J3 XV · Season archive
J3 XV — Season 2024/25
A second league final in two years. Second in Division 6 after promotion, two points behind Clontarf, and beaten 17–19 by them in the final at Castle Avenue.
A second league final in two years. Second in Division 6 after promotion, two points behind Clontarf, and beaten 17–19 by them in the final at Castle Avenue.
No team photo from 2024/25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28/09/2024 | Metro Division 6 | CYM | A | 34–12 | W | Terenure Road North |
| 12/10/2024 | Metro Division 6 | Seapoint | H | 52–14 | W | Templeville Road |
| 19/10/2024 | Metro Division 6 | Greystones | A | 24–25 | L | Dr Hickey Park, Greystones |
| 02/11/2024 | Metro Division 6 | Clontarf | H | 27–12 | W | Templeville Road |
| 09/11/2024 | Metro Division 6 | Dublin University | H | 21–17 | W | Templeville Road |
| 14/12/2024 | Metro Division 6 | CYM | H | 34–20 | W | Templeville Road |
| 11/01/2025 | Metro Division 6 | Tallaght | A | 50–0 | W | Tymon Park |
| 18/01/2025 | Metro Division 6 | Seapoint | A | 31–23 | W | Kilbogget Park, Killiney |
| 25/01/2025 | Metro Division 6 | Greystones | H | 19–22 | L | Templeville Road |
| 08/02/2025 | Metro Division 6 | Clontarf | A | 17–43 | L | Castle Avenue |
| 15/02/2025 | Metro Division 6 | Dublin University | A | 50–0 | W | Santry |
| 22/03/2025 | Metro Division 6 | Tallaght | H | 48–3 | W | Templeville Road |
| 28/03/2025 | Metro Division 6 final | Clontarf | A | 17–19 | L | Castle Avenue |
| 05/04/2025 | Winters Cup | Clontarf | H | w/o | W | Templeville Road. Walkover: conceded by Clontarf |
| 12/04/2025 | Winters Cup, semi-final | Garda Westmanstown | A | 18–24 | L | Westmanstown |
League and cup results are as recorded in the Leinster Rugby results archive. The club's own records differ from the Leinster record in places: they have Seapoint on 12/10/2024 (home) as 52–12; Tallaght on 11/01/2025 (away) as 57–0; Seapoint on 18/01/2025 (away) as 31–24; Dublin University on 15/02/2025 (away) as 65–0; Tallaght on 22/03/2025 (home) as 53–3; Clontarf on 28/03/2025 (away) as 18–19.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clontarf | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 371 | 176 | +195 | 0 | 40 |
| 2 | St. Mary's College | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 407 | 191 | +216 | 2 | 38 |
| 3 | Greystones | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 363 | 225 | +138 | 0 | 33 |
| 4 | Seapoint | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 254 | 290 | −36 | 2 | 26 |
| 5 | Dublin University | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 191 | 357 | −166 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | CYM | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 173 | 330 | −157 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Tallaght | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 129 | 319 | −190 | 2 | -6 |
Blackrock College RFC has withdrawn from this league. Tallaght deducted 12 points for conceding walkovers v Clontarf on 19th October, v Seapoint on 14th December and v Greystones on 18th January. Greystones deducted 11 points as per Regulation 24 (d), (e) and (f); higher team, 3rd XV conceded walkovers in Metro League Division 4 on 6th December and 14th February and Moran Cup on 21st March, and 2nd XV conceded walkover in Metro League Premier 2 on 2nd March.
57 names. The names below come from the club's J3 selection sheets.
No match reports from 2024/25 have been found. If you have any, please send them to archives@smcrfc.com.
14 line-ups, 14 with scorers, from the club's own selection sheets. Click any match to open it.
28 Sep 2024 CYM 12 St. Mary's 34 Won Metro Division 6
St. Mary's: 1 Eoin Boyle, 2 Lucas Moran, 3 Eoin Keating, 4 Richard Fagan, 5 Rory Tisdall, 6 Mark Hayden, 7 Matthew Kennedy, 8 Christian McAlinden, 9 Zac Doyle O'Brien, 10 Dara Lynch, 11 James Walsh, 12 Denis Daly, 13 Conor Sheridan, 14 Jaden Chambers Conboy, 15 Mark Reynolds.
Replacements: 16 Cian Carolan, 17 Ronan Kernan, 18 Noel Kelly, 19 Dan McManus, 20 Jack Levins, 21 AJ Ferris, 22 Gary Lynch.
