According to the sports lore, in 1823 william webb ellis, a pupil at rugby school, defied the conventions of the day that the ball may only be. The munster senior cup is a rugby union competition for the senior clubs affiliated to the munster branch of the irish rugby football union the winners compete with the other three provincial cup winners for the allireland cup. Glenstal abbey face a huge challenge in the form of presentation brothers college cork in the munster schools senior cup final on st patricks day in thomond park at 4pm. The province finished second in conference a of the guinness pro14 but suffered another semifinal loss to.
The 2017 senior cup final sees limerick make their first appearance in the showpiece fixture since being victorious in 1994 as they take on cork county at the mardyke on saturday, 12th august. Rugby travel ireland offers incredibly innovative tours across ireland, europe the southern hemisphere and north america. The book traces the origins of rugby in munster from its middle class beginning in the 1870s through to the professional era. With fantastic locations in spain, portugal, italy or the uk your players can experience top class rugby action ahead of cup competitions and also take in the culture in.
The rugby football union is the national governing body for grassroots and elite rugby in england, with 2,000 autonomous rugby clubs in its membership. The ilgu munster senior cup was held at lahinch golf club at the weekend. A victorious captain of munster junior and senior schools, he went on to skipper the ireland team at. Munster were seeded in tier 2 when the draw for the 201920 european rugby champions cup was made in lausanne, switzerland on wednesday 19 june 2019, and were drawn in pool 4 alongside defending champions saracens, racing 92, who count former munster players donnacha ryan and simon zebo amongst their squad, and fellow pro14 side ospreys. The coaching setup is of former and current senior players in the club and a management team of lifetime young munster supporters. Keith woods son alexander to the fore as munchins book semifinal date with pbc. Allconquering shannon travelled to musgrave park as the warmest of favourites, boasting a juggernaut pack of forwards taking on lighter and less experienced students, who had a different approach. Gonzaga college will be hoping that this is the first step on their way to going one better than last year while, later in the week, st michaels college begin the. Christians run seven tries past ardscoil to book allcork.
Deniss new history book highlights the funny side of limerick rugby. Munster rugby academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. A massive day in store for thurles rfc tomorrow as our ladies make history as the first thurles team to compete in a munster senior cup final against ail side ul bohs. The 28time winners ran in five tries to record an emphatic win this afternoon.
This notwithstanding, the schools competitions generate significant interest in their own right whilst old rivalries. Young munster rfc would like to introduce the new u20s coaching team for the 201920 season. Munsters victory part of folklore, limerick leader 31993. Unlike the munster senior cup which is knockout, the league format means that teams play a number of different games, with the most successful qualifying for the playoffs. Tries from cian oshea and liam coombes bookended the second half but it was not enough for conan doyles side whose hopes of dethroning lansdowne have been hit by an untimely a interprovincial. Munster cricket official munster cricket union website. With being one of the two clayton hotels munster schools senior cup games on wednesday that were straight knockout, there was a lot at stake for both bandon grammer school and rockwell college at. Club history the official site of sundays well rfc. Rugby football was a popular sport amongst the students of queens college. January 10, 2018 with the clayton hotels munster rugby schools cups kicking off next week we look back at a selection of photos of some of our members officiating in schools cup.
The province finished second in conference a of the guinness pro14 but. Newbridge caused one of the biggest shocks in the history of the leinster senior cup to make it an. Christmas 2018 marks a record year for limerick rugby website. The munster senior league was a rugby union competition for senior clubs in munster. What emerges is a fascinating account of the social, cultural and political strife not only. Ranking the 25 biggest controversies in rugby history. For biographical items on rugby players see sports people file. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. My life in rugby by donal lenihan as player, manager, and pundit, donal lenihan has seen it all in the world of rugby and done much of it too. His collaborator on this book, brendan odowd, munster schools cup winner and holder of munster senior cup medals, was a regular on munster teams at schools, junior and senior levels. Sundays well rugby club was founded in 1906, by a group of choir and altar boys from st. Gloucester rugby welcome exeter chiefs to kingsholm under the friday night lights.
