So you wanna play rugby.....

Trojan · 13-11-2006 10:05pm #1

Ok, this is the 47,232th time I've seen this question so I have written what I hope is the definitive blog post on the subject!

How to join a rugby club

Ok, it's not the definitive yet, but tell me what I'm missing. Oh, and if there are clubs that don't train at 7pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, you are freaks.

mikedragon32 · 15-11-2006 12:00am

Essential kit for training (even if you only train once and decide it's not for you): GUMSHIELD! €20 on a gumshield is much better than €100's on dentistry.

It may help to have an idea about where you see yourself playing. For example, I was a centre in school, but having played American Football for a few years, I returned to rugby as a prop.

Don't have a heavy lunch before training! Unless you enjoy the flavour of lasagne and chips revisited.

Stillorgan RFC don't start until 7:30pm. Say no more!

Nice0ne · 15-11-2006 3:21pm

Prop up the bar, your best position.

GerryHatTrick · 21-11-2006 2:12am

Good posting, have wanted to get involved with a rugby club for a while, and your link provides some healthy advice!

sparkthatbled · 05-03-2007 4:03pm

Apart from Gumshield, what else does one need? Apart from boots, shirt, shorts, a pair of donncha's best 'reds' for luck and socks, is there anything else? I would be inclined to see myself as a forward, being about 17 stone and i suspect i'll have to lose a bit of the belly as well as make 2 laps on a treadmill 'college track' setting reasonably easy. I would go out on the limb and call myself a prop... maybe a hooker, possibly no. 8 so i could need a scrum cap.

Also, i don't know much about the clubs, whats the closest to rathmines? Are the school teams near here like Mary's and Terenure not just for their students? Sorry for the questions, you made a good post but this is something i always wanted to try and i fear its getting too late to start now that i'm 22!

Amz · 05-03-2007 4:04pm

St. Mary's is in Rathmines, also there are a few clubs around Donnybrook you could suss out. Old Belvedere for example.

daveirl · 05-03-2007 5:06pm

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RuggieBear · 05-03-2007 7:44pm

Amz wrote:

Old Belvedere for example.

pimp

Amz · 05-03-2007 7:58pm

Ya dig?

kleefarr · 05-03-2007 8:01pm

daveirl wrote:

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Jock strap and scrum cap (if a forward.)

RuggieBear · 05-03-2007 8:37pm

Amz wrote:

Ya dig?

fo' shizzle my nizzle:p

05-03-2007 11:43pm

daveirl wrote:

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Shoulder pads, but only if you're a big girl

daveirl · 06-03-2007 9:19am

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RuggieBear · 06-03-2007 10:13am

daveirl wrote:

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GAA players wear jockstraps???;)

Amz · 06-03-2007 10:18am

What have they got to cover?

EdgarAllenPoo · 06-03-2007 10:46am

daveirl wrote:

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That's quite true, a tight pair of briefs does the job just as well as a "scrotal support" as my doctor once called a jock strap.

Luckycharm · 13-03-2007 1:41pm

sparkthatbled wrote:

Apart from Gumshield, what else does one need? Apart from boots, shirt, shorts, a pair of donncha's best 'reds' for luck and socks, is there anything else? I would be inclined to see myself as a forward, being about 17 stone and i suspect i'll have to lose a bit of the belly as well as make 2 laps on a treadmill 'college track' setting reasonably easy. I would go out on the limb and call myself a prop... maybe a hooker, possibly no. 8 so i could need a scrum cap.

Also, i don't know much about the clubs, whats the closest to rathmines? Are the school teams near here like Mary's and Terenure not just for their students? Sorry for the questions, you made a good post but this is something i always wanted to try and i fear its getting too late to start now that i'm 22!

It is near the end of the Season for most clubs coming into cup time!! Depends on if you have transport or not - if not Terenure 15a brings you there. Best is to start in Sept next year- lots of clubs welcome new players.

siochain · 07-04-2007 10:41am

Naas RFC will be back training in July if anyone in Kildare is interested in joining a Club in the Kildare area.

ronald · 07-04-2007 10:56am

You're still in time to change your mind....

walshy123 · 01-05-2007 1:54pm

just saw this thread now. stopped playing rugby about five years ago when i broke my colar bone and moved to dublin. often meant to get back into it but never seemed to have time, but hoping to get back in for next season.

anyone recommend a friendly junior club around ranelagh?!

