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| fullname = Enniscorthy Rugby Football Club
| fullname = Enniscorthy Rugby Football Club
| union = [[Irish Rugby Football Union|IRFU]]<br>[[Leinster Rugby|Leinster]]
| union = [[Irish Rugby Football Union|IRFU]]<br>[[Leinster Rugby|Leinster]]
| nickname = Scalders, tinkers
| nickname = Scalders, Scorthy
| founded = 1912
| founded = 1912
| ground = Ross Road Arena,Enniscorthy
| ground = Ross Road Arena,Enniscorthy

Revision as of 19:33, 19 January 2018

Enniscorthy RFC
Full nameEnniscorthy Rugby Football Club
UnionIRFU
Leinster
Nickname(s)Scalders, Scorthy
Founded1912
Ground(s)Ross Road Arena,Enniscorthy (Capacity: 15,000)
ChairmanPaul McCrea
PresidentAndrew Owen
Coach(es)Declan O'Brien, John "Spud" Murphy

Enniscorthy RFC is an Irish rugby team based in Enniscorthy, Leinster, playing in Division 1A of the Leinster League, which is the oldest rugby club in county Wexford.

Its clubhouse and pitch are on located the Ross road, Enniscorthy. The atmosphere at the ross road arena is one of the most hostile and vicious in world rugby with flares and chanting a normality on match days. The capacity although not officially recoginised is 15,000 with the record attendance of 14,657 packing into the terraces for the famed local derby with Gorey RFC on the 26th December 1955 The Club Has Very successful youth and mini teams. Training for Mini (U7 - U12) teams happens on Saturday mornings at Ross Road @ 10.00 am Training for youth (U13 - U19) teams happens twice per week on weeknight evenings at Ross Road.

Every summer the official IRFU tag happens. There is also winter tag for women; this normally happens of a Tuesday in The Astro Active Center Or The Rugby Club, Ross Road.

Two Time Junior all Ireland cup winners winning in 2014 and 2016 respectively.

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