COACHES Maurice Logue (head coach), Niall Smullen, Bernard Jackman, Olan Savage, Stewart Gilbert, Andrew Fitzpatrick. - Bobby Byrne (coach). Verdict: Not the best draw for the Bray school as they take on league champions Castleknock in the first round. CASTLEKNOCK COLLEGE In addition, Leinster Schools captain Alex Mullan and Michael Colreavy are influential members of a fine pack of forwards. The semi-finals of the schools senior cup will kick off on the week of 6 March, with the full fixture . Gonzaga has enjoyed a very successful season to date, winning most of their friendlies and beating Newbridge College in a high-scoring final to win the Leinster Schools Senior League in December. [8] The competition was played yearly until the Covid-19 pandemic halted sporting contests in 2020 in Ireland. Home Farm, Distillery in 194142 and Wayside Celtic in 199899 are the only non-League of Ireland clubs to defeat a League of Ireland club in the final. Players from last year: Peter Hipple, Mark Flynn, Conor Larkin, Ronan Carroll. Last five years: 2000 first round; 1999 final; 1998 semi-final; 1997 quarter-final; 1996 first round. Attendances are high for a schoolboy competition, with up to 25,000 present at the final. Last four years: 2000 first round; 1999 first round; 1998 first round; 1997 first round. The Ranelagh school is captained by the physically dominant Paul Wilson, the number eight joining Ireland Schools full-back Hugo McLaughlin in the Leinster U19s triumph in this years interprovincial championship. Last three years: 2000 first round; 1999 second round; 1998 quarter-finals. After winning the Leinster Junior Cup, they qualified for the Leinster Senior Cup. Mixed form in the league gave way to an impressive 8-0 win away at Castleknock in the quarter-final and a battling 22-12 loss to Newbridge in the semi-finals. Blackrock College are back on top of 2A after a dominant display over Barnhall that sees them drop to fourth, UL move off the bottom while Nenagh kept their promotion dreams alive. Since the move to the RDS and live television coverage , the attendance has decreased and is now typically 10,000 to 14,000. Monkstown. [citation needed]. WE DON'T HAVE to wait too much longer for this year's Leinster Schools . Wesley College the second most with four wins. Impressive friendly record and two Leinster schools players in Simon Keogh and Gerry Cleary. TERENURE COLLEGE Connacht School's Senior Cup. Last five years: 2000 quarter-final; 1999 semi-final; 1998 semi-final; 1997 second round; 1996 second round. Greystones lead at the top grew to six points after Corinthians slipped up, elsewhere Belfast Harlequins and Sligo are still within a shot at promotion. International; Ireland; Coaches: J Casey, D Maybury, R O'Toole, T Kearns. SQUAD Conor Bourke, Sam Bourke, Matthew Brady, Finn Brien, Billy Corrigan, Alkan Dal, Mikey Doyle, Adam Dutton, Cian Eddy, Max Eggleston, James Healy, Dylan Henry, Dan Jordan, Finn Kelly, Luke Kelly, Sean Kenny, Zach Kirby, Ross Mackey, Adam McDonald, Jack McDonald, James McDonald, Cormac McGrath, Odhran Meade, Daniel Moraghan, Jack Murphy, Niall OCallaghan, Ronan OBoyle, Darragh OSullivan, Cathal Ryan, Lorcan Smith, Adam Tighe, Finn Treacy, Tadhg Treacy. After receiving a bye in the first round, Olympia beat St James's Gate in the semi-final. Brideville in 192425, Distillery in 194142 and St Patrick's Athletic in 194748 were all winners. Number eight Dylan McNeice has been impressive in a pack of forwards that has plenty of aggression. Coaches: D Thornton, C O'Sullivan, G Murphy. ST MARYS COLLEGE SQUAD Adam Larkin Smithers, Andrew Carroll, Billy Bohan, Calum Murphy, Christopher Jennings, Ciaran Mangan, Conor Manifold, Daniel Connolly, Dara Cosgrave, Hugo Owens, Jack Dennis, John R Walsh, John Sheedy, Joshua Montgomery, Mark Masterson, Max Wilson, Paddy Martin, Paddy Taylor, Patrick Forde, Ronan McGroary, Rory Allen, Ruair Byrne, Ruair Munnelly, Sam Berney Treacy, Shane Davitt, Shane Treacy, Tadgh Brophy, Tadhg Kelly, Todd