Dream days for homegrown Nenagh Ormond as they make history for Tipperary rugby

20 years after they became a senior club, Nenagh Ormond have been promoted to Division 1A of the AIL. 

Along with earning back-to-back promotions, Nenagh Ormond this year won the Munster Senior Challenge Cup for the first time. Pic: ©INPHO/Ben Brady

There have been good days at Nenagh Ormond RFC down through its 141-year history but none have come close to the celebrations that broke out at New Ormond Park on Saturday as the club became Tipperary’s first to reach Energia All Ireland League Division 1A.

Twenty years after graduating from the junior ranks to senior status, Nenagh have completed back-to-back promotions to reach the height of Irish club rugby’s pyramid, capping a stellar season which also saw them lift the Munster Senior Challenge Cup for the first time and their seconds lift Tipperary’s Mansergh Cup.