Scorers. Tries: Richard Fagan, Denis Daly, Mark Hayden, Dara Lynch. Conversions: Dara Lynch (4). Penalties: Dara Lynch (2).
12 Oct 2024 St. Mary's 52 Seapoint 14 Won Metro Division 6
St. Mary's: 1 Eoin Boyle, 2 Lucas Moran, 3 Eoin Keating, 4 Richard Fagan, 5 Matthew Kennedy, 6 Mark Hayden, 7 Rory McPhillips, 8 Stephen Campion, 9 Rian Donnellan, 10 Harry Fanning, 11 AJ Ferris, 12 Jack Levins, 13 Denis Daly, 14 James Walsh, 15 Mark Reynolds.
Replacements: 16 Cian Carolan, 17 Ronan Kernan, 18 Dominic Coyle, 19 Rory Tisdall, 20 Cillian O'Donoghue, 21 Jack Flanagan.
Scorers. Tries: AJ Ferris, Rian Donnellan (3), Jack Levins, Dominic Coyle, Harry Fanning, Jack Flanagan. Conversions: Harry Fanning (6).
19 Oct 2024 Greystones 25 St. Mary's 24 Lost Metro Division 6
St. Mary's: 1 Eoin Boyle, 2 Lucas Moran, 3 Eoin Keating, 4 Richard Fagan, 5 Matthew Kennedy, 6 Mark Hayden, 7 Rory McPhillips, 8 Christian McAlinden, 9 Rian Donnellan, 10 Dara Lynch, 11 Jaden Chambers Conboy, 12 Denis Daly, 13 Conor Sheridan, 14 Jack O'Mahony, 15 James Walsh.
Replacements: 16 Cian Carolan, 17 Aaron Doherty, 18 Rory Tisdall, 19 Stephen Campion, 20 Cillian O'Donoghue, 21 Zac Doyle O'Brien, 22 Gary Lynch.
Scorers. Tries: Rian Donnellan, Rory Tisdall, Jack O'Mahony, James Walsh. Conversions: Dara Lynch (2).
2 Nov 2024 St. Mary's 27 Clontarf 12 Won Metro Division 6
St. Mary's: 1 Eoin Boyle, 2 Lucas Moran, 3 Eoin Keating, 4 Richard Fagan, 5 Dominic Coyle, 6 Mark Hayden, 7 Leo Faulkner, 8 Stephen Campion, 9 Rian Donnellan, 10 Harry Fanning, 11 Jack O'Mahony, 12 Thady McKeever, 13 Conor Sheridan, 14 James Walsh, 15 Jack Flanagan.
Replacements: 16 Cian Carolan, 17 Andrew Gibbons, 18 Christian McAlinden, 19 Rory Tisdall, 20 Cillian O'Donoghue, 21 Gary Lynch, 22 Adam Faulkner.
Scorers. Tries: Jack O'Mahony, Jack Flanagan, Harry Fanning, Christian McAlinden. Conversions: Harry Fanning (2). Penalties: Harry Fanning.
9 Nov 2024 St. Mary's 21 Dublin University 17 Won Metro Division 6
St. Mary's: 1 Cian Carolan, 2 Lucas Moran, 3 Eoin Keating, 4 Richard Fagan, 5 Dominic Coyle, 6 Mark Hayden, 7 Adam Faulkner, 8 Stephen Campion, 9 Rian Donnellan, 10 Barra O'Loughlin, 11 Jack O'Mahony, 12 Thady McKeever, 13 Denis Daly, 14 James Walsh, 15 Mark Reynolds.
Replacements: 16 Matthew Fagan, 17 Sean McCahill, 18 Christian McAlinden, 19 Rory Tisdall, 20 Cillian O'Donoghue, 21 Gary Lynch, 22 Michael O'Malley.
Scorers. Tries: Denis Daly, James Walsh, Richard Fagan. Conversions: Barra O'Loughlin (3).
14 Dec 2024 St. Mary's 34 CYM 20 Won Metro Division 6
St. Mary's: 1 Eoin Boyle, 2 Lucas Moran, 3 Eoin Keating, 4 Dominic Coyle, 5 Callan Carey, 6 Christopher Kane, 7 Richard Fagan, 8 Stephen Campion, 9 Cillian O'Donoghue, 10 Michael O'Malley, 11 Tom O'Neill, 12 Thady McKeever, 13 Jack Levins, 14 James Walsh, 15 Mark Reynolds.
