J3 XV · Season archive
J3 XV — Season 2015/16
Seventh in Division 4 for a second year. The season opened with a 39–5 win over Dundalk in the rain; no J3 side was fielded the following season.
Seventh in Division 4 for a second year. The season opened with a 39–5 win over Dundalk in the rain; no J3 side was fielded the following season.
No team photo from 2015/16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20/09/2015 | Metro Division 4 | Dundalk | H | 39–5 | W | Templeville Road |
| 25/09/2015 | Metro Division 4 | Rathdrum | H | 8–5 | W | Templeville Road |
| 02/10/2015 | Metro Division 4 | Malahide | H | 10–13 | L | Templeville Road |
| 16/10/2015 | Metro Division 4 | Blackrock College | A | 0–48 | L | Stradbrook |
| 06/11/2015 | Metro Division 4 | Lansdowne | H | 13–22 | L | Templeville Road |
| 13/11/2015 | Metro Division 4 | Old Wesley | A | 7–73 | L | Donnybrook |
| 29/11/2015 | Metro Division 4 | Skerries | H | 30–24 | W | Templeville Road |
| 13/12/2015 | Metro Division 4 | Rathdrum | A | 6–26 | L | Ivy Leaf Grounds |
| 10/01/2016 | Metro Division 4 | Dundalk | A | 36–10 | W | Mill Road, Dundalk |
| 22/01/2016 | Metro Division 4 | Malahide | A | 0–59 | L | Estuary Road, Malahide |
| 29/01/2016 | Moran Cup, 1st round | MU Barnhall | H | 14–7 | W | Templeville Road |
| 12/02/2016 | Metro Division 4 | Blackrock College | H | 12–17 | L | Templeville Road |
| 26/02/2016 | Metro Division 4 and Moran Cup, 2nd round | Lansdowne | A | 5–36 | L | Lansdowne Road. One game, counted as both the league fixture and the cup tie |
| 11/03/2016 | Metro Division 4 | Skerries | A | 30–50 | L | Holmpatrick |
| 21/03/2016 | Metro Division 4 | Old Wesley | H | 20–65 | L | Templeville Road |
League and cup results are as recorded in the Leinster Rugby results archive.
The away game at Lansdowne on 26 February counted as both the league fixture and the Moran Cup second-round tie.
No J3 XV was entered in the leagues in 2016/17. The side was re-formed for 2017/18.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Wesley | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 560 | 209 | +351 | 12 | 56 |
| 2 | Malahide | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 311 | 245 | +66 | 5 | 49 |
| 3 | Lansdowne | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 311 | 215 | +96 | 9 | 41 |
| 4 | Skerries | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 375 | 332 | +43 | 7 | 39 |
| 5 | Blackrock College | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 324 | 334 | −10 | 10 | 30 |
| 6 | Rathdrum | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 228 | 275 | −47 | 4 | 28 |
| 7 | St. Mary's College | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 216 | 453 | −237 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Dundalk | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 139 | 401 | −262 | 3 | 11 |
St. Mary's College deducted 1 point as per Reg 22.14b: St. Mary's College Div 1 team conceded walkover on 13th December and lower teams played.
72 names. The names below come from the team sheets in the Leinster Rugby record.
1 report from the season, as written at the time. Click any match to open the report.
20 Sep 2015 St. Mary's 39 Dundalk 5 Won Metro Division 4
Templeville Road
Then about half way through the warm up – the rain came – and never stopped
Our team came together for the first time as one group today – and Wow – did they gel
First off – huge credit to all concerned for our full squads both yesterday and today
Even with a few late cry offs today we managed to get a few replacements
Not bad ones either
– Johnny Ellis as back row cover
– Alex Shirnov – An under 20 lad who came off the training park to join us – and scored a try too – Well done and thanks Alex
Craig Morrin played in the centre and bagged a Hat-trick
Dougal did what Dougal does – goes forward – doesn’t know the meaning of make your touch – run run run !
Tom Keogan – a half time substitute had an impressive 40 mins – and nabbed 2 tries for himself
The conditions were awful – the ball was slippy – lads were getting used to each other – but wow – the commitment was great
Fange – the Tall one had a good day, Captain Mc Phillips kept having a go – Pikey and Joe Norton were always looking to have a go too
So a nice start to the season taking on Dundalks 2nd XV and producing some quality rugby to run out easy winners 39-5
We’re off and running
George – Marc McKay, Sasha Gibson, Ali , Cormac Flynn, Thomas Fange, Mikey H, Alan ODea, Marc Haden
Al Mc Phillips – Capt, Ciaran Murphy, Dougal, Craig Morrin, Max Grant, Pikey Kilkoyne, Joe The Boxer Norton.
Subs – all used – Alex Shirnov, Johnny Ellis, Evan Dunne, Ger Hammer Prunty , Tom 2 Try Keogan.
