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Chairman
  
Willie Cooper

Captain(s)
  
Killian Murphy

President
  
Eamon O'Grady

Founded
  
1965

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Full name
  
Garda Rugby Football Club

Grounds
  
Westmanstown Sports Centre, Dublin

Unions
  
Irish Rugby Football Union, Leinster Rugby

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Garda RFC is the rugby team with players drawn mostly from local areas of Westmanstown(Lucan, Leixlip, Dunboyne, Clonsilla, Castleknock, Blanchardstown) and members of Garda Síochána, the national police force of Ireland. They currently play in Leinster League Division 3 of the Leinster League.

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History

The club was founded in February 1965 by rugby enthusiasts at the Garda Station in Pearse Street.

One of their first coaches was the former Ireland and British Lions prop Gordon Wood, who was also the father of rugby icon Keith Wood. His memory is honoured by the Gordon Wood Trophy, competed for annually by the Garda and the Irish Defence Forces rugby team.

Other trophies contested by the club include the Eugene Crowley Cup against Monkstown, the Doyle Cup against Greystones and the Trevaskis Cup against Clontarf, and the George Treiner Cup against Terenure.

Honours

  • O'Connell Cup: 1968
  • Spencer Cup: 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2005
  • Keating Cup: 1989
  • Bill Marshal Trophy: 1989
  • Leinster J2 League: 1997
  • Leinster League Division Two: 2000
  • Irish Students

  • Shaw McGannety
  • Leinster League Division 1B Champions 2011

    References

    Garda RFC Wikipedia


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