closely affiliated to the school at Williamstown, it is a very open local club.
The club fields adult men’s and women’s teams, under 20’s and has a mini and youth’s section all of whom are actively involved in the various competitions throughout Leinster.
Blackrock College RFC was founded in 1882 making it one of the oldest senior rugby clubs in Ireland. While it bears the name and is closely affiliated to the world renowned school at Williamstown, it is an open club welcoming all who share a passion for the game of rugby.
The club’s philosophy is to strive to be as successful as possible in all areas of the game. It fields adult men’s and women’s teams, under 20’s and has a thriving mini and youth’s section all of whom are actively involved in the various competitions throughout Leinster.
The men’s senior adult team in Blackrock College RFC is in division 2A of the AIL. It has actively sought to develop and a comprehensive under 20’s academy striving to provide and environment in which aspiring rugby players can thrive. The club has a long tradition of producing players for the International side many of whom have also represented the Lions.
Leinster Senior Cup (8) 1937, 1939, 1957, 1961, 1983, 1988, 1992, 1999Leinster Senior League (4) 1975, 1982, 1983, 1991League Section B (1) 1989Smithwicks Floodlit Cup (2) 1993, 1997Castle Trophy (2) 1978, 1983Bateman Cup (1) 1939All Ireland League 2nd Division (1) 2000Paddy Moore Memorial Shield (2) 2002, 2008Jerry Fogarty Memorial Cup (4) 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007Brian McLoughlin Memorial Cup (1) 2008Brendan Merry Memorial Plate (1) 2008Junior 1 League (10) 1900, 1922, 1935, 1948, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1984, 2016Leinster Junior Cup (5) 1889, 1892, 1893, 1898, 1899Metropolitan Cup (8) 1929, 1938, 1962, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1984, 2001Junior 2 (Minor) League (14) 1925, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1937, 1938, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2007Albert O’Connell Cup (8) 1959, 1965, 1975, 1976, 1982, 2001, 2004, 2005Winters Cup (5) 1965, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1997Junior 3 League (3) 1972, 1974, 1998Moran Cup (11) 1966, 1975, 1976, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004Junior 4 League (2) 1983, 1990James O’Connor Cup (6) 1965, 1988, 1991, 2004, 2005, 2007Guilfoyle Cup (3) 1987, 1990, 1991Tom Fox Cup (7) 1971, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1992, 1993, 2001Greenlea Cup (10) 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000McCorry Cup (9) 1972, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2007, 2010Junior Pennant (3) 1975, 1976, 1977Fraser McMullen All Ireland U’20 Cup (2) 1997, 1998J. P. Fanagan Cup (6) 1997, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008Under 20’s Pennant (3) 2001, 2003, 2007Hartigan Cup (Under 20’s) (2) 2004, 2009Under 20’s Purcell Cup (1) 2008Women All Ireland League (5) 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2008Women All Ireland Cup Winners (3) 2002, 2006, 2007Youths (2) 2009 League & Cup DoubleLorcan Sherlock Golf Cup (6) 1938, 1960, 1964, 1969, 1981, 1997Ireland
The following Blackrock players represented Ireland at full international level.
British and Irish Lions
As well as representing Ireland, the following Blackrock players also went on to represent the British and Irish Lions.
The following Blackrock players have also played at international level.
Full-backs: Jan Simon Byrne, David Scott Lennon, Carai Mahon.Wings: Luke Fitzgerald, Davey Rowan (Captain), David Kilgallen, Niall Storan, Darren Westman.Centres: Brendan Macken, Sean Coughlan, Emile Van Wyk, Steve Lawton, Daniel BarnettOut-halves: Ian Madigan, Peter Quirke, David Godfrey.Scrum-halves: Dave Moore, Jack O'Carroll, Alex Walsh.Front-rows: Mikey Carroll, Colum Murphy, Mark O'Brien, Daryl Charmant-Dunne.Hookers: Conor Kilcoyne, Ryan Fisher, Tom Cooke.Second-rows: Leo Cullen, Owen Cullen, Gary Fenn, Cillian Duff, Ferdia Mulloy.Wing-forwards: Sam Cooke, Peter McCague, Luke Hickey, Paddy Carroll.Number 8s: Richard Marsh, Job Langbroek 