Rynner
14 line-ups from the Leinster Rugby team sheets. Click any match to open it.
20 Sep 2015 St. Mary's 39 Dundalk 5 Won Metro Division 4
St. Mary's: 1 Zeeshan Ali, 2 Sasha Gibson, 3 Marc McKay, 4 Cormac Flynn, 5 Thomas Fanning, 6 Michael Houlihan, 7 Alan O'Dea, 8 Mark Hayden, 9 Alan McPhillips, 10 Ciarán Murphy, 11 Max Grant, 12 Richard Kilcoyne, 13 David Lyons, 14 Joe Norton, 15 Craig Morrin.
Replacements: 16 Tom Keogan, 17 Ger Prunty, 18 Paul Foran, 19 Alex Shirlow, 20 Evan Dunne.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
25 Sep 2015 St. Mary's 8 Rathdrum 5 Won Metro Division 4
St. Mary's: 1 James McCrae, 2 Sasha Gibson, 3 Zeeshan Ali, 4 Cormac Flynn, 5 Thomas Fanning, 6 Michael Houlihan, 7 Colm Gavin, 8 Jonathan Ellis, 9 Declan Dowling, 10 James Loftus, 11 Max Grant, 12 David Lyons, 13 Eanna Clynes, 14 Tom Keogan, 15 Richard Kilcoyne.
Replacements: 16 Paul Foran, 17 David Browne, 18 Evan Dunne, 19 Cathal Connolly, 20 Alan O'Dea.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
2 Oct 2015 St. Mary's 10 Malahide 13 Lost Metro Division 4
St. Mary's: 1 James McCrae, 2 Sasha Gibson, 3 Sean Carroll, 4 Cormac Flynn, 5 Ger Prunty, 6 Colm Gavin, 7 Alan O'Dea, 8 Jonathan Ellis, 9 Declan Dowling, 10 Alan Shirley, 11 James Loftus, 12 David Lyons, 13 Craig Morrin, 14 Richard Kilcoyne, 15 Gonzalo Saenz.
Replacements: 16 Graham Foran, 17 Cathal Connolly, 18 Mark Hayden, 19 Thomas Fanning, 20 Dylan Croke.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
16 Oct 2015 Blackrock College 48 St. Mary's 0 Lost Metro Division 4
St. Mary's: 1 James McCrae, 2 Sasha Gibson, 3 David Browne, 4 Cormac Flynn, 5 Ger Prunty, 6 Evan Dunne, 7 Colm Gavin, 8 Sean Tevlin, 9 Declan Dowling, 10 Ciaran Deegan, 11 Max Grant, 12 David Lyons, 13 Tom Keogan, 14 Dylan Croke, 15 Joe Norton.
Replacements: 16 Liam Curran, 17 Mark Hayden, 18 Marc McKay, 19 Mark Browne, 20 Darren Martin.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
6 Nov 2015 St. Mary's 13 Lansdowne 22 Lost Metro Division 4
St. Mary's: 1 Gary Masterson, 2 Sasha Gibson, 3 Zeeshan Ali, 4 Ger Prunty, 5 Cormac Flynn, 6 Evan Dunne, 7 Colm Gavin, 8 Alan O'Dea, 9 Ciarán Murphy, 10 Gonzalo Saenz, 11 Dylan Croke, 12 Thomas Lynch, 13 David Lyons, 14 Tom Keogan, 15 Richard Kilcoyne.
Replacements: 16 Daire Horgan, 17 Aaron Hudson, 18 Kevin O'Connor, 19 Caolan Smith, 20 Ross Kennedy.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
13 Nov 2015 Old Wesley 73 St. Mary's 7 Lost Metro Division 4
St. Mary's: 1 Marc Early, 2 Sasha Gibson, 3 Gary Masterson, 4 Thomas Fanning, 5 Ger Prunty, 6 Paul Foran, 7 Alan O'Dea, 8 Mark Hayden, 9 Declan Dowling, 10 Gonzalo Saenz, 11 Dylan Croke, 12 Thomas Lynch, 13 Craig Morrin, 14 Mark Browne, 15 Richard Kilcoyne.
Replacements: 16 Alan McPhillips, 17 Evan Dunne, 18 Daire Horgan, 19 David McGill.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
29 Nov 2015 St. Mary's 30 Skerries 24 Won Metro Division 4
St. Mary's: 1 Stephen Taggart, 2 Sasha Gibson, 3 Taylor Berliant, 4 Thomas Fanning, 5 Cormac Flynn, 6 Caolan Smith, 7 Daire Horgan, 8 Jonathan Ellis, 9 Alan McPhillips, 10 Alan Shirley, 11 Thomas Lynch, 12 Craig Morrin, 13 David Lyons, 14 Dylan Croke, 15 Richard Kilcoyne.
