Enniscorthy RFC

Enniscorthy RFC
Full nameEnniscorthy Rugby Football Club
UnionIRFU
Leinster
Founded1912
Ground(s)Alcast Park, Enniscorthy[1] (Capacity: 1000; all standing)

Enniscorthy RFC is a rugby union club based in Enniscorthy, County Wexford in Ireland. As of 2023, it fields teams in Division 2B of the All-Ireland League,[2] having been promoted from Division 2C in 2022.[3] It was founded in 1912.[4] The clubhouse and pitch are located on the Ross Road in Enniscorthy.[5]

The club won the last Leinster Junior Challenge Cup in 1925, and went on to win the successor Leinster Rugby Provincial Towns Cup several times,[6][7] including in 2012,[3] 2015, 2018,[8] and 2019.[9] It has also twice won the Irish Rugby All Ireland Junior Cup (in 2014 and 2016).[5][10]

Enniscorthy RFC was voted "club of the year" at the 2022 Guinness Rugby Writers Awards.[11]

  1. ^ "Quality comeback as Enniscorthy recover to cause upset". Wexford People. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Another bonus point for Enniscorthy in the AIL". Wexford People. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Onwards and upwards for Enniscorthy Rugby Club". Enniscorthy Guardian. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Enniscorthy RFC". enniscorthyrugby.com. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Enniscorthy club is thriving". Gorey Guardian. 11 July 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Provincial Towns Cup - History". leinsterrugby.ie. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013.
  7. ^ "40th anniversary of rugby club's triumph". Gorey Guardian. 11 December 2003. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Enniscorthy RFC Crowned 2018 Bank Of Ireland Provincial Towns Cup Champions". leinsterrugby.ie. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Enniscorthy's celebrations in full flow after Provincial Towns win". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  10. ^ "This is what winning the All-Ireland Junior Cup meant to Enniscorthy". the42.ie. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Van der Flier and Jones honoured with Player of the Year awards". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2023.