Lawlor, Ben OConnor, Billy Cross, Charlie OLoughlin, Conor Hanly, Daniel Cox, Sam OLoughlin. After Leinster Nomads, Bohemians and Shelbourne, Olympia became the fourth team to win the Leinster Senior Cup. The Leinster Senior cup returned for the 2023 season. Last five years: 2000 first round; 1999 first round; 1998 second round; 1997; 1996. Railway Union and UL Bohs kept their unbeaten run going as the Robins moved top, Blackrock are just behind them in third, while Wicklow got the, City of Armagh hung onto top spot as Buccaneers are just one point behind them in the table, elsewhere no positions changed after the results, as Old, Blackrock College are back on top of 2A after a dominant display over Barnhall that sees them drop to fourth, UL move off the bottom while Nenagh, Enniscorthy picked up a huge scalp over Galway Corinthians while Galwegians are six points away from moving out of the bottom two places, Greystones, Railway Union and UL Bohs kept their unbeaten run going as the Robins moved top, Blackrock are. A number of games will be streamed live which you can view here. SQUAD Leo Beary, Lucas Maguire, Conal Lohan Kilraine, Evan Judge, Dualta Larkin, Hugh Quigley, Ruben Maguire, Dylan McNeice, Josh Gordon, Niall Cox, Sean Turner, Sean Byrne, Rian Tracey, Sennan Campbell, Jack Grant, Aidan Walsh, Charlie OByrne, Oliver Manks, Cathal Lynch, James Ginnelly, Eoghan OReilly, Eamon MacNicholas, Mitchell Grant, Oran Redmond, Jude Barrett, Jamie Collins, Euan Thompson, Shane OConnor, Robbie OConnell, Hugo Fitzgerland, Gerard Jaksland, Finn Walsh. Type of cup: Further Cup. Prospects: With only six sixth years in the team, Holy Faith did extremely well to qualify from Section A, albeit profiting from a good draw. Bank of Ireland Leinster Rugby Schools Cup Bank of Ireland Leinster Rugby Schools Senior Cup (54) Fixture List - Schools Senior Cup. Assistants: Enda Gormley, Conor McPhillips. In a rollercoaster of emotion normally reserved for Hollywood blockbusters St. Marys College, Newbridge College are the first team into the hat for the Semi Final stage, after they produced a, Clongowes have booked their spot in next Mondays Leinster Schools Quarter Final, after, Gonzaga College have put the rest of the Quarter Finalists on notice after an emphatic 64-15 win, Cistercian College Roscrea produced a strong second half comeback to overcome Catholic University, CBC Monkstown needed a late penalty try to ensure they would book a safe passage to the last eight, St Marys College advanced to the next stage of the Leinster Senior Schools Cup as they, Clongowes Wood College held out for a huge 17-15 victory over Terenure College, after a really, Newbridge College have booked their place in the last eight , after a slick performance to beat a, Following the conclusion of the Celtic Challenge tournament, Greg McWlliams has named a 32-player, Clontarf and Terenure remain focused on the other at the top, Shannon and UCD picked up big wins as, Railway Union and UL Bohs kept their unbeaten run going as the Robins moved top, Blackrock are. It is currently contested by LFA affiliated League of Ireland clubs, Leinster Senior League Senior Division clubs and invited teams from the various LFA affiliated junior leagues. Terenure will also be looking to their Austrian out-half Caspar Gabriel Lorin to help things along in attack alongside the very capable Elliot Mallen at scrum-half. There are plenty of options for the cerebral playmaker with fellow international Finn Treacy a focal point of the attack. Made the league semi-final but had some heavy defeats against the better sides in friendlies. Despite hammering the Kildare school earlier in the season, this could prove a stumbling block. St Michael's completed the semi-final line-up for the Bank of Ireland Leinster Schools Senior Cup at Energia Park on Monday afternoon. Coaches: Joe McDonnell, Matthew Ward, Adrian Dungan. Players from last year: Alan Kavanagh, Pierce Breen, Enda Kelliher, Don Ross. Kilkenny has had a very solid