Replacements: 16 Andre Christie, 17 Cian Carolan, 18 Rory Tisdall, 19 Mark Hayden, 20 James Casey, 21 Neil Cowhey, 22 Daniel McGill.
Scorers. Tries: Tom O'Neill, Richard Fagan, James Walsh, Thady McKeever, Andre Christie, Daniel McGill. Conversions: Thady McKeever (2).
11 Jan 2025 Tallaght 0 St. Mary's 50 Won Metro Division 6
St. Mary's: 1 Eoin Boyle, 2 Lucas Moran, 3 Eoin Keating, 4 Richard Fagan, 5 Rory Tisdall, 6 Mark Hayden, 7 Matthew Gallagher, 8 Stephen Campion, 9 Conor Quinn, 10 Michael O'Malley, 11 Gary Lynch, 12 Conor Sheridan, 13 Jack Levins, 14 James Walsh, 15 Mark Reynolds.
Replacements: 16 Marius Nikrou, 17 Christopher Kane, 18 Conor Budds, 19 Harry Fanning, 20 Neil Cowhey, 21 Daragh O'Donoghue.
Scorers. Tries: Stephen Campion, James Walsh, Conor Sheridan, Jack Levins (2), Gary Lynch, Daragh O'Donoghue, Harry Fanning, Marius Nikrou. Conversions: Michael O'Malley (3), Harry Fanning (3).
18 Jan 2025 Seapoint 23 St. Mary's 31 Won Metro Division 6
St. Mary's: 1 Eoin Boyle, 2 Lucas Moran, 3 Eoin Keating, 4 Callan Carey, 5 Rory Tisdall, 6 Christopher Kane, 7 Matthew Gallagher, 8 Stephen Campion, 9 Rian Donnellan, 10 Michael O'Malley, 11 Jack Levins, 12 Conor Sheridan, 13 Denis Daly, 14 James Walsh, 15 Mark Reynolds.
Replacements: 16 Aaron Doherty, 17 Shane Fanning, 18 Gary Lynch, 19 Harry Fanning, 20 Neil Cowhey, 21 Cal Gray.
Scorers. Tries: Stephen Campion, Eoin Boyle, Harry Fanning, James Walsh, Callan Carey. Conversions: Michael O'Malley, Harry Fanning (2).
25 Jan 2025 St. Mary's 19 Greystones 22 Lost Metro Division 6
St. Mary's: 1 Eoin Boyle, 2 Lucas Moran, 3 Eoin Keating, 4 Dominic Coyle, 5 Shane Fanning, 6 Mark Hayden, 7 Leo Faulkner, 8 Rory Tisdall, 9 Neil Cowhey, 10 Michael O'Malley, 11 Mark Reynolds, 12 Denis Daly, 13 Harry Fanning, 14 James Walsh, 15 Conor Sheridan.
Replacements: 16 Andre Christie, 17 Andrew Gibbons, 18 Cian Carolan, 19 Christian McAlinden, 20 Christopher Kane, 21 Gary Lynch, 22 Jack O'Mahony.
Scorers. Tries: Harry Fanning, Conor Sheridan, Jack O'Mahony. Conversions: Harry Fanning (2).
8 Feb 2025 Clontarf 43 St. Mary's 17 Lost Metro Division 6
St. Mary's: 1 Andre Christie, 2 Lucas Moran, 3 Eoin Keating, 4 Callan Carey, 5 Shane Fanning, 6 Mark Hayden, 7 Rory Tisdall, 8 Stephen Campion, 9 Neil Cowhey, 10 Michael O'Malley, 11 Jack O'Mahony, 12 Conor Sheridan, 13 Harry Fanning, 14 Cal Gray, 15 Mark Reynolds.
Replacements: 16 Eoin Boyle, 17 Andrew Gibbons, 18 Christian McAlinden, 19 Gary Lynch, 20 AJ Ferris, 21 Paul Oppermann, 22 Thady McKeever.
Scorers. Tries: Harry Fanning, Mark Reynolds. Conversions: Michael O'Malley, Harry Fanning. Penalties: Harry Fanning.
15 Feb 2025 Dublin University 0 St. Mary's 50 Won Metro Division 6
St. Mary's: 1 Cian Carolan, 2 Lucas Moran, 3 Eoin Keating, 4 Dominic Coyle, 5 Rory Tisdall, 6 Mark Hayden, 7 Marius Nikrou, 8 Matthew Gallagher, 9 Neil Cowhey, 10 Michael O'Malley, 11 Jack O'Mahony, 12 Denis Daly, 13 Harry Fanning, 14 Gary Lynch, 15 Conor Sheridan.