But as history now records, castletroy didnt just take munster schools rugby by storm, it rattled it to its core. Munsters recent rugby success is based on casting off its snooty, middleclass image, says an academic whose research suggests the provinces identity is an invention of the. Bandon grammar book first ever semifinal place in senior cup. Christians run seven tries past ardscoil to book allcork munster schools senior cup final the 29time champions cruised past their limerick opposition at musgrave park. A big day in the history of garryowen, limerick leader 2091958, p1. Two clayton hotels munster schools senior cup quarterfinals take place at the markets field this wednesday limerick sides confirm lineups for munster schools senior cup quarterfinal clash 120220. Schools rugby is seen by the irfu as one of the two channels for players to learn their rugby and advance to senior levels. Leinster rugby leinster schools senior cup first round. In the early 1880s rugby was the game that was played all over kerry, and killorglin town was no exception to this. History of the odm financial munster senior cup munster rugby. Bandon grammar school created their special piece of history on a wet and windy afternoon at bandon rfc yesterday, advanceing to the semifinal of the munster senior schools cup for the first time.
Read all about the best of the munster schools rugby action with our partners munster haka in their weekly guest blog post on the psa academies website. Down at the interval yesterday, shannon produced a comeback without equal in a munster senior cup final to score 15 points in the second half and claim the cup in front of a crowd of 6,000. Honours go to munster in drawn game, limerick leader 2211958, p4. Covering the period from the games origins in ireland in the 1870s through to the onset of professional rugby in the twentyfirst century, this book seeks to examine munster rugby within the context of broader social, cultural and political trends in irish society. Healy class helps glenstal book return to cup decider munster schools senior cup glenstal are into the munster senior cup final for the second year running after a comprehensive semifinal victory.
Munster senior cup rugby union news newspapers books scholar jstor september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message the munster senior cup is a rugby union competition for the senior clubs affiliated to the munster branch of the irish rugby football union. Not in the competition a wet week and then came that remarkable 2008 double. The munster schools senior cup or munster senior cup is the underage rugby union competition for schools affiliated to the munster branch of the irfu schools rugby is seen by the irfu as one of the two channels for players to learn their rugby and advance to senior levels. Rugby in munster a social and cultural history by liam o. After topping pool 2 of the champions cup, munster went onto reach the champions cup semifinal stage for a record 14th time, going down to the eventual european champions, saracens, at the ricoh.
He has reported on rugby for rte, the limerick leader and irish examiner. Munster senior cup retains its magic as garryowen seek more glory. We have also taken thousands of supporters around the world on our official supporters tours including the british and irish lions, rugby world cups and six nations rugby. Thomond era of song and glory, limerick leader 2641986. Tune in throughout the 2018 schools cup season and make sure to follow all the day to day action on. This notwithstanding, the schools competitions generate significant interest in their own right whilst old rivalries are reawakened, and nostalgic memories abound ensuring that nobody who has been through the system. The competition has traditionally been dominated by senior clubs. Jul 10, 2014 the rugby world was most definitely not in union yesterday after remarks by south africas rugby president, louis luyt, reduced a banquet to mark the end of the world cup tournament to acrimonious. A major emphasis has been put on the structure, development and success of who the club. The leinster schools senior cup provides many things a. Battle lines drawn for intriguing munster senior cup clashes. Ahead of the odm financial munster senior cup final between cork constitution fc and garryowen fc on friday, 20th december at. This study is the first book length academic treatment of rugby football in ireland.
The limerick side have never won the competition and its their first time in the final since 1970 where they lost to rockwell college. The limerick side have never won the competition and its their first time in the final since 1970 where they lost to. He has served on the irfu committee and as president of the munster branch. The competition was established for the stronger junior clubs and the second teams of the senior clubs in the province of munster. The lahinch senior cup team were crowned champions after defeating muskerry, east cork, castletroy and douglas on the old course, lahinch. They defeated highfield 30 in a tough defensive game. And even though its a sports book, with the subtitle when munster beat the all blacks, its certainly a serious book. The munster schools senior cup or munster senior cup is the underage rugby union competition for schools affiliated to the munster branch of the irfu. Odm financial munster senior cup semi final action november 12. Fixtures between these two sides have been hardfought and. This study is the first booklength academic treatment of rugby football in ireland. Get the latest school rugby news from ireland, featuring results.
