Old Crescent Rugby Football Club

Old Crescent Rugby Football Club Old Crescent RFC is a senior rugby club based in Rosbrien, Limerick. We compete in AIL Division 2B South, we have 4 Senior Mens teams and 1 Senior Women’s team

Club Origins

In the mid 1940s Rev. J.G. Guinane S J. arrived to teach in Crescent College S.J. Limerick. A charismatic individual with a whiff of excitement about him, he had been in action during the war as a Chaplain with the Royal Ulster Ri**es. He was passionate about the game of rugby and probably Old Crescent Rugby Football Club owes its existence to ”The Ginner“ as he came to be called. Ta

king over rugby training he set about winning the Munster Schools Cup and succeeded in 1947. He saw great potential in that winning team and persuaded them to stay and play together so in September of that year Old Crescent Rugby Football Club was founded and became a member club of the Munster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union. In 1952 the club was promoted to senior club member of the Branch and the Ginner‘s formidable negotiating skills were more than useful in the process. Father Guinane remained deeply involved with the club until his death. The first President of the club was Ivan Harris father of the legendary Richard Harris, movie and stage star. .Richard started his adult rugby career with the club for a period after he finished at Crescent College (and appropriately Richard‘s big breakthrough as a film star was in 1963 playing the part of a rugby player in “This Sporting Life”). First club Captain was Paddy Berkery who in 1955 was capped as fullback for Ireland having moved to Dublin and joined Landsdowne

Membership of the club was initially confined to past pupils of Crescent College but it soon became apparent that this limited the club‘s growth and membership has been open to all applicants for many years. Contact is maintained with the school (now the Crescent College Comprehensive S.J.) where we are always willing to help promote rugby

The Womens 1st XV are playing an impromptu friendly against Mallow RFC today in Takumi Park at 1.30pm This is a momentou...
12/09/2026

The Womens 1st XV are playing an impromptu friendly against Mallow RFC today in Takumi Park at 1.30pm

This is a momentous occasion as its the first game for our new Womens team.

Best of luck ladies!

Semi-Final day is here! We are on the road to Virgin Media Park, in Cork for the Cyril Fitzgerald Munster Senior Plate t...
12/09/2026

Semi-Final day is here! We are on the road to Virgin Media Park, in Cork for the Cyril Fitzgerald Munster Senior Plate to take on Dolphin at 2pm

Best of luck lads!

Your Thirds Team led by Captain Liam Cummins for tonights match vs St. Senans RFC in the McInerney Cup for 7.30pm tonigh...
11/09/2026

Your Thirds Team led by Captain Liam Cummins for tonights match vs St. Senans RFC in the McInerney Cup for 7.30pm tonight.

One of our former players Don Caulfield has had some terrible news. His beautiful 5 year old daughter Maddie who was due...
11/09/2026

One of our former players Don Caulfield has had some terrible news. His beautiful 5 year old daughter Maddie who was due to start primary school this year, has been diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a type of brain tumor.

This means months of hospital appointments, travelling, overnight stays and treatment, whilst trying to keep life as normal as possible for Maddie and her four siblings. From late September, Maddie will travel to Manchester for six weeks of proton radiotherapy. She will need 30 sessions, each under general anaesthetic. This will be followed with up to nine months of chemotherapy in Crumlin.

While we cannot make Maddie’s treatment journey easier medically, we can help take away some of the financial worry. we are hoping to raise funds to help erase some of the pressure over the coming year. If you are able to donate, every single contribution will make a difference and if you cannot donate, please don’t worry. Sharing Maddie’s story and keeping her in your thoughts and prayers means more than we can say.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/maddies-journey-gxz93

Only two fixtures for our underage this weekend! Best of luck to both teams!The rest of the teams will be training Sunda...
11/09/2026

Only two fixtures for our underage this weekend! Best of luck to both teams!

The rest of the teams will be training Sunday - hope to see you down in Takumi Park for some delicious hotdogs and hot chocolate!!

If you are new to Limerick or live in Limerick and want your children playing with one of the biggest and best underage clubs in Munster, then come down on Sunday morning or email [email protected] for more information

Our First Team travel to Cork tomorrow for the Semi-Final of the Cyril Fitzgerald Munster Senior Plate and will face Dol...
11/09/2026

Our First Team travel to Cork tomorrow for the Semi-Final of the Cyril Fitzgerald Munster Senior Plate and will face Dolphin, hoping to make it to the Final!

Best of luck to the team and those travelling in support!

The Thirds are in action this evening in the McInerney Cup against St. Senans RFC from 7.30pm in Takumi Park.Bar will be...
11/09/2026

The Thirds are in action this evening in the McInerney Cup against St. Senans RFC from 7.30pm in Takumi Park.

Bar will be open - Come down and support the lads tonight!

U21's are in Action this evening in Takumi Park at 7.30pm in the North Munster U21 League Section BPlease show your supp...
09/09/2026

U21's are in Action this evening in Takumi Park at 7.30pm in the North Munster U21 League Section B

Please show your support for the lads!

Our U21s kick off our Fixtures this week with the visit of Monivea RFC in the U21 League Section B in Takumi Park from 7...
09/09/2026

Our U21s kick off our Fixtures this week with the visit of Monivea RFC in the U21 League Section B in Takumi Park from 7.30pm

Then on Friday our 3rd's face off against St. Senans RFC at home also in the McInerney Cup from 7.30pm - the perfect start to the weekend, Shirley will have the bar open for anyone attending!

Last but not least, our 1sts travel to Cork to take on Dolphin RFC in the Semi-final of the Cyril Fitzgerald Munster Senior Plater from 2pm on Saturday.

Best of luck to all teams

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Rosbrien
Limerick
V94K5V2

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