J3 XV · Season archive
J3 XV — Season 2021/22
Rugby returned after the Covid season. A difficult league campaign in Division 5 was followed by a run to the Moran Cup semi-final.
Rugby returned after the Covid season. A difficult league campaign in Division 5 was followed by a run to the Moran Cup semi-final.
No team photo from 2021/22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/08/2021 | Friendly | Tallaght | H | 31–5 | W | Templeville Road |
| 03/09/2021 | Moran Cup (pre-season, 2021), 1st round | Naas | H | 3–24 | L | Templeville Road. Venue switched to Templeville Road |
| 08/10/2021 | Metro Division 5 | Wanderers | H | 12–26 | L | Templeville Road |
| 15/10/2021 | Metro Division 5 | Terenure | A | 6–57 | L | Lakelands |
| 29/10/2021 | Metro Division 5 | Lansdowne | A | 24–18 | W | Lansdowne Road |
| 05/11/2021 | Metro Division 5 | MU Barnhall | H | 12–15 | L | Templeville Road |
| 21/11/2021 | Metro Division 5 | CYM | A | 21–40 | L | Terenure Road North |
| 26/11/2021 | Metro Division 5 | Coolmine | H | 0–0 | D | Templeville Road. Not played: recorded as a 0–0 draw under the Covid-19 rules |
| 10/12/2021 | Friendly | Coolmine | H | 7–45 | L | Templeville Road |
| 14/01/2022 | Metro Division 5 | Terenure | H | 0–0 | D | Templeville Road. Not played: recorded as a 0–0 draw under the Covid-19 rules |
| 21/01/2022 | Metro Division 5 | Lansdowne | H | 10–12 | L | Templeville Road |
| 04/02/2022 | Metro Division 5 | MU Barnhall | A | 24–24 | D | Maynooth University (North Campus) |
| 11/02/2022 | Metro Division 5 | CYM | H | 20–26 | L | Templeville Road |
| 18/02/2022 | Metro Division 5 | Coolmine | A | w/o | L | Ashbrook. Walkover conceded by St. Mary's |
| 25/02/2022 | Metro Division 5 | Wanderers | A | w/o | L | Merrion Rd. Walkover conceded by St. Mary's |
| 25/03/2022 | Moran Cup, 2nd round | CYM | H | 29–7 | W | Templeville Road |
| 01/04/2022 | Moran Cup, semi-final | UCD | H | 19–31 | L | Templeville Road |
League and cup results are as recorded in the Leinster Rugby results archive. Friendlies come from the club's own records.
There was no rugby in 2020/21 because of Covid-19.
The club's records show the pre-season cup game against Naas as played at Forenaughts, where the Leinster record has it switched to Templeville Road.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terenure | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 357 | 160 | +197 | 49 |
| 2 | Coolmine | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 319 | 188 | +131 | 42 |
| 3 | Lansdowne | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 265 | 205 | +60 | 41 |
| 4 | Wanderers | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 149 | 187 | −38 | 28 |
| 5 | NUIM Barnhall | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 229 | 307 | −78 | 21 |
| 6 | CYM | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 137 | 320 | −183 | 8 |
| 7 | St. Mary's College | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 129 | 218 | −89 | 7 |
78 names. The names below come from the club's J3 selection sheets, its J3 player list of October 2021 and the team sheets in the Leinster Rugby record.
No match reports from 2021/22 have been found. If you have any, please send them to archives@smcrfc.com.
13 line-ups, 11 with scorers, from the club's own selection sheets (12) and the Leinster Rugby team sheets (1). Click any match to open it.
27 Aug 2021 St. Mary's 31 Tallaght 5 Won Friendly
St. Mary's: 1 David McGill, 2 Kyle Corrigan Dromgoole, 3 Conor Whelan, 4 Richard Fagan, 5 Liam Kennelly, 6 Gavin Sheridan, 7 Tony Flynn, 8 James Casey, 9 Meng Jan Lim, 10 Michael O'Malley, 11 Gary Lynch, 12 Tom O'Neill, 13 James Walsh, 14 Paul Oppermann, 15 Aidan Boyle.
Replacements: 16 David Browne, 17 Aleksandar Grseta, 18 Noel Kelly, 19 Aaron Doherty, 20 Rory Litton, 21 Robert Beverland, 22 David Dixon, 23 Alex Gunning, 24 Jack O'Neill, 25 Colum Dillon, 26 Caglar Tuc, 27 Cody Dwyer, 28 Chris O'Connor, 29 Michael Nugent, 30 Cal Gray.
