Swords RFC is an Irish

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 rugby

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...

 team based in Swords, County Dublin, Fingal

Fingal

Fingal is a county in Ireland. It is one of three smaller counties into which County Dublin was divided in 1994. With its county seat located in Swords, it has a population of 239,992 according to the 2006 census...

 County. They play in Division Three

Leinster League Division Three

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 of the Leinster League

Leinster League

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. The club colours are green and navy.

History

The club started out as Aer Lingus, and disbanded some time later on as a result of failing attendances, but was resurrected in the early 1960's.

1993 saw the club's first major triumph, in the then Leinster Junior 3A League, beating Terenure College

Terenure College RFC

Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. It is a senior rugby club in Dublin, Ireland.-History:Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. With a great love for the game and concerned that past pupils were not playing rugby union after leaving school, Rev...

, after putting St Mary's College

St Mary's College RFC

St. Mary's College Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1900 by former pupils of St. Mary's College, Dublin and was originally known as Old St. Mary's. They club won the Leinster Senior Cup for the first time in 1958...

 to the sword in the semi-final. In the 2000/2001 season they played in the First Division

Leinster League Division One

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 of the Leinster League

Leinster League

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before being relegated at the end on account of points difference.

They changed their name to ALSAA (Aer Lingus Social and Athletic Association) in the 2002/2003 season, and then changed to their present name in July 2005.

Famous past players include Dave McHugh, ex-international referee, and AJ Clarke, the former Connacht prop who started his career at ALSAA. Leinster rugby legend, Kenny Nuzum, continues to line out for the club to this day.

Youth Rugby

In 2005, Swords RFC launched am ambitious project to introduce youth rugby into the town. The club appointed its own Youth Development Officer. This season they will field teams from Under-8 all the way up to Over-35s.