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===Other sports=== [[File:County Dublin - Golf Links Hotel (Portmarnock) - 20190511195853.jpg|thumb|Clubhouse at [[Portmarnock Golf Club]]]] [[Rugby Union]] is the county's third most popular sport, after Gaelic games and football. [[Leinster Rugby]] play their competitive home games in the [[RDS Arena]] & the [[Aviva Stadium]]. [[Donnybrook Stadium]] hosts Leinster's friendlies and A games, as well as the Ireland A and Women's teams, Leinster Schools and Youths and the home club games of [[AIB League|All Ireland League]] sides [[Old Wesley]] and [[Bective Rangers]]. County Dublin is home to 13 of the senior rugby union clubs in Ireland, including 5 of the 10 sides in the top division 1A.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishrugby.ie/ulsterbankleague/tables.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804012925/http://www.irishrugby.ie/ulsterbankleague/tables.php|url-status=dead|title=Irish Rugby : Club & Community : Ulster Bank League : Ulster Bank League Tables|archive-date=4 August 2013}}</ref> Other popular sports in the county include: cricket, hockey, golf, tennis, athletics and equestrian activities. Dublin has two [[List of One Day International cricket grounds|ODI cricket grounds]] in [[Castle Avenue, Dublin|Castle Avenue]] and [[Malahide Cricket Club Ground]], and the [[Phoenix Cricket Club]], founded in 1830, is the oldest in Ireland. As with many other sporting organisations in the county, the [[Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club]] is one of the world's oldest.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fitzwilliam tennis club elects first woman president in 140 years |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/fitzwilliam-tennis-club-elects-first-woman-president-in-140-years-1.2898763?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fsport%2Fother-sports%2Ffitzwilliam-tennis-club-elects-first-woman-president-in-140-years-1.2898763 |website=irishtimes.com |access-date=26 June 2020 |archive-date=30 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630012621/https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/fitzwilliam-tennis-club-elects-first-woman-president-in-140-years-1.2898763?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fsport%2Fother-sports%2Ffitzwilliam-tennis-club-elects-first-woman-president-in-140-years-1.2898763 |url-status=live }}</ref> It hosted the now-discontinued [[Irish Open (tennis)|Irish Open]] from 1879 until 1983. Field hockey, particularly women's field hockey, is becoming increasingly popular within the county.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_transport_tourism_and_sport/2019-12-11/3/|title=Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport debate – Wednesday, 11 Dec 2019|publisher=oireachtas.ie|access-date=23 June 2021|date=11 December 2019|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203153/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_transport_tourism_and_sport/2019-12-11/3/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Ireland women's national field hockey team]] made it to the [[2018 Women's Hockey World Cup|2018 World Cup]] final, and many of the players on that team were from Dublin clubs, such as [[UCD Ladies' Hockey Club|UCD]], [[Old Alex Hockey Club|Old Alex]], [[Loreto Hockey Club|Loreto]], [[Monkstown Hockey Club|Monkstown]], Muckross and [[Railway Union Sports Club|Railway Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.joe.ie/sport/penalty-win-sends-ireland-hockey-world-cup-final-635634|title=Ireland have reached the World Cup final after beating Spain on penalties|publisher=joe.ie|access-date=15 September 2018|date=4 August 2018|archive-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918231736/https://www.joe.ie/sport/penalty-win-sends-ireland-hockey-world-cup-final-635634|url-status=live}}</ref> The Dublin Horse Show takes place at the [[Royal Dublin Society|RDS]], which hosted the [[Show Jumping World Championships]] in 1982, and the county has a [[horse racing]] track at [[Leopardstown Racecourse|Leopardstown]] which hosts the [[Irish Champion Stakes]] every September. Dublin houses the national stadium for both boxing ([[National Stadium (Ireland)|National Stadium]]) and basketball ([[National Basketball Arena]]), and the city hosted the [[2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games|2003 Special Olympics]]. Although a small county in size, Dublin contains one third of Leinster's 168 golf courses,<ref>{{cite news |title=Top 100 Golf Courses – Dublin |url=https://www.top100golfcourses.com/golf-courses/britain-ireland/ireland/dublin |url-status=live |work=top100golfcourses.com |access-date=23 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824123607/https://www.top100golfcourses.com/golf-courses/britain-ireland/ireland/dublin |archive-date=24 August 2021 }}</ref> and three-time [[Men's major golf championships|major]] winner [[Pádraig Harrington]] is from [[Rathfarnham]].
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