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Tallaght Fixtures – Weekend 22nd/23rd September 2018

It’s another busy weekend of action for Tallaght rugby. On Saturday the 22nd September the Tallaght men’s second team take on Emerald Warriors in the Dr. Kieran Foley Cup. Kick-off is 3pm in St. Mary’s home ground of Templeville Road. Then on Sunday the women’s team are back in league action when they host Portlaoise […]

Tallaght 29 Longford 5

Tallaght R.F.C. 29 Tries: Ellen Crotty 3, Aisling Pyke, Megan Fogarty Conversions: Caoimhe Hogan 2 Longford R.F.C. 5 Women’s League Division 4 Pitch 100, Firhouse 16/09/2018 The Tallaght women’s team got their league campaign off to a great start with a commanding win over Longford. Tallaght weren’t long getting in the groove and Marta Hoppe […]

Tallaght 1sts 17 Railway Union 12

Tallaght 1sts 17 Tries: Adam Nolan, Penalty Try Con: Robbie Hudson Pen: Robbie Hudson Railway Union 12 John Madden Cup Semi-final Tymon Park 15/9/2018 The Tallaght men’s first team hosted Railway Union in the semi-final of the John Madden Cup. Tallaght started the stronger and their powerful maul earned a penalty that Rob Hudson converted […]

Tallaght Fixtures – Weekend 15th/16th September 2018

It’s a busy weekend of action for Tallaght rugby. Having beaten Guinness last week, The Tallaght men’s first team take on Railway Union in the semi-final of the John Madden Cup. Kick off is 3PM on Saturday the 8th of September in Tymon Park. Unfortunately the Tallaght men’s second team’s scheduled match against the BGF […]

Guinness 17 Tallaght 1st 22

Guinness R.F.C. 17 Tallaght 1sts R.F.C. 22 Tries: Stephen Heaney, Ken McGovern, Aaron Shanahan Con: Adam Nolan 2 Pen: Adam Nolan John Madden Cup/Philip Preston Trophy Iveagh Grounds 8/9/2018 The Tallaght men’s first team played their first competitive game of the season when they travelled to Crumlin to take on Guinness in the first round […]

Tallaght Fixtures – Weekend 8th/9th September 2018

We’re back! The Tallaght men’s first team play their first competitive match of the season when they travel to Crumlin to take on Guinness in the first round of the John Madden Cup. This will double as the second staging of the Philip Preston memorial trophy. Phil (Bisto) Preston passed away suddenly just over two […]

Tallaght Fixtures Google Calendar Link

  Keep up with all the Tallaght men’s, women’s and youth’s fixtures. Just add the link below to your calendar so you can have the fixtures on your laptop, tablet or phone.  https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=ZzUwMjNsZnE5NmZqbmZpNDdrdDMwdjM0NThAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ If you don’t know to add another calendar to your calendar, sure just google it! We can’t do everything for you! 

Tallaght RFC wants you!

Tallaght RFC are back training and are on the lookout for new players to join their men’s, women’s and youth’s teams. The club has come on in leaps and bounds in recent years but the only way to keep the progress going is to grow the player numbers at all levels. Australian full back Simon […]

Tallaght Youths Awards Party 2018

The Tallaght Youths had their awards day and end of season party at Firhouse Community School last Sunday. On a beautiful day for it, there was fun and games as girls and boys of all ages and their parents had a fun day out. Toppings provided some delicious burgers and the European Champions Cup, recently […]

Tallaght 1st 3 Coolmine 23

Tallaght 1st R.F.C. 3 Pen: Rob Hudson Coolmine R.F.C. 23 John Madden Plate Final Malahide RFC 10/05/2018 Tallaght took on Division Six side Coolmine on a Thursday evening in the final of the John Madden Plate in Malahide. Coolmine scored an early try and then kicked a penalty to take a 10-0 lead. Rob Hudson […]

Player’s Awards 2018

Tallaght RFC Awards Night The annual club awards were held at the Plaza hotel on Saturday the 26th of May. First up were the women’s team and Megan Fogarty was given the award for try of the season for her superb effort against Portlaoise where she showed great balance, pace and power to dance down […]

John Madden Plate Final – Tallaght v Coolmine

  The Tallaght men’s first team take on Coolmine in the final of the John Madden plate this Thursday evening the 10th of May. The kick off is at 7.30PM in Estuary Road in Malahide RFC. It’s a rematch of the John Madden Cup final of last season, a terrific game which Tallaght were unfortunate to […]

Tallaght 1st 32 CYM 12

  Tallaght 1st R.F.C. 32 Tries: Adam Nolan, Rob Hudson, Simon Collie 2 Con: Rob Hudson 3 Pen: Rob Hudson 2 C.Y.M. R.F.C. 12 John Madden Plate Semi-final Tymon Park 01/05/2018 Tallaght took on Division five side CYM on a windy Tuesday evening looking for a place in the final of the John Madden Plate. […]

Tallaght v CYM

The Tallaght men’s first team take on CYM in the semi-final of the John Madden plate this Tuesday evening the 1st of May. The kick off is at 7.15PM in Tymon Park.  Please come out and support the lads. 