Scorers. Tries: James Casey, Cal Gray.
3 Sep 2021 St. Mary's 3 Naas 24 Lost Moran Cup (pre-season, 2021), 1st round
St. Mary's: 1 David McGill, 2 Kyle Corrigan Dromgoole, 3 Conor Whelan, 4 Liam Kennelly, 5 Alan Blake, 6 Evan Collins, 7 Matthew Fagan, 8 James Casey, 9 Denis Daly, 10 Michael O'Malley, 11 Dylan Croke, 12 James O'Reilly, 13 Aidan Boyle, 14 Paul Oppermann, 15 James Walsh.
Replacements: 16 Aaron Doherty, 17 David Browne, 18 David Dixon, 19 Gavin Sheridan, 20 Caglar Tuc, 21 Chris O'Connor, 22 Gary Masterson, 23 Dan McManus.
Scorers. Drop goals: Dan McManus.
8 Oct 2021 St. Mary's 12 Wanderers 26 Lost Metro Division 5
St. Mary's: 1 David McGill, 2 Kyle Corrigan Dromgoole, 3 David Browne, 4 Richard Fagan, 5 Grellan Lambert, 6 Matthew Kennedy, 7 Nils Ludriks, 8 David Balfour, 9 Lee Byrne, 10 Dan McManus, 11 Aidan Boyle, 12 Michael O'Malley, 13 Ryann Reilly, 14 Jack Flanagan, 15 James Walsh.
Replacements: 16 Conor Whelan, 17 Sean Egan, 18 Gavin Sheridan, 19 Cian Dalton, 20 Richard Pyne.
Scorers. Tries: Richard Fagan (2). Conversions: Lee Byrne.
15 Oct 2021 Terenure 57 St. Mary's 6 Lost Metro Division 5
St. Mary's: 1 David McGill, 2 Kyle Corrigan Dromgoole, 3 David Browne, 4 David Dixon, 5 Liam Kennelly, 6 Matthew Kennedy, 7 James Hynes, 8 Lochlainn McDonnell, 9 Denis Daly, 10 Dan McManus, 11 Dylan Croke, 12 Michael O'Malley, 13 Jack Hatful, 14 Aidan Boyle, 15 Jack Flanagan.
Replacements: 16 Aaron Doherty, 17 Owen Lloyd, 18 Cody Dwyer, 19 Cian Dalton, 20 Max Cojocari.
Scorers. Penalties: Dan McManus (2).
29 Oct 2021 Lansdowne 18 St. Mary's 24 Won Metro Division 5
St. Mary's: 1 Andrew Hayden, 2 David McGill, 3 Andre Christie, 4 Liam Kennelly, 5 Richard Fagan, 6 Gary Masterson, 7 James Hynes, 8 Lochlainn McDonnell, 9 Denis Daly, 10 Dan McManus, 11 Aidan Boyle, 12 Michael O'Malley, 13 Jack Flanagan, 14 Gary Lynch, 15 James Walsh.
Replacements: 16 David Browne, 17 Gavin Sheridan, 18 Aaron Doherty, 19 Max Cojocari, 20 Conor Quinn.
Scorers. Tries: Jack Flanagan, Gavin Sheridan, Liam Kennelly. Conversions: Dan McManus, Denis Daly (2). Penalties: Denis Daly.
5 Nov 2021 St. Mary's 12 MU Barnhall 15 Lost Metro Division 5
St. Mary's: 1 David Browne, 2 Aaron Doherty, 3 Andre Christie, 4 Liam Kennelly, 5 Richard Fagan, 6 Matthew Kennedy, 7 James Hynes, 8 James Casey, 9 Denis Daly, 10 Dan McManus, 11 Gary Lynch, 12 Richard Pyne, 13 Jack Flanagan, 14 Aidan Boyle, 15 James Walsh.
Replacements: 16 Conor Whelan, 17 Kyle Corrigan Dromgoole, 18 Gavin Sheridan, 19 Conor Quinn, 20 Dylan Croke.
Scorers. Tries: Aaron Doherty, Jack Flanagan. Conversions: Dan McManus.
21 Nov 2021 CYM 40 St. Mary's 21 Lost Metro Division 5
St. Mary's: 1 Andrew Hayden, 2 David McGill, 3 Andre Christie, 4 Jack O'Kelly, 5 Luke Mullen, 6 Darragh Farrell, 7 Aaron O'Connor, 8 David Balfour, 9 Denis Daly, 10 Dan McManus, 11 Gary Lynch, 12 Richard Pyne, 13 Aidan Boyle, 14 Chris O'Connor, 15 James Walsh.