Replacements: 16 Eoin Boyle, 17 Andre Christie, 18 Jack Levins, 19 Cal Gray, 20 AJ Ferris, 21 Paul Oppermann.
Scorers. Tries: Marius Nikrou, Conor Sheridan, Matthew Gallagher, Denis Daly, Rory Tisdall, Harry Fanning (3), Jack Levins (3). Conversions: Michael O'Malley (4), Harry Fanning.
22 Mar 2025 St. Mary's 48 Tallaght 3 Won Metro Division 6
St. Mary's: 1 Eoin Boyle, 2 Lucas Moran, 3 Eoin Keating, 4 Richard Fagan, 5 Matthew Kennedy, 6 Mark Hayden, 7 Gary Lynch, 8 Stephen Campion, 9 Neil Cowhey, 10 Michael O'Malley, 11 Cal Gray, 12 Jack Levins, 13 Denis Daly, 14 Mark Reynolds, 15 Conor Sheridan.
Replacements: 16 Cian Carolan, 17 Andre Christie, 18 Matthew Fagan, 19 Shane Fanning, 20 AJ Ferris, 21 James Walsh, 22 Harry Fanning.
Scorers. Tries: Matthew Kennedy, Richard Fagan, Denis Daly (2), James Walsh, Mark Reynolds, Shane Fanning, Conor Sheridan, Jack Levins. Conversions: Michael O'Malley (3), Harry Fanning.
28 Mar 2025 Clontarf 19 St. Mary's 17 Lost Metro Division 6 final
St. Mary's: 1 Eoin Boyle, 2 Lucas Moran, 3 Eoin Keating, 4 Richard Fagan, 5 Dominic Coyle, 6 Mark Hayden, 7 Matthew Kennedy, 8 Stephen Campion, 9 Harry Fanning, 10 Michael O'Malley, 11 James Walsh, 12 Jack Levins, 13 Denis Daly, 14 Paul Oppermann, 15 Conor Sheridan.
Replacements: 16 Cian Carolan, 17 Andre Christie, 18 Aaron Doherty, 19 Shane Fanning, 20 Rory Tisdall, 21 AJ Ferris, 22 Zac Doyle O'Brien.
Scorers. Tries: Paul Oppermann, Jack Levins, James Walsh. Penalties: Michael O'Malley.
12 Apr 2025 Garda Westmanstown 24 St. Mary's 18 Lost Winters Cup, semi-final
St. Mary's: 1 Cian Carolan, 2 Lucas Moran, 3 Andre Christie, 4 Richard Fagan, 5 Rory Tisdall, 6 Mark Hayden, 7 Matthew Kennedy, 8 Stephen Campion, 9 Neil Cowhey, 10 Michael O'Malley, 11 James Walsh, 12 Conor Sheridan, 13 Harry Fanning, 14 Paul Oppermann, 15 Mark Reynolds.
Replacements: 16 Fionan Magee, 17 Aaron Doherty, 18 Dominic Coyle, 19 Gary Lynch, 20 Matthew Oppermann.
Scorers. Tries: Harry Fanning, Mark Hayden. Conversions: Michael O'Malley. Penalties: Michael O'Malley (2).
Counted from the 14 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).