Clontarf 58 Tallaght 0

  Clontarf R.F.C. 58 Tallaght R.F.C. 0 Paul Cusack Plate Castle Avenue 22/04/2018 Tallaght’s women team travelled to Clontarf in the semi-final of the Paul Cusack plate. They started well but the Division 3 team overpowered them and won 58-0. Tallaght player Aisling Pyke suffered a head injury in the second half and Tallaght RFC […]

Tallaght 1st 32 UCD 26

Tallaght 1st R.F.C. 26 Tries: Ken McGovern, Simon Collie, David Clarke, Aaron Shanahan Con: Rob Hudson 3 U.C.D. R.F.C. 32 O’Connor Cup (J5) Semi-final Tymon Park 21/04/2018 Tallaght took on UCD looking for a place in the final of the O’Connor Cup. Having beaten UCD comfortably the two times they played in the league, Tallaght […]

Tallaght Fixtures – Weekend 21st 22nd April 2018

It’s cup action for both the men’s and women’s team this weekend. After comfortably beating Trinity College last week the the Tallaght men’s first team now face UCD (who they’ve beaten twice this season in the league) in the semi-final of the O’Connor Cup. Kick-off on Saturday is at the early time of 12.00PM in […]

Stillorgan R.F.C. 39 Tallaght 2nd 16

Stillorgan R.F.C. 39 Tallaght R.F.C. 2nds 16 Tries: Daryl Keogh Con: Daryl Keogh Pen: Daryl Keogh 3 Dr Kieran Foley Cup Playoffs Three Rock Rovers 14/04/2018 The Tallaght men’s second team travelled to Rathfarnham with just fifteen players as the firsts were playing at the same time. It was a big ask considering they were […]

Weekend Fixtures 4-5th September

Welcome back! Tallaght RFC are back in competitive action this weekend after a year’s break due to Covid restrictions. The women’s team are back first, playing Wicklow in the Paul Cusack Cup. Kickoff is on Sunday the 5th of September at 1PM in Tymon Park....

Tallaght RFC Forever Home Campaign

Tallaght Rugby Club was set up in 2002 as part of the “Tallaght Project”, an IRFU initiative designed to introduce rugby in non-traditional areas. Over the last 19 years the club has come on leaps and bounds with the inclusion of a second senior men’s team, a...

Michael Caswell R.I.P.

Everyone at Tallaght Rugby Club was greatly saddened to hear of the passing this week of Michael (Mick) Caswell, the father of our long-standing player Andrew. Our deepest sympathies go out to his wife Doreen, children Michael, Sandy, Neil, Jacqueline and the late...

Men’s Players awards 2019/20 season

The (socially distanced) winners The Tallaght men’s awards for the 2019/20 season finally took place on a cold and wet December evening after training. They had been delayed since the season was prematurely ended in March in the hope the whole club could come...

Your Club, Your Country tickets

YOUR CLUB YOUR COUNTRY GRAND PRIZE DRAW!!!!!..It’s that time of year again folks. Tallaght RFC are selling tickets for this great draw and this year you can buy them online by clicking the link...

Dublin Dogos 5 Tallaght 1st 27

Andy Rudd Dublin Dogos 5Tallaght 1sts 27 Tries: Rob Hudson, Andy Rudd 2, Ken McGovernCon: Rob Hudson 2Pen: Rob Hudson Leinster League Division 3Sydney Parade04/10/2020 The Tallaght men’s first team took on the Dublin Dogos in their first competitive match in...

Weekend Fixtures October 2nd to 4th

Welcome back! Tallaght RFC are back in competitive action this weekend. With the current Covid-19 restrictions in Dublin most junior rugby matches are off. But the Tallaght men’s firsts are permitted to play their first Leinster League Division 3 fixture of a...

Tallaght Run for Aware 2020

Tallaght RFC has originally planned to run from Thomond Park in Limerick to our home pitch in Firhouse on Saturday the 22nd of August. The plan was for 40 runners from the club to cover the trip running 4-5km each over a 24 hour period from midday on the Saturday...

Mary Curtis R.I.P.

Everyone at Tallaght Rugby was greatly saddened to hear of the passing of Mary Curtis, the mother of our long-time player, coach and director of rugby Brian. In accordance with the government guidelines in the Covid-19 crisis, a private funeral Mass for family and...

Thomond to Tallaght run

Tallaght RFC will be running from Thomond park in Limerick all the way to our home ground at Firhouse in Tallaght on the 22nd August 2020 in aid of Aware Ireland – your supporting light through depression. Please donate at this link...