Replacements: 16 Shane Fanning, 17 Max Grant, 18 Christopher Kane, 19 Aaron Hudson, 20 Ger Prunty.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
13 Dec 2015 Rathdrum 26 St. Mary's 6 Lost Metro Division 4
St. Mary's: 1 Keith Mannion, 2 Sasha Gibson, 3 David McGill, 4 Cormac Flynn, 5 Thomas Fanning, 6 Daragh McDonnell, 7 Andrew McCarthy, 8 Paul Foran, 9 Cian Dalton, 10 Alan Shirley, 11 Thomas Lynch, 12 Evan Dunne, 13 David Lyons, 14 Alex Smirnov, 15 Caolan Smith.
Replacements: 16 Shane Fanning, 17 Stephen Taggart.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
10 Jan 2016 Dundalk 10 St. Mary's 36 Won Metro Division 4
St. Mary's: 1 Fionan Magee, 2 Sasha Gibson, 3 James McCrae, 4 Thomas Fanning, 5 Cormac Flynn, 6 Evan Dunne, 7 Colm Gavin, 8 Daniel Lyons, 9 Cian Dalton, 10 Alan Shirley, 11 Tom Keogan, 12 Graham Crawford, 13 Mark Browne, 14 Alex Smirnov, 15 Thomas Lynch.
Replacements: 16 Taylor Berliant, 17 Ciaran Lennon, 18 David McGill.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
22 Jan 2016 Malahide 59 St. Mary's 0 Lost Metro Division 4
St. Mary's: 1 David McGill, 2 Sasha Gibson, 3 Fionan Magee, 4 Shane Fanning, 5 Padraig Nestor, 6 Ciaran Lennon, 7 Evan Dunne, 8 Mark Hayden, 9 Tom Keogan, 10 Jamie Kennedy, 11 Alex Smirnov, 12 David Lyons, 13 Ross Kennedy, 14 Max Grant, 15 Thomas Lynch.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Croke, 17 Christopher Kane, 18 Brendan Shortt.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
29 Jan 2016 St. Mary's 14 MU Barnhall 7 Won Moran Cup, 1st round
St. Mary's: 1 Stephen Taggart, 2 Sasha Gibson, 3 Fionan Magee, 4 Ciaran Lennon, 5 Ger Prunty, 6 Evan Dunne, 7 Mark Hayden, 8 Caolan Smith, 9 Eoin Foley, 10 James Bourke, 11 Dylan Croke, 12 David Lyons, 13 Max Grant, 14 Tom Keogan, 15 Thomas Lynch.
Replacements: 16 David Daly, 17 Taylor Berliant, 18 Peter Daly.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
12 Feb 2016 St. Mary's 12 Blackrock College 17 Lost Metro Division 4
St. Mary's: 1 Stephen Taggart, 2 Sasha Gibson, 3 Fionan Magee, 4 Evan Dunne, 5 Liam Curran, 6 Ciaran Lennon, 7 Caolan Smith, 8 Mark Hayden, 9 Alan McPhillips, 10 James Bourke, 11 Dylan Croke, 12 David Lyons, 13 Stephen Muldowney, 14 David Daly, 15 Mark Browne.
Replacements: 16 Peter Daly, 17 Ryan Barnes, 18 David Balfour, 19 Gary Masterson, 20 Jonathan Ellis.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
26 Feb 2016 Lansdowne 36 St. Mary's 5 Lost Metro Division 4 and Moran Cup, 2nd round
St. Mary's: 1 Fionan Magee, 2 Sasha Gibson, 3 Zeeshan Ali, 4 Cormac Flynn, 5 Liam Curran, 6 Ger Prunty, 7 Caolan Smith, 8 Thomas Fanning, 9 Alan McPhillips, 10 Eoin Foley, 11 Dylan Croke, 12 David Lyons, 13 Tom Keogan, 14 Mark Browne, 15 Richard Kilcoyne.
Replacements: 16 James Bourke, 17 Jonathan Ellis, 18 Alan O'Dea, 19 Stephen Muldowney, 20 Gary Masterson.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
21 Mar 2016 St. Mary's 20 Old Wesley 65 Lost Metro Division 4
St. Mary's: 1 Fionan Magee, 2 Sasha Gibson, 3 Zeeshan Ali, 4 Colin MacDonnell, 5 Ciaran Lennon, 6 Ger Prunty, 7 Mark Hayden, 8 Daragh McDonnell, 9 Alan McPhillips, 10 Declan Dowling, 11 Alex Smirnov, 12 Caolan Smith, 13 Thomas Lynch, 14 Tom Keogan, 15 Jack Byrne.
Replacements: 16 Alan O'Dea, 17 Eoin Foley, 18 James Bourke, 19 Richard Kilcoyne, 20 Gary Masterson.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
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There was no J3 XV in 2016/17. The story picks up again in 2017/18.