# Ballina R.F.C.

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{{Short description|Irish rugby union club based in Ballina, Co.Mayo}}
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   | teamname       = Ballina RFC
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   | fullname       = Ballina Rugby Football Club  
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   | branch         = [Connacht](/source/Connacht_Rugby) 
   | nickname       = 
   | founded        = {{start date and age|1928}}
   | location       = [Ballina](/source/Ballina%2C_County_Mayo)
   | region         = [County Mayo](/source/County_Mayo)
   | ground         = Heffernan Park
   | capacity       = 1,000
   | president      = Ed Gunning
   | chairman       = Alan Rowe
   | coach          = Brian McClearn
   | captain        = Gary Kavanagh
   | league         = Connacht J1A
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'''Ballina R.F.C.''' is a [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) club in [Ballina, County Mayo](/source/Ballina%2C_County_Mayo), Ireland. The club is affiliated to the [Connacht Branch](/source/Connacht_Rugby) of the [Irish Rugby Football Union](/source/Irish_Rugby_Football_Union) and plays in the Connacht J1A League since being relegated from the [All-Ireland League](/source/All-Ireland_League_(rugby_union)) at the end of the 2023-24 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishrugby.ie/2024/04/06/energia-all-ireland-league-mens-divisions-play-off-details-ups-downs/|title=All-Ireland League Men's Divisions – Play-Off Details, Ups & Downs|website=irishrugby.ie|date=6 April 2024|accessdate=27 March 2025}}</ref>

The name of Heffernan Park, where the club plays its games, is taken from the grandfather of [Dave Heffernan](/source/Dave_Heffernan).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/connacht-rugby/gaelic-was-my-first-sport-and-david-brady-my-hero-dave-heffernan-hopes-mayo-gaa-roots-can-inspire-connacht/a1912371304.html|title='Gaelic was my first sport and David Brady my hero' – Dave Heffernan hopes Mayo GAA roots can inspire Connacht|work=Irish Independent|first=David|last=Kelly|date=27 December 2024|quote=The great Ivan Heffernan Snr's name is so embedded in Ballina RFC lore that they named their pitch after him.}}</ref>

== Prominent figures ==
Seán Murphy was the club's first president, and he served 25 years for the club. He helped the club get its own grounds and a clubhouse back in 1978.   

Gerry O’Donnell served a season as president of Connacht rugby (in that season Connacht won the pro 12.) and was a president of Ballina as well. O'Donnell died in 2023.  

==Honours==
*'''[Connacht Senior League](/source/Connacht_Senior_League_(rugby_union)): 5.5'''
**1928-29, 1929–30, 1950-51 (shared), 1952–53, 1991–92, 2021–22

==References==
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Category:Connacht Senior League (rugby union) teams
Category:Rugby union teams in Ireland
Category:Rugby clubs established in 1928
Category:Rugby union teams in County Mayo
Category:Ballina, County Mayo
Category:1928 establishments in Ireland
Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1928
Category:Sport in County Mayo

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