Cashel RFC
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Cashel Rugby Football Club is a rugby union
club based in Cashel, County Tipperary
, Ireland. It was Founded in 1919 and has enjoyed success at underage and junior rugby
levels in Munster
. Its grounds are located at Spafield, near the town.
The year 2009 was a particularly successful one for the club, when it won an unprecedented nine cups. During this time the club also redeveloped its club house, with the creation of new larger changing rooms, improved shower facilities, gym area and also the clubs floodlight system was vastly improved. Cashel R.F.C have 3 regulation pitches along with a training pitch. Cashel
have a strong rugby tradition with many of its young players developing on its youth teams before progressing to a higher level. However in recent years the trend of Cashel
players moving to higher division clubs has changed, with large fundraising and sponsership large sums of money have been invested in all teams and this has been repaid with huge progress in the past 5years, many players have returned from various clubs throughout the AIL leagues to help Cashel
progress further, also players from the nearby Rockwell College
have also opted to come play with Cashel in large numbers where as in the past they were lost as Cashel were not a senior club. This has also been a big factor in the clubs development and has improved the standard of the whole club. As of the 2011/2012 season Cashel play in the Ulster Bank All-Ireland League Division 2B.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
club based in Cashel, County Tipperary
Cashel, County Tipperary
Cashel is a town in South Tipperary in Ireland. Its population was 2936 at the 2006 census. The town gives its name to the ecclesiastical province of Cashel. Additionally, the cathedra of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly was originally in the town prior to the English Reformation....
, Ireland. It was Founded in 1919 and has enjoyed success at underage and junior rugby
Munster Junior Cup
The Munster Junior Cup is a rugby union competition played in the province of Munster, Ireland. The competition was established for the stronger junior clubs and the second teams of the Senior clubs in the province of Munster...
levels in Munster
Munster
Munster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the south of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial purposes...
. Its grounds are located at Spafield, near the town.
The year 2009 was a particularly successful one for the club, when it won an unprecedented nine cups. During this time the club also redeveloped its club house, with the creation of new larger changing rooms, improved shower facilities, gym area and also the clubs floodlight system was vastly improved. Cashel R.F.C have 3 regulation pitches along with a training pitch. Cashel
Cashel
Cashel is an Anglicised form of the Irish language word Caiseal, meaning "stone ringfort". Cashels were typically built on rocky outcrops.It has given its name to the following places:In Ireland:*Cashel, County Tipperary...
have a strong rugby tradition with many of its young players developing on its youth teams before progressing to a higher level. However in recent years the trend of Cashel
Cashel
Cashel is an Anglicised form of the Irish language word Caiseal, meaning "stone ringfort". Cashels were typically built on rocky outcrops.It has given its name to the following places:In Ireland:*Cashel, County Tipperary...
players moving to higher division clubs has changed, with large fundraising and sponsership large sums of money have been invested in all teams and this has been repaid with huge progress in the past 5years, many players have returned from various clubs throughout the AIL leagues to help Cashel
Cashel
Cashel is an Anglicised form of the Irish language word Caiseal, meaning "stone ringfort". Cashels were typically built on rocky outcrops.It has given its name to the following places:In Ireland:*Cashel, County Tipperary...
progress further, also players from the nearby Rockwell College
Rockwell College
Rockwell College, founded in 1864, is a private Catholic secondary school near Cashel, South Tipperary in Ireland. It offers day as well as full boarding. Rockwell is run by the Holy Ghost Fathers.-Politics:...
have also opted to come play with Cashel in large numbers where as in the past they were lost as Cashel were not a senior club. This has also been a big factor in the clubs development and has improved the standard of the whole club. As of the 2011/2012 season Cashel play in the Ulster Bank All-Ireland League Division 2B.