Leinster Schools Rugby Senior League

Overview

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Leinster Schools Rugby Senior League
SportRugby union
Founded1996
No. of teams12
Most recent
champion(s)
Gonzaga College (8th title)

The Leinster Schools Rugby Senior League is a rugby union competition for secondary schools affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the IRFU. It is played before Christmas, after which the Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup is played. It is a 12 school competition played by the strongest schools outside of the "Big Six”.[1] The so-called "Big Six" of Leinster schools rugby (Blackrock College, Clongowes Wood College, St Mary's College, Dublin, Terenure College, Belvedere College and St Michael's College, Dublin) do not participate in the competition, although St Michael's College, Dublin used to participate in the competition winning it in 1998. [citation needed] For the most part it is participated in by mostly private schools but 4 public schools participate in it as well. Schools in the league often provide the biggest form of competition to the "Big Six" in the Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup. Schools that participated in the league, outside of the "Big Six" that has gone to win the Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup: Cistercian College, Roscrea (2015)[2] against Belvedere College, Newbridge College (2020, shared with Clongowes Wood College due to COVID-19 pandemic)[3] and Gonzaga College (2023) against Blackrock College.[4]

Winners

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These are the winners & the runner-ups.
Year Winner Runner-Up
1994 Castleknock College
1995 Cistercian College, Roscrea
1996 Newbridge College
1997 The King's Hospital
1998 St. Michael's College
1999 St. Andrew's College Gonzaga College
2000 Wesley College
2001 Castleknock College
2002 Cistercian College, Roscrea C.B.C Monkstown
2003 Templeogue College
2004 The King's Hospital C.B.C Monkstown
2005 Gonzaga College St. Gerard's School
2006 Cistercian College, Roscrea Gonzaga College
2007 Gonzaga College
2008 C.B.C Monkstown
2009 St. Gerard's School
2010 St. Gerard's School
2011 St. Gerard's School
2012 Kilkenny College Castleknock College
2013 Newbridge College Cistercian College, Roscrea
2014 No information
2015 Cistercian College, Roscrea
2016 Gonzaga College Cistercian College, Roscrea
2017 St. Gerard's School Gonzaga College
2018 Gonzaga College Castleknock College
2019 Gonzaga College Cistercian College, Roscrea
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2021 Gonzaga College Kilkenny College
2022 Gonzaga College Newbridge College
2023 Gonzaga College Newbridge College

References

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  1. ^ "Schools Cup Fixtures & Results". Leinster Rugby. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  2. ^ client (2015-03-17). "Roscrea Crowned Senior Cup Champions". Leinster Rugby. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  3. ^ Editor, Site (2020-12-28). "Newbridge College Junior and Senior Cup teams presented with medals". Leinster Rugby. Retrieved 2023-03-17. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Kelly, Daniel (2023-03-17). "Gonzaga College win Senior Cup for the first time". Leinster Rugby. Retrieved 2023-03-17.

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