Amz · 01-05-2007 2:01pm

Old Belvedere in Donnybrook.

www.oldbelvedere.ie

They've six junior teams, great club, end of season now really, but couldn't hurt to get in touch now.

02-05-2007 8:03pm

Do they cater for those who are disgracefully out of shape? I'm asking for a friend...

damnyanks · 02-05-2007 8:24pm

Junior rugby is all about being disgracefully out of shape

daveirl · 03-05-2007 9:37am

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Amz · 03-05-2007 11:26am

What they said

LundiMardi · 03-05-2007 5:21pm

Mmmm, my new boss keeps asking me to play rugby for a team in maynooth or somewhere around there... I want to take him up on the offer but i'm incredibly unfit, 6' 4'', approx 145kg.... I'm back in the gym next week but was curious if i do take him up on the offer, how physically demanding would it be? I think i'll leave it for another month or so to get me to some degree of fitness but i don't think i'll be fit enough.

daveirl · 03-05-2007 10:19pm

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bugler · 04-05-2007 7:52am

You could be the next Tony Buckley...

theKramer · 12-06-2007 8:53am

Are Terenure College or St Marys College open to beginners? I have heard that your grandfather would have had to have played for them to let new people in.

I am getting back into rugby after a good few years out. Started back again last September, but broke my ankle in a game after only 2 months back after not having played for over 5 years. Really pissed me off!!!

So, anyone recommend a club in the Dublin 6 area? I work in Tallaght, so somewhere between Tallaght and Rathmines, where I live, would be best. I don't have a car, and probably wont have until late October, so it has to be pretty accessible to bus. I am also looking for a club that is open to a relative beginner. I am looking at 2007 as a year of re-learning the ropes

Cheers.

Covenline · 21-06-2007 11:16am

Havnt played it since I was 15. but looking to get into a team sport now, Im 30:D I guess im a total beginner.
Have to learn how to drop kick properly again. And go through some of the rules.

Im in average shape, I run, do sit ups and push ups, pull ups 3 times a week, and swim/ cycle. But like I said, Im looking to get involved in team sports.

Would anyone have me?:)

LeeroyJones · 23-06-2007 3:35pm

Its true that clubs such as Terenure, St Marys, Blackrock etc were set up for past pupils of their respective school. However many players have joined these clubs "out of the blue!" and are treated equally with no bias attached to those coming through the school. No team will say "no" to you. If you're playing for the fun and aren't up for gruelling sessions most if not all clubs can still cater for you in the lower teams.

EdgarAllenPoo · 30-06-2007 7:52pm

Could anyone give me a list of clubs close to Griffith College in Dublin, geography was never my strong point. Cheers.

Flat · 25-07-2007 6:48pm

Stillorgan RFC training in Bird Avenue is the best newbie club in South Dublin IMO

www.dublinrugby.com

marys, wesley, belvo etc etc will have you in, and are friendly enough, but in truth you will never really fit in unless you went to a feeder school

Stev_o · 29-07-2007 4:47pm

If your based around the Leixlip Lucan Celebridge Maynooth area join Barnhall RFC a great club that is very friendly and very proud of their rugby

http://www.barnhallrfc.com/

Amz · 30-07-2007 10:47am

They've no women's team though. Nobody ever got back to me about setting one up either, with the result that I've to go from Leixlip to Donnybrook three times a week to train.

Stev_o · 30-07-2007 12:23pm

Yeah i know they dont have a women's full contact team its just a Tag rugby team but its more to do with the amount of women who want to play full contact rugby in the area you know?

Deadalus · 30-07-2007 12:30pm

Any Rugby club around portmarnock. Don't get home from work until about 6:30 so is there anywhere I could make a training session if need be after work?

Luckycharm · 30-07-2007 12:51pm

theKramer wrote:

Are Terenure College or St Marys College open to beginners? I have heard that your grandfather would have had to have played for them to let new people in.

I am getting back into rugby after a good few years out. Started back again last September, but broke my ankle in a game after only 2 months back after not having played for over 5 years. Really pissed me off!!!

