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Tallaght Rfc BY EMMA LOUISE DOYLE 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. The club has been going from strength to strength in recent years despite the adversity they face having no home ground or clubhouse facilities. Initially starting with the running of underage teams and focusing on the introduction of the game into schools in the area, Tallaght then set up their first Senior men’s team in 2006. In Tallaght’s first season in 2006/07 they only played a few cup games but in 2007/08 they entered the J4 Metro League. Aside from a couple of seasons of Sunday rugby in the Leinster League, Tallaght then competed in the Metro League. They had some success winning the John Madden plate in 2011 and 2015 but they had endured a winless season in the league before Tom Leigh took over as head coach at the beginning of the 2015/16 season. Missing out on league victories in 2017/18 spurred the Tallaght men on to consecutively win league titles in Division 6/7 of the Leinster Metro League in 2019/20 under the wings of Leigh and new backs coach Gary Brennan. With numbers in continuous growth in the men’s division of the club, Tallaght now have two Senior men’s teams who compete in Division 3 of the Leinster League and Division 9 of the Leinster Metro league respectively. In 2013, Tallaght started an U-12 joint boys and girls team which has since expanded to include minis teams which cater for both boys and girls from ages five through to 12. This was started by Philip (Bisto) Preston, Tallaght Person of the Year 2015, who sadly passed away in 2016. Most recently the youth division has further expanded to accommodate an U-16 girls team. This team was established by retired Senior women’s player and coach Aileen McGovern following the success of the girls ‘Give It A Try’ initiative. Tallaght also have U-16/18 boys and a number of U-18 girls who have joined forces with local clubs (St Mary’s, Old Belvedere) to form the ‘Bistos’. Along with the fantastic guidance provided by Leinster Community Rugby Officers Robert Mullen and Glenn Predy, the youth division of the club is only set to grow and their continued support is greatly appreciated. Tallaght women’s rugby team started out as a development social team in 2011 made up of wives and girlfriends of Senior men players (and of course ladies encouraged to play by Women’s Development officer Martina Fitzpatrick). With the level of competitiveness and passion the team gave to each game, they soon progressed and now compete in Division 4 of the Leinster Metro Division. Tallaght RFC strives to provide a fun, diverse and inclusive environment throughout and testament to this is the fact that the women’s rugby team were invited to participate in the Union Cup held in DCU in 2019. The Union Cup is Europe’s biggest LGBT+ inclusive rugby tournament and in 2019 for the first time ever women’s teams were www.leinsterrugby.ie | 25 | From The Ground Up
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