Leinster vs Connacht

12 Counties, One Club
tallaght
in Focus
RFC
Twenty
years ago,
a directive
came out
from the IRFU
encouraging
the creation
of new rugby
clubs in nontraditional
areas, causing
the creation of
Tallaght RFC.
In the intervening years, the club
has moved from venue to venue,
on terms set down by the Dublin
Council, longing for a place to call
their ‘forever home’.
“We are currently playing out of a
Dublin Council-owned pitch in Firhouse,
across the road from the Community
School,” said Director of Rugby Stephen
Heaney.
“Pitch 100 has been our home for
the last number of years. Two 40-foot
containers serve our facility’s needs,
one as a changing room and one as
a storage room. It is not much by any
standard, but it is home for us, at the
moment.
In recent years, Tallaght has embraced
the positivity and direction that comes
with planning for the future, not just
letting it happen.
“The main point of our Five-Year Plan
is to secure our ‘Forever Home’,” said
Stephen.
“The fact we are renting our pitch from
the Council leaves our future in their
hands. We want to take control of where
we are going as a club.
“Don’t get me wrong, we are grateful for
the facilities provided by South Dublin
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