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Lansdowne Football Club, is a rugby union team based in Dublin, Ireland. Called Football Club instead of Rugby Football Club due to being founded before the formation ...
The Lansdowne Cup is a rugby union trophy competed for by Australia and Ireland. Established in 1999, the cup was donated to the Australian Rugby Union by the Lansdowne Club of Sydney. [ 1 ] The cup was launched in advance of the two Test matches played during the 1999 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia . [ 2 ]
Henry Wallace Doveton Dunlop (1844 – 1930) was a sports promoter, civil servant, engineer and, [1] a former leader of Irish Rugby, founder of Lansdowne Football Club and figure behind the construction of the former Lansdowne Road stadium. [2]
Rugby gradually became the main use of the grounds: the first representative rugby match was an interprovincial fixture between Leinster and Ulster in December 1876, and on 11 March 1878, Lansdowne Road hosted its first international rugby fixture, against England, making it the world's oldest rugby union Test venue. Dunlop charged the IRFU £5 ...
The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) (Irish: Cumann Rugbaí na hÉireann) is the body managing rugby union in the island of Ireland (both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ground at Aviva Stadium, where adult men's Irish rugby union international matches are played.
Brian O'Riordan (born 4 February 1981 [1] in Dublin), is a professional rugby player. He currently plays scrum-half for Lansdowne in the Irish AIB league. [2] He previously played two seasons for Bristol after signing for them in the summer of 2006. [3] For the previous four seasons he played for Leinster. He has represented Ireland at under 19 ...
James Crowe (born 21 November 1952) is an Irish former rugby union international. Born in Dublin, Crowe is the son of Morgan Crowe, who was capped 13 times for Ireland. [1] Crowe, a University College Dublin player, gained his only Ireland cap in 1974, as a centre against the touring All Blacks at Lansdowne Road. [2]
Lansdowne Road, Dublin 9–16 Australia: 1984 Australia tour of Great Britain and Ireland: 35,600 [12] 12 7 June 1987 Concord Oval, Sydney 33–15 Australia: 1987 Rugby World Cup: 14,856 [13] 13 20 October 1991 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 18–19 Australia: 1991 Rugby World Cup: 54,500 [14] 14 31 October 1992 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 17–42 Australia