Crosshaven RFC

{{short description|Rugby union club in County Cork, Ireland}}

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Crosshaven RFC (Rugby Union Football Club) was founded on 1 October 1972{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} and is based in Crosshaven, County Cork, Ireland. The founding members were Michael Dempsey, chairman, Ted Murphy, Pres., Billy McCarthy Sec., and Tom O' Kelly, Treas, and P.R.O.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

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| ground = Myrtleville Cross, Crosshaven

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| league = Munster Junior League Division 1

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The club's senior team plays in the Munster Junior League Division 1.{{Cite web |url=http://www.obsport.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=214&Itemid=128 |title=League Tables / Munster Junior / Division 1 / 2009-10 |access-date=2009-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721125718/http://www.obsport.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=214&Itemid=128 |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }} Crosshaven R.F.C. has three pitches, floodlights, parking, showers, changing rooms and a gym, located at Myrtleville Cross in Crosshaven.

In the 2010/2011 season, Crosshaven won the All-Ireland Junior Cup as the first team from Munster to do so.

Crosshaven RFC has underage teams ranging from under 8's to under 18's. They then have Junior 1 and Junior 2 teams. One product of the youth system is former Munster Rugby and Leicester Tigers scrum-half Frank Murphy who began playing in Myrtleville Cross. In 2011, the Crosshaven RFC under 15's won a Munster Development Cup.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}