J5 XV · Season archive
J5 XV — Season 2025/26
Fifth of six in Metro League Division 11, with big wins over Emerald Warriors and Newbridge, and a first-round Guilfoyle-James Cup defeat to Bective Rangers.
Fifth of six in Metro League Division 11, with big wins over Emerald Warriors and Newbridge, and a first-round Guilfoyle-James Cup defeat to Bective Rangers.
No team photo from 2025/26 has been identified yet. If you have one, please send it to archives@smcrfc.com.
St. Mary's score shown first. H = home, A = away, N = neutral venue.
| Date | Competition | Opponent | H/A | Score | Result | Venue and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/09/2025 | Metro Division 11 | Emerald Warriors | A | 50–0 | W | High School |
| 11/10/2025 | Metro Division 11 | Clondalkin | A | 0–54 | L | Baldonnel Farm |
| 18/10/2025 | Metro Division 11 | Swords | H | w/o | W | Templeville Road. Walkover: conceded by Swords |
| 01/11/2025 | Metro Division 11 | Parkmore | H | w/o | L | Templeville Road. Walkover: conceded by St. Mary's |
| 13/12/2025 | Metro Division 11 | Emerald Warriors | H | 50–0 | W | High School. Leinster lists St. Mary's as home team with venue High School; club book gives Templeville Road |
| 19/12/2025 | Metro Division 11 | Newbridge | H | 40–7 | W | Templeville Road |
| 10/01/2026 | Metro Division 11 | Clondalkin | H | w/o | L | Templeville Road. Walkover: conceded by St. Mary's |
| 17/01/2026 | Metro Division 11 | Swords | A | w/o | L | ALSAA Sports Complex. Walkover: conceded by St. Mary's |
| 30/01/2026 | Metro Division 11 | Parkmore | A | 12–31 | L | Lakelands |
| 07/02/2026 | Metro Division 11 | Newbridge | A | w/o | L | Rosetown. Walkover: conceded by St. Mary's |
| 21/03/2026 | Guilfoyle-James Cup, 1st round | Bective Rangers | H | 5–59 | L | Templeville Road |
Results come from the Leinster Rugby results archive (11). Where the Leinster record has a game, its score and date are used.
Emerald Warriors away 27/09/2025: Membership Book 2026-27 has Emerald Warriors 0-73 St. Mary's (Leinster 0–50)
Emerald Warriors 13/12/2025: Membership Book 2026-27 has St. Mary's 52-0 Emerald Warriors at Templeville Road (Leinster 50–0, St. Mary's listed as home at High School)
Membership Book 2026-27 dates the conceded Swords away game '17/01/2025' (misprint for 17/01/2026)
Club-book scores sum to 177 points for, while the Leinster table (and Leinster results) give St. Mary's PF 152
Membership Book 2025-26 fixture list included CYM and Stillorgan-Rathfarnham, who were removed from the league (2026-27 book comments)
The J5 appears on Leinster as 'St. Mary's College RFC' (league) and 'St. Mary's College RFC 6' (cup and concession comments).
Walkovers: Swords conceded at Templeville Road (18/10/2025); St. Mary's conceded v Parkmore (01/11/2025), Clondalkin (10/01/2026), Swords (17/01/2026) and Newbridge (07/02/2026).
Leinster holds a 16-player team sheet for the Swords walkover (18/10/2025); included as submitted.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parkmore | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 301 | 78 | +223 | 0 | 40 |
| 2 | Clondalkin | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 302 | 70 | +232 | 4 | 34 |
| 3 | Newbridge | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 186 | 145 | +41 | 2 | 21 |
| 4 | Emerald Warriors | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 464 | −454 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | St. Mary's College | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 152 | 92 | +60 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Swords | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 75 | 177 | −102 | 0 | -8 |
Table from the Leinster Rugby results archive.
Comments (Membership Book 2026-27): Swords were deducted 12 points for conceding 3 games. St Marys were deducted 8 points for conceding 2 games. CYM were removed from this league. Stillorgan-Rathfarnham were removed from this league.
50 names. Names from the Leinster team sheets for the 2025/26 J5 Division 11 and Guilfoyle-James Cup games.
No match reports from 2025/26 have been found. If you have any, please send them to archives@smcrfc.com.
7 line-ups. The source is given under each one. Click any match to open it.
