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DLSP 13 Tallaght 10

    De La Salle Palmerston R.F.C. 13 Tallaght R.F.C. 10 Try: Simon Collie Con: Morgan Farrell Pen: Morgan Farrell Metro League Division 7 Kirwan Park 14/10/16 Tallaght took on DLSP on a rainy Friday night in Division 7 of the Metro League. The game was played under lights in Stepaside and the home side […]

Tallaght Senior Fixtures – Weekend 14th-16th October 2016

  This Friday, the 14th of October, Tallaght’s men’s team travel to Stepaside to take on DLSP in the Metro League Division 7. Kick-off is 8PM. Then on Sunday, the 16th of October, Tallaght women’s team host Portlaoise in Division 4 of the Women’s League. Please note the venue has been changed to the pitch […]

Tallaght 24 Wanderers 28

  Tallaght R.F.C. 24 Tries: Sarah Obafemi 3, Ann Meenagh Con: Anne Kavanagh 2 Wanderers R.F.C. 28 Womens League Division 4 Tymon Park 02/10/16 Tallaght’s women’s team played their first home match of the season as they welcomed Wanderers to Tymon Park in Division 4 of the Women’s League. Wanderers started the stronger and put […]

Tallaght RFC 42 Navan RFC 20

Tallaght R.F.C. 42 Tries: Ciaran Rudd 2, Stephen Heaney, Jack Russell, David Clarke Con: Morgan Farrell 4 Pen: Morgan Farrell 3 Navan R.F.C. 20 Metro League Division 7 Tymon Park 01/10/16 Tallaght returned to winning ways with a comprehensive defeat of Navan at Tymon park in Division 7 of the Metro League. After struggling to […]

Tallaght Senior Fixtures – Weekend 1st-2nd October 2016

    This Saturday, the 1st of October, Tallaght’s men’s team host Navan in the Metro League Division 7 in Tymon Park. Please note that the kick-off have been moved forward to 1.30PM. Then on Sunday, the 2nd of October, Tallaght women’s team play Wanderers in Division 4 of the Women’s League, also in Tymon […]

Dublin University 20 Tallaght 19

Dublin University 20 Tallaght R.F.C. 19 Tries: Sarah Obafemi 3 Con: Caoimhe Young 2 Womens League Division 4 College Park 25/09/16 Tallaght’s women’s team kicked off their league campaign away to Trinity College. They got a great start when after five minutes, winger Sarah Obafemi was put into space and streaked away to score a […]

U.C.D. 22 Tallaght 17

U.C.D. 22 Tallaght R.F.C. 17 Tries: Simon Collie, Adam Nolan Con: Morgan Farrell 2 Pen: Morgan Farrell Metro League Division 7 Belfield 24/09/16   Tallaght started their league campaign with a narrow defeat away to UCD. Tallaght never got going in the first half and UCD weren’t great either in the wet conditions which saw […]

Tallaght Senior Fixtures – Weekend 24th-25th September 2016

This Saturday, the 24th of September, Tallaght’s men’s team travel to Belfield to take on UCD in their opening Metro Division 7 League game of the season (KO 3PM). Then on Sunday, the 25th, Tallaght women’s team play their first league game of the season in Division 4 of the Women’s League. They play Dublin […]

Tallaght 26 Railway Union 25

Tallaght R.F.C. 26 Tries: Aaron Morgan, Simon Collie, David Clarke, Sean Judd Con: Morgan Farrell, Adam Nolan 2 Railway Union R.F.C. 25 John Madden Cup (J4) Semi-final Tymon Park 17/09/16   Tallaght beat Railway Union in a nail-biter of a semi-final of the John Madden Cup in Tymon Park. The game took a good while […]

Tallaght RFC 52 Malahide RFC 20

Tallaght R.F.C. 52 Tries: Simon Collie 3, Adam Nolan 3, Emil Wyrebiak, John Cowan Con: Morgan Farrell 6 Malahide R.F.C. 20 John Madden Cup (J4) Tymon Park 10/09/16 Tallaght Rugby’s men’s team got their season off to a perfect start with a first ever win over Malahide RFC in the John Madden Cup at Tymon […]

Guinness 17 Tallaght 25

Guinness R.F.C. 17 Tallaght R.F.C. 25 Tries: Jonathan Allison, Simon Collie, Willie Lambe Conversion: Willie Lambe 2 Penalty: Willie Lambe 2 Philip Preston Trophy Iveagh Grounds 26/08/16 Two local rivals came together on a beautiful August evening to honour one of their shared sons in rugby. Philip Preston was a long-serving player for Guinness RFC […]