So, anyone recommend a club in the Dublin 6 area? I work in Tallaght, so somewhere between Tallaght and Rathmines, where I live, would be best. I don't have a car, and probably wont have until late October, so it has to be pretty accessible to bus. I am also looking for a club that is open to a relative beginner. I am looking at 2007 as a year of re-learning the ropes

Cheers.

Tallaght RFC are recruiting I have seen their ads around
CYM in Terenure is a good social club as well and I believe they are back in pre season training

Stev_o · 30-07-2007 4:32pm

Yeah iv been hearing good things about Tallaght RFC at the moment their youth sides are producing a wealth of talent for the academies. Im sure its worth a look

Amz · 30-07-2007 8:35pm

Stev_o wrote:

Yeah i know they dont have a women's full contact team its just a Tag rugby team but its more to do with the amount of women who want to play full contact rugby in the area you know?

No, not really, they've never had a proper women's team so that kind of statement isn't really applicable.

I said two years ago I'd be willing to do the legwork to set up a team, but nobody bothered contacting me. In a catchment area the size of Leixlip, Lucan, Celbridge and even Maynooth it's hardly possible to know that there's not enough demand for a full contact rugby team.

A women's team would add some life and colour to the club and extra women in the bar would generate extra revenue and would attract more men to go to the bar.

Anyway, I've pretty much given up on Barnhall now and only that my brother plays for them I wouldn't give 'em the time of day

EdgarAllenPoo · 31-07-2007 8:43am

Stev_o wrote:

If your based around the Leixlip Lucan Celebridge Maynooth area join Barnhall RFC a great club that is very friendly and very proud of their rugby

http://www.barnhallrfc.com/

I'm based in Dunshaughlin but I'll be going to college in GCD which is the South Circular Road/Dublin 8 area so I'd prefer to join a club close to college as I probably wouldn't make it to Navan (my nearest club) in time every week.

mikedragon32 · 02-08-2007 9:54am

Stillorgan RFC (mutliple cup finalists in the 06/07 season) commence training for next season at Fortress Bird Avenue on 21st August at 7:30pm.

Details at www.dublinrugby.com

All levels/abilities welcome

EdgarAllenPoo · 02-08-2007 7:18pm

Just a thought but would anyone else find it helpful if people could post the various pre season/start of season training dates for clubs?

markf909 · 03-08-2007 8:31am

If anyone in the north of the city fancies coming down to DCU sports ground next thursday, then Unidare, a junior club are starting back training.

All welcome and if anyone wants more details then just PM me.

Amz · 03-08-2007 9:25am

Old Belvedere Junior Training:
Pre season training will begin on Tuesday the 21st of August 2007 @ 7pm these will be totally focused on getting you guys back to game fitness.

Blowfish · 05-08-2007 5:06pm

What days/times are junior matches usually played at?

mikedragon32 · 06-08-2007 8:17pm

J4 games on Saturdays, J3 on Sundays

EdgarAllenPoo · 08-08-2007 1:06pm

Navan RFC have started back training for the 07/08 season.

Downtime · 08-08-2007 1:15pm

theKramer wrote:

Are Terenure College or St Marys College open to beginners? I have heard that your grandfather would have had to have played for them to let new people in.

I can safely say that this is not the case in Terenure - if you look at the amount of players they signed this summer only one of them was a past pupil and the rest were from New Zealand, Poland, Wales, and outside Terenure.

They have 7 teams down there so they cater for everyone. 1st XV are back training already and Junior teams in a few weeks.

EdgarAllenPoo · 08-08-2007 1:37pm

Comparing a larger club like Terenure with seven teams to let's say Athboy (who have two senior tems I think) how likely is it that a beginner would get any match time with one of the Terenure (lower tier) teams or even say Athboy's second team. Surely a club like Terenure has more players than they could actually use.

masseyno9 · 24-08-2007 10:10pm

Hi, looking for a club for next season. Been playing for tallaght for many years (from U14 up to 20s and seniors), but highest level of rugby is J4/5 and i want to push myself a bit more. Going to college in UCD and have considered belvo, bective and old wesley because they'd be handy for training and that. Any advice/recommendations? or does anyone know when training is on for these clubs? Also wouldn't mind getting to see a match or 2 to see if i'm in with a shout of getting a game.

So you wanna play rugby.....

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