Unidare RFC


Unidare Rugby Football Club, commonly known as Unidare RFC, is a Rugby union club founded in 1958. Unidare currently play at Balcurris park, Ballymun in Dublin city, Ireland. The club's emblem is a Raven and they play in Black and Red. The club plays in the Junior section of the Leinster Branch Metropolitan League.

History

Foundation

Unidare Rugby Football Club was founded in 1958 by workers the Unidare works in Finglas, which is now defunct. During the foundation years the club participated in the Business Houses Cup Competition and took part in friendly matches during the rest of the season. The club did not have their own grounds but were given the use of a playing field and dressing rooms in Blackrock College by Father Shields.

Business Houses League

In 1977 the Business Houses League was formed. At that time Unidare Rugby Football Club was given grounds in Unidare Industrial estate on Jamestown Road, Finglas. This was developed further by the club with dressing rooms, training lights etc. The club did well in the Business Houses League, winning it for the first time in the 1980-1981 season. AIB had won the competition for the first three seasons of the competition. The club continued to participate in this competition during the 1980s.

Recent developments

In 1990 the club lost its playing fields when Unidare plc sold the land for development, and the club was hosted by Suttonians RFC and Malahide RFC for different seasons. In 2005, the club formed an alliance with Dublin City University Sports to play and train in the Ballymun grounds. As of 2011 and 21 seasons without a permanent home. Unidare in conjunction with The Dublin City Council were allocated the use for Balcurris Park as their new home ground.

Youth Section

In recent years, the club has undergone a revival in interest and membership and has focused in particular on the development of its youth teams. In the 2007/08 season, the club's first competitive under-age side created history by coming runners-up in the Dublin Metro U-18 League, at their very first attempt. The club currently fields youth sides at U-14, U-16, & U-18 and has ten fully qualified coaches currently working in their underage section.

2007/2008 Season

2007/2008 J4 Metropolitan League Fixtures/Results

DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueMatch Report
October 13, 2007De La Salle Palmerston RFC20 - 24Unidare RFCKilternan
October 20, 2007Unidare RFC94 - 05Malahide RFCDCU Sportsground
November 3, 2007AIB RFC17 - 00Unidare RFCDCU Sportsground...
November 10, 2007Dundalk RFC11 - 10Unidare RFCDundalk...
November 17, 2007Clontarf RFC8 - 00Unidare RFCClontarf...
December 1, 2007Unidare RFC53 - 00Emerald WarriorsDCU Sportsground...
December 8, 2007CYM05 - 10Unidare RFCTerenure
January 5, 2008Unidare RFC05 - 29De La Salle Palmerston RFCDCU Sportsground...
January 12, 2008Malahide RFC13 - 18Unidare RFCEstuary Road...
January 27, 2008Unidare RFC07 - 20DundalkDCU Sportsground...
February 16, 2008Unidare RFC07 - 49ClontarfDCU Sportsground...

2007/2008 Friendly Fixtures/Results

DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenue
September 15, 2007Stillorgan RFC36 - 14Unidare RFCBird Avenue
November 24, 2007Unidare RFC00 - 29Stillorgan RFCDCU Sportsground

2011/2012 Season

2011/2012 J4 Metropolitan League Fixtures/Results

DateHome TeamScoreAway Team
October 1, 2011Tallaght13 - 23Unidare RFC
October 8, 2011St. Mary's College B22 - 21Unidare RFC
October 15, 2011Normans00 - 32Unidare RFC
October 22, 2011Malahide32 - 13Unidare RFC
November 5, 2011Milmount HouseP - PUnidare RFC
November 26, 2011Railway Union23 - 03Unidare RFC
December 3, 2011Parkmore32 - 13Unidare RFC
December 10, 2011Unidare RFC08 - 03Tallaght
January 7, 2012Unidare RFC07 - 13St. Mary's College B
January 14, 2012Unidare RFC46 - 0Normans
January 28, 2012Malahide59 - 10Unidare RFC
February 4, 2012Unidare RFCP - PMillmount House
February 11, 2012Unidare RFCP - PMillmount House
February 18, 2012Railway Union58 - 10Unidare RFC
March 3, 2012Unidare RFCA - AParkmore