56 players Open the table
| Player | Squads | Starts | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Moran | 14 | 14 | |
| Mark Hayden | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Rory Tisdall | 13 | 7 | 10 |
| Eoin Keating | 13 | 13 | |
| James Walsh | 12 | 11 | 35 |
| Eoin Boyle | 12 | 10 | 5 |
| Conor Sheridan | 11 | 11 | 20 |
| Stephen Campion | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Gary Lynch | 11 | 3 | 5 |
| Cian Carolan | 11 | 3 | |
| Harry Fanning | 10 | 7 | 92 |
| Michael O'Malley | 10 | 9 | 35 |
| Richard Fagan | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Mark Reynolds | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Denis Daly | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| Jack Levins | 8 | 6 | 40 |
| Dominic Coyle | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| Neil Cowhey | 8 | 5 | |
| Andre Christie | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Jack O'Mahony | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| AJ Ferris | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Matthew Kennedy | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Christian McAlinden | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| Rian Donnellan | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| Shane Fanning | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Cillian O'Donoghue | 5 | 1 | |
| Thady McKeever | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Paul Oppermann | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Aaron Doherty | 4 | 0 | |
| Cal Gray | 4 | 2 | |
| Christopher Kane | 4 | 2 | |
| Callan Carey | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Matthew Gallagher | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Andrew Gibbons | 3 | 0 | |
| Zac Doyle O'Brien | 3 | 1 | |
| Dara Lynch | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| Jack Flanagan | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Marius Nikrou | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Jaden Chambers Conboy | 2 | 2 | |
| Matthew Fagan | 2 | 0 | |
| Leo Faulkner | 2 | 2 | |
| Adam Faulkner | 2 | 1 | |
| Ronan Kernan | 2 | 0 | |
| Rory McPhillips | 2 | 2 | |
| Barra O'Loughlin | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Daniel McGill | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Daragh O'Donoghue | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Tom O'Neill | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Conor Budds | 1 | 0 | |
| James Casey | 1 | 0 | |
| Noel Kelly | 1 | 0 | |
| Fionan Magee | 1 | 0 | |
| Sean McCahill | 1 | 0 | |
| Dan McManus | 1 | 0 | |
| Matthew Oppermann | 1 | 0 | |
| Conor Quinn | 1 | 1 |
Reviews, previews and programme messages from the season, as written at the time.
2024/25 Message from the President
From the programme for the Metro League Division 6 final v Clontarf, 28 March 2025.
I would like to wish the best of luck to captain Malo O’Malley and the rest of our J3s as they take on Clontarf FC in the Metro League - Division 6 final on Friday. You have been guided with passion and skill by head coach and club stalworth Dave Gardner, ably assisted with just as much dedication by Ciaran Murphy, Fran Pender and John Miller. And all backed up by the indefatigable club men Richie Fagan and Chris O’Connor. You thoroughly deserve your place in the final and your rugby club is fully behind you, willing you on all the way. So, “rally round your colours boys” and bring it home!
Paudge McGill, President
2024/25 Message from the Chairman Of Rugby
From the programme for the Metro League Division 6 final v Clontarf, 28 March 2025.
Wishing the J3s the best of luck in their league final against Clontarf. To have both J3 and J4 make their respective league finals 2 years in a row is a huge credit to all involved and highlights how strong Junior Rugby is going in the club over the last number of years. You guys have had a great year to date under coaches Dave G and Murph and the captaincy of Michael O'Malley (Malo), and to win back to back leagues would be a huge achievement! Best of luck!
Alan Shirley, Chairman of Rugby
2024/25 Message from the J3 XV Coach
From the programme for the Metro League Division 6 final v Clontarf, 28 March 2025.
Long hard road for J3.
Achieved promotion to div 6 after winning div 7 last season. Lads rolled up the sleeves and have come second to Clontarf by a mere 2 points hence the away final. Nothing between the 2 teams. We put up a good score against them in Templeville and they returned the favour in castle avenue.
So, no it's our turn. Bring it on!!
Dave Gardner, Coach J3 XV
2024/25 Message from the J3 XV Captain
From the programme for the Metro League Division 6 final v Clontarf, 28 March 2025.
Although the 24/25 season has plenty of twists and turns yet to unfold, it has already been a year of incredible success. The relaunch of the J5s into Metro 11, J4’s finishing their league campaign in Metro 8 in the top spot and J3’s securing a final following promotion to Metro 6 - it is the largest group of junior players participating in the club since before Covid.
Training has been attended in record numbers, the standard of rugby has improved continuously, and the atmosphere, ethos and energy of the group has been infectious. Being involved in junior rugby this season has been the biggest privilege I will ever experience as a rugby player, and I am grateful to every single person who has played a role, big or small.
Not only have we returned to fielding 3 fantastic teams, we are competing at all levels. From AIL 1A to Metro 11, Mary’s are a force to be reckoned with. Dublin 6W is blue and we are hunting silverware left right and centre. It’s the stuff dreams are made of.
A heartfelt thanks to the ferociously passionate but deeply caring Dave Gardner. Along with Ciaran Murphy, Fran Pender, John Miller and Chris O’Connor - you lads have kept us on the right path for the last two years and we are all incredibly grateful to each of you.
Whatever happens over the next few weeks will be. I wish both the J3/4s well in their respective finals, but in my opinion, we have all already won together. Over to you, Campo and Dynch.
Michael (Malo) O’Malley, Captain J3 XV