27 Sep 2025 Emerald Warriors 0 St. Mary's 50 Won Metro Division 11
St. Mary's: 1 Barry Norman, 2 Stephen Walkin, 3 Luke Mullen, 4 David Dixon, 5 Daniel Boland, 6 Henry Tracey, 7 James Collery, 8 Nils Ludriks, 9 Rob O'Connell, 10 Ryann Reilly, 11 Chris O'Connor, 12 Alex Ryan, 13 Michael Penrose, 14 Caglar Tuc, 15 Kevin Perry.
Replacements: 16 Florin Nicolae Motica, 17 Owen Clery, 18 Keith McCarthy, 19 Derry Beausang, 20 Simon Dobey.
From the Leinster team sheet.
11 Oct 2025 Clondalkin 54 St. Mary's 0 Lost Metro Division 11
St. Mary's: 1 Barry Norman, 2 Stephen Walkin, 3 Gary Masterson, 4 David Dixon, 5 James Collery, 6 David O'Brien, 7 Chris O'Connor, 8 Caglar Tuc, 9 Simon Dobey, 10 Rob O'Connell, 11 Florin Nicolae Motica, 12 Alex Ryan, 13 Michael Penrose, 14 Dylan Ebili, 15 Kevin Perry.
Replacements: 16 Robbie Carroll.
From the Leinster team sheet.
18 Oct 2025 St. Mary's v Swords (walkover) Won Metro Division 11
St. Mary's: 1 Barry Norman, 2 Stephen Walkin, 3 Gary Masterson, 4 Jack O'Kelly, 5 Luke Keenan, 6 David O'Brien, 7 Owen Clery, 8 Caglar Tuc, 9 Chris O'Connor, 10 Rob O'Connell, 11 Florin Nicolae Motica, 12 Alex Ryan, 13 Ryann Reilly, 14 Max Cojocari, 15 Keith McCarthy.
Replacements: 16 James Casey.
From the Leinster team sheet (as submitted; match conceded by Swords).
13 Dec 2025 St. Mary's 50 Emerald Warriors 0 Won Metro Division 11
St. Mary's: 1 Gary Masterson, 2 Liam Sardinha, 3 David O'Brien, 4 James Collery, 5 David Dixon, 6 James Casey, 7 James McHugh, 8 Liam McInerney, 9 Chris O'Connor, 10 Rob O'Connell, 11 Caglar Tuc, 12 Ryann Reilly, 13 Alex Ryan, 14 Florin Nicolae Motica, 15 Simon Dobey.
Replacements: 16 Conor Budds.
From the Leinster team sheet.
19 Dec 2025 St. Mary's 40 Newbridge 7 Won Metro Division 11
St. Mary's: 1 Al Conboy, 2 Gary Masterson, 3 Eoghán Pender, 4 Richard Fagan, 5 David Dixon, 6 James Collery, 7 Gareth Logan, 8 James Casey, 9 Chris O'Connor, 10 Rob O'Connell, 11 Caglar Tuc, 12 Ryann Reilly, 13 Alex Ryan, 14 Florin Nicolae Motica, 15 Conor Budds.
Replacements: 16 Aidan Manahan, 17 Cian Harrington, 18 Luke Mullen, 19 Dominic Coyle, 21 David Hyland, 22 Robert O'Connor, 23 David O'Brien.
From the Leinster team sheet.
30 Jan 2026 Parkmore 31 St. Mary's 12 Lost Metro Division 11
St. Mary's: 1 Barry Norman, 2 Stephen Walkin, 3 Cian Harrington, 4 David O'Brien, 5 Jack O'Kelly, 6 David Dixon, 7 James Casey, 8 Gary Masterson, 9 Rob O'Connell, 10 Al Conboy, 11 Simon Dobey, 12 Alex Ryan, 13 Ryann Reilly, 14 Caglar Tuc, 15 Florin Nicolae Motica.
Replacements: 16 Matt Coughlan, 17 Max Cojocari.
From the Leinster team sheet.
21 Mar 2026 St. Mary's 5 Bective Rangers 59 Lost Guilfoyle-James Cup, 1st round
St. Mary's: 1 David Browne, 2 Stephen Walkin, 3 Eoin Nolan, 4 David Dixon, 5 David Balfour, 6 Matthew Gallagher, 7 Cian Harrington, 8 James Casey, 9 Alan McPhillips, 10 Rob O'Connell, 11 Chris O'Connor, 12 Alex Ryan, 13 Michael O'Malley, 14 Florin Nicolae Motica, 15 Gavin Halpin.
Replacements: 16 Conor Murphy, 17 Aidan Manahan.
From the Leinster team sheet.