Crosshaven RFC
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Crosshaven RFC was founded on October 1, 1972 and is based in Crosshaven
Crosshaven
Crosshaven is a village in County Cork, Ireland. Origins of the Irish name of Crosshaven include; - mouth of the river Sabhrann , and . The village is located in a scenic area with views of Wood, and Cork Harbour.-Transport:...

, County Cork, Ireland. The founding members were Michael Dempsey, Chairman, Ted Murphy, Pres., Billy McCarthy Sec., and Tom O' Kelly, Treas, and P.R.O.

The club's senior team plays in the Munster Junior League Division 1. Crosshaven R.F.C. has three pitches, floodlights, parking, showers, changing rooms and a gym, located at Myrtleville Cross in Crosshaven
Crosshaven
Crosshaven is a village in County Cork, Ireland. Origins of the Irish name of Crosshaven include; - mouth of the river Sabhrann , and . The village is located in a scenic area with views of Wood, and Cork Harbour.-Transport:...

. The club has recently had an interior extension to the bar area.

In 2010/2011 season Crosshaven have won All-Ireland Junior Cup as a first team from Munster to achieve this.

Underage Rugby

Crosshaven RFC has a wide range of underage teams ranging from under 8's to under 18's. They then have Junior 1 and Junior 2 teams. One product of the youth system is former Munster Rugby
Munster Rugby
Munster Rugby is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Munster, that competes in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup.The team represents the Irish Rugby Football Union Munster Branch which is one of four primary branches of the IRFU, and is responsible for rugby union in the Irish...

 & Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010...

 scrum-half Frank Murphy (rugby player)
Frank Murphy (rugby player)
Frank Murphy is an Irish professional rugby union player and currently plays with Connacht Rugby. He is an Ireland A International and a former Munster and Leicester Tigers player....

 who began playing in Myrtleville Cross. Frank has been playing with Connacht Rugby
Connacht Rugby
Connacht Rugby is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Connacht that competes in the RaboDirect Pro12 comprising teams from the Celtic nations plus Italy. Normally, it also competes in the second-tier pan-European club competition, the European Challenge Cup...

since the 2008/2009 season. In 2011, the Crosshaven RFC under 15's won a very hard fought Munster Development Cup.

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