Unidare Rugby Football Club, commonly known as Unidare RFC, is a Rugby union

Rugby union

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 club founded in 1958 and based in the Dublin City University

Dublin City University

Dublin City University is a university situated between Glasnevin, Santry, Ballymun and Whitehall on the Northside of Dublin in Ireland...

 Sports Complex on the Ballymun Road in Dublin city, Ireland

Ireland

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. The club's emblem is a Raven

Raven

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 and they play in Black and Red. The club plays in the Junior (J4) section of the Leinster Branch Metropolitan League.

Foundation

Unidare Rugby Football Club was founded in 1958 by workers the Unidare works in Finglas

Finglas

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, which is now defunct. During the foundation years (1958-1977) the club participated in the Business Houses Cup Competition and took part in friendly matches during the rest of the season. The club did not have their own grounds but were given the use of a playing field and dressing rooms in Blackrock College

Blackrock College

Blackrock College is a Catholic voluntary secondary school for boys aged 14–18, located in Williamstown, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland. The College was founded by French missionaries in 1860, to act as a school and civil service training centre. Set in of grounds, it has an illustrious...

 by Father Shields.

Business Houses League

In 1977 the Business Houses League was formed. At that time Unidare Rugby Football Club was given grounds in Unidare Industrial estate on Jamestown Road, Finglas. This was developed further by the club with dressing rooms, training lights etc. The club did well in the Business Houses League, winning it for the first time in the 1980-1981 season. AIB had won the competition for the first three seasons of the competition. The club continued to participate in this competition during the 1980s.

Recent developments

In 1990 the club lost its playing fields when Unidare plc sold the land for development, and the club was hosted by Suttonians RFC

Suttonians RFC

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 and Malahide RFC

Malahide RFC

Malahide RFC is an Irish rugby team based in Malahide, Fingal County. Newly promoted this season 2010 /2011 they will play in Division Two of the Leinster League in the 2011 /2012 season. The club was originally founded in 1922 but disbanded in 1944 because of a lack of members during World War II...

 for different seasons. In 2005, the club formed an alliance with Dublin City University

Dublin City University

Dublin City University is a university situated between Glasnevin, Santry, Ballymun and Whitehall on the Northside of Dublin in Ireland...

 Sports to play and train in the Ballymun

Ballymun

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grounds.

Youth Section

In recent years, the club has undergone a revival in interest and membership and has focused in particular on the development of its youth teams. In the 2007/08 season, the club's first competitive under-age side created history by coming runners-up in the Dublin Metro U-18 League, at their very first attempt. The club currently fields youth sides at U-14, U-16, & U-18 and has ten fully qualified coaches currently working in their underage section.

2007/2008 J4 Metropolitan League Fixtures/Results

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Match Report
October 13 2007	De La Salle Palmerston RFC	20 - 24	Unidare RFC	Kilternan	http://www.unidarerfc.com/report_39.html
October 20 2007	Unidare RFC	94 - 05	Malahide RFC	DCU Sportsground	http://www.unidarerfc.com/report_40.html
November 3 2007	AIB RFC	17 - 00	Unidare RFC	DCU Sportsground	...
November 10 2007	Dundalk RFC	11 - 10	Unidare RFC	Dundalk	...
November 17 2007	Clontarf RFC	8 - 00	Unidare RFC	Clontarf	...
December 1 2007	Unidare RFC	53 - 00	Emerald Warriors	DCU Sportsground	...
December 8 2007	CYM	05 - 10	Unidare RFC	Terenure	http://www.unidarerfc.com/report_41.html
January 5 2008	Unidare RFC	05 - 29	De La Salle Palmerston RFC	DCU Sportsground	...
January 12 2008	Malahide RFC	13 - 18	Unidare RFC	Estuary Road	...
January 27 2008	Unidare RFC	07 - 20	Dundalk	DCU Sportsground	...
February 16 2008	Unidare RFC	07 - 49	Clontarf	DCU Sportsground	...

2007/2008 Friendly Fixtures/Results

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue
September 15 2007	Stillorgan RFC	36 - 14	Unidare RFC	Bird Avenue
November 24 2007	Unidare RFC	00 - 29	Stillorgan RFC	DCU Sportsground