Cork Constitution
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| Full name | Cork Constitution Football Club | ||
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| Union | IRFU | ||
| Branch | Munster | ||
| Nickname(s) | Con | ||
| Founded | 1892 | ||
| Ground(s) | Temple Hill, Ballintemple, Cork (Capacity: ~1000) | ||
| Chairman | Jack O'Sullivan | ||
| President | Peter O'Leary, | ||
| Coach(es) | Tom Tierney, David Corkery, Niall J. O'Brien | ||
| League(s) | All-Ireland League, 1A | ||
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Cork Constitution is a Rugby Union club, based in Cork, playing in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League. It was founded by staff of the Cork Constitution. Since the paper did not publish on Sundays, the staff were looking for activities to pursue on Saturday afternoons. In the summer, cricket was played, while in the winter, rugby was the designated activity. The team currently plays in Temple Hill, Ballintemple. Cork Con are the only club to win the AIL cup and the AIB cup in their inaugural years '91 & '06.
Due to the introduction of professional rugby union and its success at producing players who go on to obtain Munster contracts Con, like many other senior rugby clubs in Ireland, has been unable to field a full strength side for a number of years. In this period though Con has always been competitive, reaching the final of the All-Ireland League on six occasions since 2001 inclusive; losing in 2001 to Dungannon, losing in 2002 to Shannon, again losing in 2004 to Shannon and losing in 2007 to Garryowen, winning the elusive third title in 2008 on beating Garryowen in Musgrave Park and capturing a fourth title when beating St. Mary's by 17 points to 10 after extra time in Dubarry Park in May 2010. This 2010 League victory led by Niall J. O'Brien completed an AIL double as Con had already won the AIL cup earlier in the season.
Honours
- All-Ireland League : 4
- 1990-91, 1998-99, 2007-08, 2009-10
- All-Ireland Cup: 6
- 2005-06, 2009-10, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16
- Munster Senior Cup: 27
- 1905-07, 1910, 1922–23, 1928-29, 1932-33, 1942–43, 1945-46, 1956-57, 1960-61, 1964–65, 1966-67, 1969-70, 1972–73, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1988-89, 2008-09, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16[1]
- Munster Senior League
- 1912 (shared), 1914 (shared), 1922, 1923, 1927, 1939, 1953, 1957, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1998
Notable former players
- Ralph Keyes
- Michael Bradley
- Paul Burke
- David Corkery
- Anthony Horgan
- John Kelly
- Tom Kiernan
- Donal Lenihan
- Tommy Moroney
- Noel F. Murphy
- Noel A.A. Murphy
- Ronan O'Gara
- Niall J. O'Brien
- Jerry Murray
2010/11 squad
- Full-backs: Sean Scanlon (Munster contracted), Robert Clune, Denis Hurley (Munster contracted), Richard Lane
- Wings: Cronan Healy, Michael Keyes, Simon Zebo (Munster contracted), Conor Desmond
- Centres: Scott Deasy (Munster contracted), Tom Gleeson (Munster contracted), Ivan Dineen (Munster contracted), Tim Kenneally, Cyprian Jouve
- Out-halves: Darragh Dunne, Daragh Lyons, Ronan O'Gara (Munster contracted)
- Scrum-halves: David O'Driscoll, Alex Ryan, Gerry Hurley (kicker), Duncan Williams (Munster contracted)
- Prop-forwards: Stephen Archer (Munster contracted), Martin Gateley, Niall J. O'Brien, Ryan Hassan, Darragh Hurley (Munster contracted), Gareth Murray, Bryan Cagney
- Hookers: Denis Fogarty (Munster contracted), Robert Quinn, Michael O'Leary, Matt Kearney
- Second-rows: Paul Dooley, Brian Hayes (Munster Academy contracted), Rogan Gee, David O'Mahony, Ian Nagle (Munster contracted), Donncha O'Callaghan (Munster contracted), Mick O'Driscoll (Munster contracted)
- Wing-forwards: Joe McSwiney, Brendan Curtriss, Billy Holland (Munster contracted), Ed Leamy, Peter O'Mahony (Munster contracted), Alan Ross
- Number 8s: Frank Cogan, Tim Dukelow, Denis Leamy (Munster contracted)
References
- ↑ "Brian Hickey hails Cork Con's trophy double after Munster Senior Cup win". Irish Examiner. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.