season, going well in the League before coming up short against Gonzaga in the semi-final. Summerhill College v St. Muredach's College. COACHES Sean Skehan (head coach), Joe Carbery (Backs), Angus Anderson (forwards), Darragh Coyle, Alex Smith, Ronan McNamara, Brian Fitzpatrick, Aaron OConnor (S&C). COACHES Declan Fassbender (head coach), Martin Fenlon, Tom McKeown, James Kenny, Tom Barry, Brian Barron, Harry Colbert, Jack Connelly, Paul Kieran (Manager). Verdict: "This year's side is young and inexperienced. Leinster Schools squad member Luke McLaughlin, at hooker, and the ever-present second-row pairing of Jamie Kennedy and Tom Wyley make Zaga formidable up front. CISTERCIAN COLLEGE, ROSCREA Players from last year: John Phelan (hooker), Dermot O'Loughlin (number eight, second row), Peter Corcoran (flanker), Shane Garvey (out-half). The draw took place immediately after the final second round game in Energia Park, between St Michael's College and Clongowes Wood College. Will Terenure College still be at, Clontarf were big winners over Terenure to close the gap to three points as they leapfrog Cork Con, There are only seven rounds of normal action left in the league campaign and things are really, There were wins for Terenure College, Cork Con, Ballynahinch, Young Munster and Lansdowne at the, Its a big weekend for all the teams in the top four. Last five years: 2000 semi-finals; 1999 first round; 1998 second round; 1997 second round; 1996 second round. There is maturity at half-back where both Sam Wisniewski and Ross OConnor should be able to guide the game plan. The Kildare school topped its group in the League and followed that up with wins against CBC Monkstown and Cistercian College, Roscrea in the quarter and semi-finals, respectively. Prospects: Should have the measure of CUS but a likely clash with St Michael's should end their interest in the cup. Would boast a 30/70 chance of winning a second-round match if they make it. CAPTAIN Oliver Coffey CAPTAIN Josh Perrem. [13], In 2008, Leinster Rugby instituted an award for overall performance of a school at every level of schools rugby. Sascha Byrne. Leinster Schools Senior Cup SF St Michael's Coll V Blackrock Coll KO 3pm. COACHES Stanley McDowell (head coach), Karl Miller (Lineout/defence coach), Declan Lavery (scrum/breakdown coach) Stephen OHanrahan (S&C), Mark Feeney (forwards coach), Eoin Quinn: (kicking/skills coach). It is also the oldest association football cup competition in the Republic of Ireland. After the Leinster Football Association was founded in 1892 it began organizing its own cup competition. Last years Ireland Schools tight-head was joined in the Leinster U19s squad by lock Luke Policky. The inaugural final saw Leinster Nomads defeat Dublin University 21. 12 Leinster Rugby players selected in Irish women's Six Nations squad. Blackrock come into this campaign with victories over the likes of Terenure, RBAI, CBC Cork and Methodist, balanced out by defeats to Gonzaga, Newbridge, St Michaels and Clongowes. In the pack, senior players Ben Nolan and Carlos Mantero-Belard will look to impose their physicality on the game. In doing so they also caused one of the biggest upsets in the history of Leinster football. Shouldn't lack confidence, but might not be strong enough to make an impact in Section B. Verdict: "After last year's shock defeat against Kilkenny we are taking nothing for granted against Mount Temple." Date Event Time/Results Ground Match Day; 2023-02-27 15:00:13 27 February 2023: St. Michael's College v Clongowes Wood College: 27 - 17: Energia Park. Brideville were losing finalists in 192324 as were Glasnevin in 192425, Grangegorman in 194647, Transport in 194748, St Patrick's Athletic in 195051 and Longford Town in 195455. While the Junior Cup kicks off on Tuesday, 7 February. Players from last year: R Gaughan, C Mullen, D Murray, M Stewart, D Hayes. Last five years: 2000 semi-final (Section A); 1999 semi-final (Section A); 1998 first round; 1997 semi-final (Section A); 1996 