Replacements: 16 David Browne, 17 Kyle Corrigan Dromgoole, 18 David Dixon, 19 Matthew Fagan, 20 Max Cojocari.
Scorers. Tries: Darragh Farrell, David Balfour. Conversions: Dan McManus. Penalties: Dan McManus (3).
10 Dec 2021 St. Mary's 7 Coolmine 45 Lost Friendly
St. Mary's: 1 Andre Christie, 2 Kyle Corrigan Dromgoole, 3 David Browne, 4 Alan Blake, 5 Matthew Kennedy, 6 Richard Fagan, 7 James Casey, 8 David Dixon, 9 Lee Byrne, 10 Ryann Reilly, 11 Dylan Croke, 12 James O'Reilly, 13 Denis Daly, 14 Chris O'Connor, 15 Max Cojocari.
Replacements: 16 Aleksandar Grseta, 17 Eoin Nolan, 18 Gavin Sheridan, 19 Jack O'Neill, 20 Jonathan Stevenson, 21 Matt Coughlan, 22 Barry Norman, 23 Caglar Tuc, 24 Luke Mullen.
Scorers. Tries: Richard Fagan. Conversions: Lee.
21 Jan 2022 St. Mary's 10 Lansdowne 12 Lost Metro Division 5
St. Mary's: 1 Andre Christie, 2 Sean Egan, 3 David Browne, 4 Hugo Diepman, 5 Richard Fagan, 6 Robert Trew, 7 Matthew Fagan, 8 David McGill, 9 Alan McPhillips, 10 Dan McManus, 11 Dylan Croke, 12 Richard Pyne, 13 Denis Daly, 14 Dillon Zaidel, 15 James Walsh.
Replacements: 16 Andrew Gibbons, 17 Alex Gunning, 18 Liam Kennelly, 19 Lee Byrne, 20 Ryann Reilly.
Scorers. Tries: Matthew Fagan, David McGill.
4 Feb 2022 MU Barnhall 24 St. Mary's 24 Draw Metro Division 5
St. Mary's: 1 Andre Christie, 2 Aaron Doherty, 3 David Browne, 4 Liam Kennelly, 5 Matthew Kennedy, 6 Andrew Gibbons, 7 James Hynes, 8 Nils Ludriks, 9 Conor Quinn, 10 Ryann Reilly, 11 Robert Dunleavy, 12 Richard Pyne, 13 Denis Daly, 14 Gary Lynch, 15 James Walsh.
Replacements: 16 Kyle Corrigan Dromgoole, 17 Luke Mullen, 18 James Casey, 19 Aidan Boyle, 20 Dan McManus.
Scorers. Tries: Matthew Kennedy, James Walsh, Aidan Boyle, Denis Daly. Conversions: Denis Daly, Dan McManus.
11 Feb 2022 St. Mary's 20 CYM 26 Lost Metro Division 5
St. Mary's: 1 Andre Christie, 2 David McGill, 3 Andrew Hayden, 4 Liam Kennelly, 5 Richard Fagan, 6 Matthew Kennedy, 7 Sean Egan, 8 Nils Ludriks, 9 Alan McPhillips, 10 Ryann Reilly, 11 Dylan Croke, 12 James O'Reilly, 13 Denis Daly, 14 Gary Lynch, 15 James Walsh.
Replacements: 16 Kyle Corrigan, 17 David Browne, 18 Lorcan Byrne, 19 Gavin Sheridan, 20 Aidan Boyle.
Scorers. Tries: Richard Fagan (2), Aidan Boyle, James Walsh.
25 Mar 2022 St. Mary's 29 CYM 7 Won Moran Cup, 2nd round
St. Mary's: 1 Andre Christie, 2 Sean Egan, 3 David McGill, 4 Liam Kennelly, 5 David Dixon, 6 James Hynes, 7 Kyle Corrigan Dromgoole, 8 Gareth Lloyd, 9 Alan McPhillips, 10 Ryann Reilly, 11 Aidan Boyle, 12 Dylan Croke, 13 Denis Daly, 14 Gary Lynch, 15 James Walsh.
Replacements: 16 Aleksandar Grseta, 17 Lorcan Byrne, 18 Richard Fagan, 19 Michael O'Malley, 20 Max Cojocari.