Two clayton hotels munster schools senior cup quarterfinals take place at the markets field this wednesday limerick sides confirm lineups for. Munster rugby is an irish professional rugby union team based in munster, that competes in the rabodirect pro12 and heineken cup the team represents the irish rugby football union munster branch which is one of four primary branches of the irfu, and is responsible for rugby union in the irish province of munster. Foley had only sketchy memories of the greatest day in munsters history, when the province beat the all blacks in 1978 and his father, brendan, an ireland prop forward, was in the side. He moved to cork and studied engineering at ucc and joined dolphin where he won a munster senior cup medal in 193031. Mar 20, 2017 glenstal abbey face a huge challenge in the form of presentation brothers college cork in the munster schools senior cup final on st patricks day in thomond park at 4pm. Godson powers gonzaga into first ever leinster senior cup final. Brave munster battled well, limerick leader 111989, p16. Rugby became the love of my life book extractplaying rugby for.
Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. The game was introduced to the south munster region by trinity graduates who were employed as teachers in cork, midleton and bandon. As pbc and cbc meet in todays munster senior schools cup final, simon zebo looks back on his virtuoso try in the 2007 decider between the cork rivals. The munster senior cup is a rugby union competition for the senior clubs affiliated to the munster branch of the irish rugby football union. Munster association of referees is with christopher harrington and 11 others in limerick, ireland.
Death of grand old man of irish rugby john macaulay, limerick leader 3181957, p1. Headline battle lines drawn for intriguing munster senior cup clashes. The story of thomond park thomond park stadium rugby. Pres start munster senior cup campaign with win over crescent college. The leinster schools senior cup provides many things a pipeline of players to the professional game, riveting oneanddone knockout rugby, rivalries over 100 years old but one thing it has. For a period in the 1980s, the cup was for under18s before reverting to under17s in the early 2000s following the change of eligibility date from 1 july to 1 january mid season. Another group of players making their marks on the history books are. Cup is proving one of the most competitive tournaments in schools rugby.
Gonzaga created history by making the leinster senior cup final for the first time on the back of the unlikely hattrick hero henry godson, a. The munster junior cup is a rugby union competition played in the province of munster, ireland. Both rugby union and rugby league have their origins in the style of football played at rugby school in england. In the early 1880s rugby was the game that was played all over kerry, and killorglin town was no. The 1981 munster senior cup final was played on easter saturday, april 18, and it produced one of the great shocks in the competitions history. Oct 17, 2016 foley had only sketchy memories of the greatest day in munsters history, when the province beat the all blacks in 1978 and his father, brendan, an ireland prop forward, was in the side. The winners compete with the other three provincial cup winners for the allireland cup top winners. Fixtures between these two sides have been hardfought and very competitive in recent seasons, with often just a score. With five different winners in the past five years, the clayton hotels munster schools senior cup is proving one of the most competitive tournaments in schools rugby. Includes appendix of cup winning teams with player lists.
May 11, 2015 the ilgu munster senior cup was held at lahinch golf club at the weekend. Alex wood, son of irish rugby legend keith, starred as his side beat ard scoil ris. Local historian and writer, denis oshaughnessy, has just published his latest book on limerick of the past and included are many references to the unique mirth that has threaded local. Illustrated throughout with bw photos, and some advertising. Odm financial munster senior cup semi final action. Godson powers gonzaga into first ever leinster senior cup. Jan 22, 2018 read all about the best of the munster schools rugby action with our partners munster haka in their weekly guest blog post on the psa academies website. The winners compete with the other three provincial cup winners for the allireland cup. The bank of ireland leinster rugby schools senior cup kicks off on sunday afternoon with the clash of 2019 finalists, gonzaga college, and blackrock college at energia park. What better way to bring your junior or senior cup team together than with a rugby tour. The initial cup final was a precursor to the leinster senior cup game at lansdowne road.
Deniss new history book highlights the funny side of. In 1982 bandon contested the cork senior charity cup and had a convincing victory over highfield. Leinster rugby history of the leinster rugby youths cups. Killorglin has long had an association with the game of rugby football, and it is accepted that the original club was founded in as early as 1885, although an exact date cannot be confirmed. In 1934, the club reached its first munster senior cup final under the. Rugby football was first played in ireland in trinity college.
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