Mission
"We will continue to improve while maintaining our roots as a social club."

AIB Dublin RFC is a competitive team with a very strong social focus. We currently play at J4 level in the Leinster league, and against corporate and overseas touring sides.

AIB Dublin RFC was founded in 1974 and in the initial years competed in the Business Houses League with Teams such as Aer Lingus (now Swords), Bank of Ireland, Central Bank, Nixdorf, Revenue, Meat Packers (now Barnhall), Guinness and Unidare.

In 1999 the club became a member of the Leinster Branch and has competed in the Leinster Metropolitan Leagues every year since.

Up until 2003 the club played at the AIB Sports & Social Club grounds off the Fortfield Road in Terenure. However, following the sale of the grounds for development the club moved to Sportslink in Santry until 2006. In 2006 we moved to our current home ground of D.C.U.

Club Captains: 1976/1977 - Dave O'Keeffe 1977/1978 - Mick Fives 1978/1979 - Eoin Heraty 1979/1981 - Dave Beecher 1981/1982 - John Pardy 1982/1983 - Peter Horgan 1983/1984 - Peter Horgan 1984/1985 - Dave Widger 1985/1986 - Ian Frost 1986/1987 - Barry Lynch 1988/1989 - Eric Cobbe 1997/1998 - John McDermott 1998/1999 - Gareth Dunlop 1999/2000 - Rob Byrne 2000/2001 - Gerry Loughman 2001/2002 - Tomas Kennedy 2002/2003 - Dara Heraty 2003/2004 - Mark Battams 2004/2005 - Mark Battams 2005/2006 - Jonathan Hovenden 2006/2007 - Ger Guest 2007/2008 - Kevin Johnson 2008/2009 - Kevin Johnson 2009/2010 - Kevin Johnson 2009/2010 - Colin Cleary 2010/2011 - Donal O'Sullivan

Recent Social Higlights:

BOSTON 2003	A week long trip including matches against New Haven & Boston Irish Wolfhounds.
JERSEY/LONDON 2004	A 5 day trip to Jersey & London with the Team playing games against Jersey RFC and AIB (UK) and attending the Ireland vs. England 6 Nations game in Twickenham
EDINBURGH 2005 & 2007	A 4-day tour to Edinburgh with a match vs. Murrayfield Wanderers under floodlights on the Murrayfield back pitch. Also included the Team attending the Ireland vs. Scotland 6 Nations game at Murrayfield
MADRID/LONDON 2006	3-day trip to Madrid with match and onward flight to London for 2 days to play AIB (UK) and attend Ire. vs. Eng 6 Nations game in Twickenham
POLAND/LONDON 2008	A 5 day trip to Poland & London playing matches against Poznan RFC and AIB (UK). We also attended the Ireland vs. England 6 Nations game in Twickenham.
EDINBURGH 2009	A 3 day trip incorporated a match against Murrayfield Wanderers and the Ireland vs. Scotland 6 Nations game.
SWEDEN 2010	A 5 day trip in February 2010 to Gothenburg and back to London for the England vs. Ireland 6 Nations game.

AIB had from the start a desire to play foreign teams both home and away. Among the visiting teams we hosted in our club in Terenure during the eighties and nineties were

 

AIB R.F.C. have also played the following clubs away from home:

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