
UCC V City of Armagh
I am delighted and honoured to have been asked to serve as President of UCC RFC for the coming season. This season UCC RFC is celebrating its 150th Anniversary. UCC is the oldest rugby club in Munster and the third oldest in Ireland. Founded in 1872 when UCC was still known as Queen’s College Cork, UCC Rugby was the first sports club in college, and has defined the look of sports in UCC through its iconic Skull & Crossbones emblem.

Today we welcome City of Armagh RFC to the Mardyke for our 1st home match of the season. I would like to wish them and their President, Tom Galbraith well. Best wishes also to our new coaching team, which is headed up by Michael Bradley. Michael will be assisted for the 1st team by Ken O’ Connell (forwards coach), Scott Deasy (backs coach) and Paul McCarthy (scrum coach),
We have a very busy season planned for all our teams and also a number of events to celebrate our 150th Anniversary, too many to mention in this letter. So please visit our website to keep up to date with what is happening.
Finally, I would like to thank our sponsors and commercial partners for their continued support of the club, especially today’s match day sponsor, Bank of Ireland Global Markets.



