1 Apr 2022 St. Mary's 19 UCD 31 Lost Moran Cup, semi-final
St. Mary's: 1 Andre Christie, 2 Sean Egan, 3 Lorcan Byrne, 4 Liam Kennelly, 5 Gareth Lloyd, 6 David McGill, 7 Kyle Corrigan Dromgoole, 8 Robert Beverland, 9 Alan McPhillips, 10 James Bourke, 11 Aidan Boyle, 12 Richard Pyne, 13 Denis Daly, 14 Gary Lynch, 15 James Walsh.
Replacements: 16 David Browne, 17 Aleksandar Grseta, 18 James Hynes, 19 Dylan Croke, 20 Cian Dalton.
From the Leinster Rugby team sheet.
Counted from the 12 match-day squads listed above: “Squads” is the number of times a player was named in the starting XV or among the replacements. Points are added up from the scorers recorded for those games (try 5, conversion 2, penalty 3).
73 players Open the table
| Player | Squads | Starts | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Browne | 11 | 6 | |
| Denis Daly | 10 | 10 | 14 |
| Aidan Boyle | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| James Walsh | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Liam Kennelly | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| David McGill | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| Kyle Corrigan Dromgoole | 9 | 6 | |
| Dan McManus | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| Richard Fagan | 8 | 7 | 25 |
| Andre Christie | 8 | 8 | |
| Gavin Sheridan | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| Dylan Croke | 7 | 6 | |
| Gary Lynch | 7 | 7 | |
| Aaron Doherty | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| Matthew Kennedy | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| David Dixon | 6 | 3 | |
| Michael O'Malley | 6 | 5 | |
| Ryann Reilly | 6 | 5 | |
| James Casey | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Max Cojocari | 5 | 1 | |
| James Hynes | 5 | 5 | |
| Richard Pyne | 5 | 4 | |
| Jack Flanagan | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Sean Egan | 4 | 3 | |
| Chris O'Connor | 4 | 2 | |
| Conor Whelan | 4 | 2 | |
| Matthew Fagan | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Lee Byrne | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Aleksandar Grseta | 3 | 0 | |
| Andrew Hayden | 3 | 3 | |
| Nils Ludriks | 3 | 3 | |
| Alan McPhillips | 3 | 3 | |
| Luke Mullen | 3 | 1 | |
| James O'Reilly | 3 | 3 | |
| Conor Quinn | 3 | 1 | |
| Caglar Tuc | 3 | 0 | |
| David Balfour | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Alan Blake | 2 | 2 | |
| Lorcan Byrne | 2 | 0 | |
| Cian Dalton | 2 | 0 | |
| Cody Dwyer | 2 | 0 | |
| Andrew Gibbons | 2 | 1 | |
| Alex Gunning | 2 | 0 | |
| Gary Masterson | 2 | 1 | |
| Lochlainn McDonnell | 2 | 2 | |
| Jack O'Neill | 2 | 0 | |
| Paul Oppermann | 2 | 2 | |
| Darragh Farrell | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Cal Gray | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Robert Beverland | 1 | 0 | |
| Evan Collins | 1 | 1 | |
| Kyle Corrigan | 1 | 0 | |
| Matt Coughlan | 1 | 0 | |
| Hugo Diepman | 1 | 1 | |
| Colum Dillon | 1 | 0 | |
| Robert Dunleavy | 1 | 1 | |
| Tony Flynn | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack Hatful | 1 | 1 | |
| Noel Kelly | 1 | 0 | |
| Grellan Lambert | 1 | 1 | |
| Meng Jan Lim | 1 | 1 | |
| Rory Litton | 1 | 0 | |
| Owen Lloyd | 1 | 0 | |
| Gareth Lloyd | 1 | 1 | |
| Eoin Nolan | 1 | 0 | |
| Barry Norman | 1 | 0 | |
| Michael Nugent | 1 | 0 | |
| Aaron O'Connor | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack O'Kelly | 1 | 1 | |
| Tom O'Neill | 1 | 1 | |
| Jonathan Stevenson | 1 | 0 | |
| Robert Trew | 1 | 1 | |
| Dillon Zaidel | 1 | 1 |
Reviews, previews and programme messages from the season, as written at the time.
2021/22 Before the Moran Cup semi-final, March 2022
From a club Junior Rugby round-up, late March 2022.
Our J3s face UCD at home this Friday, April 1st at 8pm - it may be April Fool's Day but there'll be no joking on the pitch. This is the Semi Final of the Moran Cup, and our boys want that trophy.
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From the club photo archive: view the full album on SmugMug.