2022-11-26 UCC v Old Wesley Programme

UCC V OLD WESLEY 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 Old Wesley RFC to the Mardyke for this our annual colours match. I would like to wish them and their President, Robbie Love well for the season. A colours match adds significantly to the occasion, including have a sold out pre-match lunch on the UCC campus. It is also a big day for the players who are winning their first colours today, I wish them well. I hope we have a great game of rugby and while I obviously wish for a UCC win, I know we can all return to the clubhouse and enjoy the hospitality.

Finally, I would like to thank our sponsors and commercial partners for their continued support of the club, especially today’s match day sponsor, Bon Secours Hospital Cork.

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

Corey Hanlon Luke McAuliffe Daniel McCarthy Sam O’Sullivan Aidan Brien Peter Hyland Jacob Sheahan Patrick McBarron

Backs: 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Andrew O’Mahony Cian Whooley Emeka Asiegbu Daniel Squires Louis Bruce (C) Sean Condon Johnny Murphy

Replacements: 16 17 18 19 20 21

Billy Kingston Rory Duggan David O’Halloran Jack O’Sullivan Alex Walsh Aaron Quirke

Referee:

Old Wesley Forwards:

Padraic Reidy

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Harry Noonan Howard Noonan Cronan Gleeson David Motyer Iain McGann Sam Pim Will Fay Reuben Pim

Backs: 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Keith Kavanagh Ian Cassidy David Poff Eoin Deegan James O’Donovan Nathan Randles Alex Molloy

Replacements: 16 Finn Tierney 17 Sam Kenny 18 Brian Short 19 Josh O’Hare 20 Eoin Monahan 21 Josh Miller 22 Gary Bradley 23 Rob Loftus

UCC wishes to thank the following sponsors: SAVILLS ESTATE AGENTS

WATERMAN KELLY

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