semi-final (Section A). GONZAGA COLLEGE Players from last year: D Myers, P Caldwell, S Rand, J Wynne, M Pitt, C Glynn, K Sothern, J Broadhead, O Ekuma-Nkama, A Trenier. Energetic hooker Finn Brien and Ireland U19s second-row Billy Corrigan lead the pack. Players from last year: B Donohue, K McInerney, E Nevin, C O'Keeffe, D Reynolds (injured), C Ryan, D Walsh. New coach David Wright succeeds Derek Cole who stepped down after 28 years but his first cup campaign in charge will end with a defeat to league finalists King's Hospital. Prospects: If they can overcome Castleknock in the opening match, then they could reasonably expect to make the quarter-finals where they would meet either St Mary's or Belvedere. The school is one win away from their first ever Leinster Schools Senior Cup triumph. COACHES Matthew Wright (head coach), Johnny O Donoghue (forwards coach), John English (backs coach), Toms O Leary (Director of Rugby). HPD's Senior Affordable Rental Apartments (SARA) Program provides gap financing in the form of low interest loans to support the construction and renovation of affordable housing for seniors, 62+ years in age, with low incomes. Lansdowne Road beckons. Prospects: Templeogue have a penchant for edging towards the latter stages of the cup. Verdict: The premier side in Section A by virtue of last Wednesday's victory, they face a tough game against Newbridge. With Newbridge college, Castleknock college, Gonzaga college, Kilkenny college and presentation college bray having a history of regularly competing in hotly contested games with the "big six". Even more rare is to lose both the Senior and Junior Cup Finals in the same year. Players from last year: Adam Shehabeddin (out-half), Aaron O'Grady (second row), Ian Dumbleton (flanker), David McElroy (flanker). For the duration of this partnership with Beauchamps, the Senior Cup was known as the "Beauchamps Leinster Schools Senior Cup". The Leinster Senior Cup is an association football cup competition organized by the Leinster Football Association. Out-half Louis Gaughan is a capable game manager and Andre Ryan is a top-notch competitor in the midfield. It includes all Leinster based League of Ireland clubs from the Premier Division and First Division, as well as a selection of intermediate level sides.The competition marks the return of the cup since it went on hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland. St Marys College v Wesley College, Energia Park, Thursday (February 2), KO 3.00. Mary's shock defeat to Kilkenny last season will make them wary this time around. We are hoping to maintain the steady progress of the last four or five years." Players from last year: J Walsh, S O'Farrelly, Niall Byrne, Keith Doyle, A Murray, B O'Connor. Clontarf and Terenure remain focused on the other at the top, Shannon and UCD picked up big wins as Garryowen have been relegated from 1A. Mountjoy School was amalgamated with other schools in 1972 to become Mount Temple Comprehensive School. Instonians are looking ever closer to being in 2B next year, elsewhere Bruff close the gap to Clonmel in the top four race, while Ballina picked up a vital win to ease their woes. ST ANDREWS COLLEGE A mixed league campaign produced wins against CBC Monkstown and CUS, leading to a quarter-final loss away to Kilkenny, consolation coming from the group achieving one of their main goals in qualifying for the Leinster Schools Senior Cup. COACHES Kolo Kiripati (head coach), Alan Long (backs), John O Dowd, Tyrone Elliott, John Butler, Michael Lawlor, Annie McCarra Gonzaga were first past the post to make it into the Leinster Schools' Senior Cup final at Energia Park on Wednesday. We have been pitted against a big school where rugby is taken very seriously." Should make the penultimate stage, possible finalists but not winners. In September 1967, the then Minister for Education Donogh O'Malley introduced free secondary school education. Hooker Rian Handley, younger brother of captain Oran, and flanker Aaron