St Mary's College Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in South Dublin, Ireland, playing in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League. The club was founded in 1900 by former pupils of St. Mary's College, Dublin and was originally known as Old St Mary's. The club won the Leinster Senior Cup for the first time in 1958. In 2000 they won the AIB League for the first time under the captaincy of Trevor Brennan.
The club was formerly sited at College Drive, Templeogue from 1955 until the 1970s, including clubhouse and grounds which have since been developed as Fortfield Square apartments. In the 1970s, the club moved to Templeville Road to rugby grounds formerly owned and used by Templeogue College, the Holy Ghost Fathers sister school of St Mary's College.
Honours All Ireland League (3): 1999–2000, 2011–12, 2025–26 All-Ireland Cup (1): 1974–75 Leinster Senior League (4): 1972, 1978, 1980, 1989 Leinster Senior Cup (11): 1958, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1987, 1993, 1995, 2005, 2010, 2013 Leinster Junior Challenge Cup (4): 1905, 1907, 1908, 1911
Notable players
Ireland The following St Mary's players represented Ireland at full international level:
Trevor Brennan Jack McGrath Victor Costello Vince Cunningham Paul Dean Ciaran Fitzgerald Keith Gleeson Tom Grace Denis Hickie Shane Jennings Sean Lynch John Moloney Rodney O'Donnell Malcolm O'Kelly Johnny Sexton Tony Ward Rhys Ruddock Jordan Larmour Caelan Doris
Ireland 7s The following St Mary’s players have represented the Ireland national rugby sevens team: Terry Kennedy
British & Irish Lions As well as representing Ireland, the following St Mary's players have also represented the British & Irish Lions.
Sean Lynch: 1971 John Moloney: 1974 Tom Grace:1974 Rodney O'Donnell: 1980 Tony Ward: 1980 Ciaran Fitzgerald: 1983 Paul Dean: 1989 Vince Cunningham: 1993 Malcolm O'Kelly: 2001 Denis Hickie: 2005 Johnny Sexton: 2013, 2017 Jack McGrath: 2017
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