Lansdowne Football Club

Lansdowne Football Club, also sometimes referred to as Lansdowne Rugby Football Club, is a rugby union team based in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1872 by Henry Dunlop as the Irish Champion Athletic Club. Its senior team currently plays in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League. The club's playing colours are black, red and yellow hoops, with navy shorts.

Lansdowne
Full nameLansdowne Football Club
UnionIRFU
Founded1872 (1872)
RegionCounty Dublin
Ground(s)Aviva Stadium (Back Pitch)
Lansdowne Road
Ballsbridge
Dublin 4 (Capacity: 1,000)
PresidentStephen Rooney
Coach(es)Declan Fassbender
Captain(s)Cillian Redmond
Top scorerMatt Healy
League(s)All-Ireland League
2022–237th.
Team kit
Official website
lansdownerugby.com

Lansdowne have won the Leinster Senior Cup a record 28 times, winning it for the first in 1891. Lansdowne won the All Ireland League for the first time in March 2013 and also won the Fraser McMullen cup in the same season. Lansdowne completed the "All Ireland Double" again in May 2015 winning the All Ireland League and the Fraser McMullen again. In 2017/2018 captained by Ian Prendiville & coached by Mike Ruddock & Mark McHugh Lansdowne won the All Ireland League, The Bateman Cup, The Leinster Senior Cup and The Leinster Senior League Cup. Lansdowne is the first ever Leinster team to win all of these trophies in one season.

Together with Wanderers, Lansdowne have shared the use of Lansdowne Road since 1880, with each club having their own clubhouse at opposite ends of the ground. However, since 1974 the ground itself has been owned by the IRFU.

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