Philip Preston Tribute

  Philip Preston, who passed away suddenly in the early hours of Wednesday morning, was a Tallaght RFC legend. As a player he was an old-school tight forward, tough on the pitch but full of fun off it. He loved his rugby and he loved his hometown of Tallaght and he was the ideal man […]

RIP Philip Preston

Tallaght Rugby Club is devastated to announce the sudden death of our Youth Development Officer Philip Preston. The Club would like to pass our heartfelt and sympathies to Aoife, Kayleigh, his family and friends. Phillip was a man mountain with a heart of solid gold, his contribution to our club will never be matched on […]

Tallaght youths this weekend no Training and BBQ info

WOW what a week, who could have imagined Tallaght would have this weather at this time of the year. so while the sun is shining make hay It would be wrong of us to not allow you all enjoy some family time this weekend SO YOU ALL HAVE THE WEEKEND OFF. PLEASE PACK A PICNIC […]

Tallaght RFC Player awards 2016

Tallaght Rugby Club held their awards night at the Metro Bar in Tallaght village on Saturday the 30th April. Women’s Development Officer Martina Fitzpatrick handed out the awards for the women’s team and Caoimhe Hogan was presented with Most Improved Player after an excellent season when she really became a key member of the team. […]

Tallaght v Clondalkin at Tallaght Stadium

It was a proud day for Tallaght rugby club as they took on neighbours Clondalkin at Tallaght Stadium. The day started with the two club’s under-16 girls team’s playing out an entertaining match. Then the two men’s seniors teams played and Clondalkin dominated the first half racing into a 26-0 lead with four well crafted […]

Weekend fixtures 7th-8th September

Tallaght rugby is back in competitive action this weekend with two away cup fixtures. The Tallaght men’s second team are first into action on Friday night when they take on Railway Union in the Dr Kieran Foley Cup. Kick-off is 7.30 in Park Avenue. Then on...

Weekend fixtures 30th/31st August

The men’s first team are back in action after retaining the Philip Preston Trophy by beating Guinness RFC last weekend. This week they take on Clane RFC in a challenge match as coach Tom Leigh looks to assess his large playing squad before the John Madden cup match...

Tallaght 59 Guinness 12

Tallaght R.F.C. 59 Try: Ciaran Rudd, Rob Hudson, Andy Rudd, Daryl Keogh, Gavin McKeon, Alan Sower, James Carr 2, Adam NolanCon: Rob Hudson 4, Aaron Shanahan, Adam Nolan 2 Guinness R.F.C. 12 Philip Preston Memorial TrophyPitch 100, Firhouse24/08/2019 The Philip Preston...

Weekend fixtures 23rd/24th August

Philip “Bisto” Preston Tallaght Rugby is back this weekend after the summer break. The men’s first team are back in action first with the third staging of the Philip Preston Trophy as they take on Guinness RFC. The legend that was “Bisto”...

Leinster Rugby run kicking session at Tallaght

Leinster Rugby did a kicking session with the Tallaght men’s team on pitch 100 last Tuesday. Massive thanks to Damien McCabe (Leinster Rugby) for doing the session. He focused on punt kicks, spiral and drop kicks from restarts and place kicks at the end of the...

Tallaght RFC Awards 2019

Alan Moore – Player of the year The annual club awards were held at the Old Mill bar on Saturday the 18th of May. First up were the women’s team and Ellen Crotty was given the award for try of the year. Then Seana Greenhalgh and Karen Corrigan were given a...

Mary Norton R.I.P.

Everyone at Tallaght Rugby was greatly shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden passing last week of Mary Norton, the mother of our former player Emmet. Our deepest sympathies go out to her three sons Cormac, Darragh and Emmet. She was also a cherished Nana to...

Tallaght 1st 18 DLSP 10

Tallaght 1sts 18 Try: Ken McGovern 2 Con: Rob Hudson Pen: Rob Hudson, Adam Nolan DLSP: 10 John Madden Cup Final Malahide RFC 13/04/2018 The Tallaght men’s first team took on DLSP in the John Madden Cup final in Malahide looking to make it a double for the season...

Weekend Fixtures 13th/14th April 2019

After winning the league last week, the Tallaght men’s first team are hoping to make it a double this Saturday in the John Madden Cup final against DLSP. Kick-off is 3PM in Malahide Rugby Club and you can read the match preview here. The older youths have...