Bennett-Murphy epitomise the never say die attitude of the team. SQUAD Eoin McDermott, Karl Brennan, Liam Granville, Harry Kelly, Arthur ORahilly, Daniel Flood, Dan Reddin, Dan Cox, Ryan Bolger, Ben Merry, Karl Russell, Ryan McCann, Finn Doran, Charlie Craig Coghlan, Alan Spicer, Calum McKinley, Callum Fitzgerald, Charlie Coughlin, Calum McDonald, Jamie Lynch, Alex Usanov, Morgan McMahon, Maitiu ONeill, Jack Rees, Paul Flanagan, Matthew Doyle, Louis Gaughan, Jonathan Lynch, Cian OByrne, Finn Byrne, Jack Dunne, Sean OGrady, Andre Ryan, Shayne Barry, Gordon Barr, Paddy OGrady, Tom Quinn, Cillian Leyden, Hugh Fitzgerald, Dan Dillon. It means Newbridge and Gonzaga . SQUAD Luke Begley-Taylor, Edward Deering, Fionn Devereux, Joseph Durkan, Gregory Ewing, Liam Flaherty, Gavin Foley, Mark Gallagher, James Gannon, Jack Halpin, Alex Holt, Zack Hopkins, Cillian Jacobs, Lucca Jennings, Ethan Kenny, Tom Keogan, Kern Kinnear, David Leane, Luke McGill, Daniel McNulty, James Molloy, Jack Moloney, Matthew Morrisey, Evan Moynihan, Gavin Mulvihill, Sen Murray Norton, Aaron OBrien, Oisn OMalley, Tiernan OShea, Luke Policky, Patrick Power, Oran Reid, Sam Ryan, Ruadhn Smyth, Jamie Smyth. The skilful, combative midfield pair of Jody Browne and Aidan OFlanagan is hugely important. [citation needed], The 2020 season could not be completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and as a result the title was deemed shared for the first time by Clongowes Wood College and Newbridge College. 53.3210197-6.233105499999999. They have split the captaincy between goal-kicking number eight Danny Ruane and centre Peter McEntegart. Players from last year: J Canavan, B Carson, A Cloonan, G Doyle, T Fahy, M Hayes, J Hedigan, R Leyden, H Lord, B McArdle, B McGarrity, B McLoughlin, Gary Murphy, Gavin Murphy, B O'Brien, D O'Brien, E O'Griofa, E O'Meara, D O'Reilly, K Smith, T Whelan, J Wickham, G Woodcock. CAPTAIN Paul Wilson. St. Fintan's High School and Temple Carrig School are the most recent 'new' schools to the competition, making their debuts in the 2016/17 and 2019/20 seasons respectively. CAPTAIN Alex Kelly. The school's name is an homage to that in Paul Howard's books, as Siggins had coined the name "Ross O'Carroll Kelly". [citation needed], FreeSports replaced Eir Sport as the competition broadcaster ahead of the 2019 competition where they will broadcast eight games live. Last five years: 2000 second round; 1999 first round; 1998 first round; 1997 quarterfinals; 1996 first round. Description. Coaches: Philip Rigney. Cup shared. PRESENTATION COLLEGE, BRAY The Charter Center is committed to helping existing and prospective charter schools succeed in this ever-changing . Prospects: Unusually for Clongowes they lost more pre-season friendlies that they won, including their first four matches. Coaches: Gerry Murphy, Des Thornton, Charlie O'Sullivan, Allan Ryan. The first round of the Senior Cup will begin on Sunday, 29 January. Led by captain and lock Matthew Somerville, Nure is a youthful side this year with prop Adam Cooper and loose forward Ben Blaney making the quick transition from Junior Cup to Senior Cup this year. Monkstown. have also been finalists.[5]. Players from last year: B Silverlock, K Connolly, Ross Mooney, Stephen Moran, Alex Searson, Niall Clauberg. In the final they defeated Shelbourne 10 with a goal scored by Fran Watters. Verdict: Narrowly lost last Wednesday's Section A final against St Columba's. Outstanding victory in the St Joseph's tournament and a large smattering of interprovincial players. January 27, 2023 - James Morrow (Head Games Master). With no disrespect to Mount Temple, Monkstown are fortunate not to have drawn a strong team. 