Bruff R.F.C.
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| Full name | Bruff Rugby Football Club |
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| Union |
Ireland  IRFU
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| Founded | August 1970 |
| Region | Munster |
| Ground(s) | Kilballyowen Park, Bruff, Limerick (Capacity: ~1000) |
| Chairman | Alan Enright |
| President | Nicholas Cooke |
| Coach(es) | Eoin Cahill & Stephen Keogh |
| Captain(s) | Brian Cahill |
| Most caps |
Ireland John Hayes (rugby union)
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| Top test scorer |
Ireland John Hayes (rugby union)
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| Most appearances |
Ireland John Hayes (rugby union)
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| League(s) |
Ireland UBL 1b |
| 2012–13 | 10th |
| First match | |
| 1969 | |
| Official website | |
| www |
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Bruff Rugby Union Football Club, a rugby union club, playing in Division 2C of the All-Ireland League. The club plays at home in Kilballyowen Park, near the town of Bruff, in County Limerick, Ireland. Currently (2014/15) they field 16 rugby teams at the club including 3 men's adult squads, women's adult, girls' youth, minis and boys' youth rugby teams ranging in age from under-7 to under-18.
The club was set up in late 1969 - early 1970 by two G.A.A. players, Willie Conway and Nicholas Cooke.
The club's first home game was played in a field to the rear of the church in the village of Bruff and was watched by most of the village occupants.
Early in the 1970s the club president (Lt. Col. Gerald Vigors De Courcy O'Grady MC (The O'Grady), donated a gate-lodge from his estate as a dressing room and sold a pitch to the club for the nominal sum of £1.
The club grounds at Kilballyowen Park now include an area of approximately 13 acres (53,000 m2), with 2 full pitches and 2 Training pitches, all of them floodlit. The club pavilion has a newly updated bar, a dance area with full lighting, kitchen facilities, gymnasium, president's room, office and a dressing room complex containing 6 dressing rooms, shower block, medical room, recovery room, storage facilities and a kit shop.
In the mid- to late 1980s the club underwent a major revamp of its under-age structure with the creation of a specific under-age committee for the purpose of promotion of the game of Rugby Football with the youth within the catchment area of the club. This very quickly resulted in a major increase of player numbers and a consequential improvement in results from the Community games level upwards with the club regularly winning under-age competitions in Munster. This was followed by Irish competition wins including U16, and U18 All-Ireland cups and culminating in the winning of the U20 AIL competition in the 2000-2001 season. This under-age success had a knock on effect with the Adult teams in the club and the club has been awarded both Senior club of the year (2010–11) and Youth club of the year (2011–12) awards by the Munster Branch for its high standards of coaching and extremely high number of qualified coaches and Referees at every level within the club.(IRB Elite International Referee George Clancy is a former player and long-standing referee from the club). The club was awarded IRFU Rugby Faculty status in November 2013 under the Irish Rugby Faculty program.
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