20221105 UCC Rugby vs Naas RFC Program

UCC V Naas RFC 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 Naas RFC to the Mardyke for our 3rd home match of the season. I would like to wish them and their President, Paul Stapleton well for the season. I hope we have a great game of rugby today and while I obviously wish for a UCC win, I know we can all return back to the clubhouse and enjoy the hospitality.

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, Scholarlee and in particular Shane Keogh.

Finbar Dennehy President UCC RFC

Sincere Thanks to Today’s Match Sponsor

University College Cork RFC Forwards: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Rory Duggan Scott Buckley Corey Hanlon Mark Bissessar Aidan Brien Peter Hyland Jacob Sheahan Patrick McBarron

Backs: 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Andrew O’Mahony Cian Whooley Joe O’Leary Daniel Squires Killian Coghlan Sean Condon Louis Bruce (C)

Replacements: 16 17 18 19 20 21

Luke McAuliffe Alan McDonald Jason Aherne Michael Cogan Rian O’Donoghue Johnny Murphy

Referee:

Naas RFC Forwards:

Mark Patton

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Adam Coyle Conor Doyle Peter King Paul Monahan (C) David Benn Eoin Walshe Will O’Brien Ryan Casey

Backs: 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Oscar Cawley Bryan Croke Donal Conroy Henry Smith Charlie Sheridan Andrew Osborne Mark McDermott

Replacements: 16 17 18 19 20 21

Nato Kiripati Jack Barry Patrick O’Flaherty Mark Dennis Connor Halpenny Matt Stapleton

UCC wishes to thank the following sponsors: SAVILLS ESTATE AGENTS

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