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[1] After the inaugural win by Nomads, Bohemians and Shelbourne monopolised the cup for the next twenty-four years. Clonglowes Wood Director of Rugby Tomas OLeary, the former Munster and Ireland half-back, will lean on head coach Matthew Wright and his assistants Johnny ODonoghue and John English to steer the ship. He takes part in several campaigns with the school, including the Leinster Junior Cup. It is currently contested by LFA affiliated League of Ireland clubs, Leinster Senior League Senior Division clubs and invited teams from the various LFA affiliated junior leagues. St Michaels College v Belvedere College, Energia Park, Sunday KO 3.00. However, the side has shown improvement of late and we look forward to a tough encounter with Templeogue" - Pat Gregory (team manager). Wesley College is again looking to punch above its weight with a young team eager to impress. Following the introduction of the League of Ireland in 192122, League of Ireland clubs have dominated the competition. Prospects: Early promise gave way to mediocrity, not helped by injuries to six players. The competition and schools rugby in the four provinces has also been praised with "Irish (rugby) game in debt to schools rugby". Week four of the Energia Cup, Railway Union And UL Bohs are out to keep their unbeaten run going, Railway Union and UL Bohs both kept their unbeaten status alive after the thirds round of cup, One game to be decided from the Week 3 cup ties as Railway Union travel to take on Old Belvedere in, Week 3 of the Energia Cup brings us yet more exciting ties as we have a repeat of the conference. Verdict: Large representation from last year's squad, they should prove too good for. Ground. Verdict: Stand at 1-1 in their meetings with Gonzaga this season. It has taken the players quite a while to adjust to senior level. Players from last year: A O Connor, M Gray, Stuart Abbott, S Wallace, Brian Hastings, M Hastings, O Ashiru. Gonzaga College v St Andrews College, Clontarf RFC, Friday (February 3), KO 3.00. Terenure have been improving steadily and, favoured by the draw, should cruise into the semi-finals where they might have too much for Michael's. [2] For most of this era Bohemians and Shelbourne were members of the Irish Football League.[3]. 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Leinster U19s extended squad members Alex Kelly and James Ruddy, last years locks, are back for another crack. It happened to Blackrock College for the first time in 2017. Last five years: 2000 first round; 1999 quarter-final; 1998 first round; 1997 semi-final; 1996 second round. Drawn finals are replayed. Players from last year: Iaun Wallace (prop), Harold Leech (hooker), Gareth McCuskey (second row), Paul Swaine (second row), Lloyd Williams (flanker), David Popplewell (scrum-half), Henry Wilkinson (centre), Marc Culhane (wing), Richard Morris (full-back), Mark England (number eight). Instonians grasp on the 2C title continues to tighten after their 13th successive win of the season, Tullamore, Skerries and Clonmel all secured wins to maintain a top four finish. Out-half Conor OShaughnessy, prop Tom ORiordan, hooker Mikey Yarr, utility forward Jack Angulo and wing Maxim Aschenbrenner made the bench on that special day. Last five years: 2000 quarter-finals; 1999 second round; 1998 second round; 1997 first round; 1996 first round. The second occasion was in 1979 & 1980 when they were defeated in successive finals by Terenure College. Castleknock Director of Rugby Adrian Flavin has overseen steady progress in recent years for a school that last won the Senior Cup in 1965. Centre McEntaggart and tight-head prop John Cadogan are important anchors in defence and at the set-piece, respectively. Prospects: Section A winners Mount Temple will relish the opportunity of taking on one of the weaker B sides in CBC Monkstown. SQUAD Adam Bolton, Adam Fitzsimons Nolan, Ben Sharpe, Cal Traynor-Russell, Charlie Blackmore, Charlie Cave, Charlie Flusk, Charlie Meagher, Christopher OToole. Be among the first to hear the latest news from Donnybrook and the RDS and get information on tickets and merchandise. Last five years: 2000 first round; 1999 first round; 1998 first round; 1997 first round; 1996 first round. 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