Irish rugby union club, based in Dublin
Rugby team
Lansdowne |
Full name | Lansdowne Football Club |
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Union | IRFU |
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Founded | 1872; 152 years ago (1872) |
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Region | County Dublin |
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Ground(s) | Aviva Stadium (Back Pitch) Lansdowne Road Ballsbridge Dublin 4 (Capacity: 1,000) |
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President | Stephen Rooney |
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Coach(es) | Declan Fassbender |
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Captain(s) | Cillian Redmond |
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Top scorer | Matt Healy |
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League(s) | All-Ireland League |
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2022–23 | 7th.[1] |
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Official website |
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lansdownerugby.com |
Lansdowne Football Club, also sometimes referred to as Lansdowne Rugby Football Club, is a rugby union team based in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1872 by Henry Dunlop as the Irish Champion Athletic Club. Its senior team currently plays in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League. The club's playing colours are black, red and yellow hoops, with navy shorts.
Lansdowne have won the Leinster Senior Cup a record 28 times, winning it for the first in 1891. Lansdowne won the All Ireland League for the first time in March 2013 and also won the Fraser McMullen cup in the same season. Lansdowne completed the "All Ireland Double" again in May 2015 winning the All Ireland League and the Fraser McMullen again. In 2017/2018 captained by Ian Prendiville & coached by Mike Ruddock & Mark McHugh Lansdowne won the All Ireland League, The Bateman Cup, The Leinster Senior Cup and The Leinster Senior League Cup. Lansdowne is the first ever Leinster team to win all of these trophies in one season.
Together with Wanderers, Lansdowne have shared the use of Lansdowne Road since 1880, with each club having their own clubhouse at opposite ends of the ground. However, since 1974 the ground itself has been owned by the IRFU.[2]
Honours
- All-Ireland League: 3
- 2012-13, 2014–15, 2017–18
- All-Ireland Cup: 7
- 1921-22, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 2017–18, 2019-20 (Joint winners), 2021-22
- Leinster Senior League 11
- 1973-74, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22
- Leinster Senior Cup 29
- 1890-91, 1900–01, 1902–03, 1903–04, 1921–22, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1964–65, 1971–72, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2007–08, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018-19, 2023-24
- Metropolitan Cup (17)
- 1927, 1948, 1959, 1965, 1968, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2023
- Fraser McMullen Cup: 4
99-00, **2012-13, 2014–15, 2022-23
Notable players
Current Leinster / Connacht / Munster -contracted players
- Devin Toner - Leinster
- Max Deegan - Leinster
- Dave Kearney - Leinster
- Matt Healy - Connacht
- Tom Farrell - Connacht
- Tadgh McElroy - Leinster
- Peter Dooley - Connacht
- Tom Daly - Connacht
- Tadhg Beirne - Munster
- Rónan Kelleher - Leinster
- Óisín Dowling - Connacht
- Dan Sheehan - Leinster
- Harry Byrne - Leinster
- Cormac Foley - Leinster
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Ireland sevens international players
The following Lansdowne players have played for the Ireland national rugby sevens team:
4 Lansdowne players represented Ireland at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics : Adam Leavy, Mark Roche, Foster Horan, Ian Fitzpatrick Ireland Club international players - Alan Maher 2007/2008/2009
- Kevin Corrigan 2007
- Greg Stafford 2008
- Colum Murphy 2009
- Robert Quinn 2009
- Matt Healy 2010
- Cian Aherne 2012/2013
- Craig Ronaldson 2012/2013
| | - Jack O'Sullivan 2019
- Alan Bennie 2019
- Phil Donnellan 2016
- Scott Deasy 2016/2017
- Eamonn Mills 2017/2018
- Harry Brennan 2018
- Jack Dwan 2018
- Dan McEvoy 2018
| Ireland 116 Lansdowne players have represented Ireland at full international level. The latest Lansdowne player to be capped by Ireland is Harry Byrne. On two occasions in 1931, Lansdowne supplied the entire Irish three-quarter line (Jack Arigho, Eugene Davy, Morgan Crowe and Ned Lightfoot), one of only three clubs ever to have done so at international level world-wide.[3] As well as playing international rugby union for Ireland, at least five Lansdowne players have also represented Ireland and/or Great Britain at other sports. Noel Purcell was also an international water polo player and represented both Great Britain and Ireland at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics respectively. He helped Great Britain win the gold medal in 1920[4] Ham Lambert played 21 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1931 and 1947.. Brothers Kevin O'Flanagan and Mick O'Flanagan also played soccer for Ireland. On 30 September 1946 they both played for Ireland in a 1–0 defeat against England at Dalymount Park[5] Brian Carney played as a junior with Lansdowne before switching rugby codes. He represented both Ireland and Great Britain at rugby league before returning to the union code. British & Irish Lions As well as representing Ireland, several Lansdowne players have also represented the British & Irish Lions.[6] Other internationals Rugby league internationals - Rody Corrigan: 1995
- Phelim Commerford: 1995
- Brian Carney: 1998
- Tom McCabe: 1996
Ireland league records AIL top try scorers - Matt Healy: 37
- Dan McEvoy: 30
- Ross McCarron: 28
- Cian Aherne: 26
- Fiachra Baynes: 23
- Brian Glennon: 20
- Marcus Dillon: 20
Forward | AIL top points scorers | Most capped AIL players | Most AIL Tries in a Season - Peter Sullivan: 15 (2018/2019)
- Matt Healy: 14 (2009/2010)
- Ross McCarron 13 (2009/2010)
| Most club tries in an AIL match Lansdowne: 76 Trinity: 26 (2017-2018) Largest win in an AIL match | Trustees Michael Kearney, Ciaran O'Reilly, Rory Williams, Oisin O'Buachalla, Michael Ryan Past captains Presidents References Notes - ^ League Tables 2022–23 at irishrugby.ie
- ^ McKittrick, David (8 February 2007). "Theatre of Green: Gaelic games end a century of separatism". The Independent. London.
- ^ "Lansdowne Rugby Football Club". www.aisrca.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008.
- ^ "Noel Purcell". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Statistics: Republic of Ireland [Powered by tplSoccerStats]". www.soccerscene.ie.
- ^ The Ireland Rugby Miscellany (2007): Ciaran Cronin
General - [1]
- Peter Dooley inspires Lansdowne to AIL final win
- Lansdowne FC: Refusing to rest on the laurels of a glorious past
- Lansdowne crowned AIL champions in true style
- Lansdowne land second title with thrilling UBL final win over Clontarf
- Lansdowne win first Bateman Cup in 87 years to end Cork Con's bid for six-in-a-row
External links - Official website
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