Shannon RFC

Shannon
Full nameShannon Rugby Football Club
UnionIRFU
Nickname(s)The Parish
The Parishmen
Founded1884; 140 years ago (1884)
RegionLimerick
Ground(s)Thomond Park
ChairmanDenis O'Driscoll
PresidentTony Wallace
Coach(es)Stephen Keogh
Captain(s)Ronan Coffee
League(s)All-Ireland D1A
2022–239th.[1]
Team kit
Official website
shannonrfc.com

Shannon Rugby Football Club is the most successful club in the All Ireland League, having won the competition nine times. They hail from Limerick near the banks of the Shannon river. Shannon RFC is a member of the Irish Rugby Football Union Munster Branch. The club is one of the top amateur sides in Ireland has seen many of its players progress to professional and international rugby. The 1st XV plays in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League. While the women's side compete in Division 1 of the Munster League. Shannon RFC fields underage teams for boys and girls from u6s - u20s. Shannon RFC made history in 2017 as being the first club in the country to field a girls u20s side.

  1. ^ League Tables 2022–23 at irishrugby.ie