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The 2024 European Rugby Champions Cup final was the final match of the 2023–24 European Rugby Champions Cup, and the 29th European club rugby final in general. It was contested by Leinster and Toulouse , the two most decorated clubs in the competition's history.
The Leinster Senior Cup is a major rugby competition in Ireland, involving all senior rugby clubs in Leinster, i.e., clubs from Leinster competing in the All-Ireland League. From 2006 until 2016 it was known as the Leinster Senior League Cup during the period when the Leinster Senior League had been discontinued, but reverted to its traditional ...
2024–25 United Rugby Championship; Countries Ireland Italy Scotland South Africa Wales: Date: 20 September 2024 – 14 June 2025: Matches played: 77: Attendance: 935,446 (average 12,149 per match) Highest attendance: 80,468 Leinster vs Munster (12 October 2024) Official website; unitedrugby.com
Leinster versus Munster is, according to some Irish commentators, one of the biggest provincial rivalries in world rugby, [1] which dates back to 1879, the year of founding of the provincial sides. Games between the two have occurred on an annual basis since the inception of the Irish inter-provincial championship in 1946.
The Leinster Branch was inaugurated at a meeting on 31 October 1879. The meeting was held at Lawrence's premises at 63 Grafton Street and was largely attended. Although this was the formal founding of Leinster as we know it today, with the amalgamation of the Irish Football Union and the Northern Union, the Leinster provincial team had been active since 1879 – when the first interprovincial ...
Gerard Siggins' series of novels, Rugby Spirit (2012), Rugby Warrior (2014), Rugby Rebel (2015), Rugby Flyer (2016) and Rugby Runner (2017) tell the story of a boy, Eoin Madden, who plays rugby for the fictional Dublin school "Castlerock College". He takes part in several campaigns with the school, including the Leinster Junior Cup.
Boyle joined the Leinster academy ahead of the 2021–22 season, [1] and made his senior debut for the province as a 54th minute replacement for Michael Milne in Leinster's 43–14 victory against Dragons on 18 February 2023. [2]
A Shane Jennings try in the first half helped Leinster to a 16-6 half-time lead, with Jamie Heaslip getting the second try in the second half. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was Johnny Sexton 's final match for Leinster before joining Racing Métro , and also coach Joe Schmidt 's last match before taking over as head coach of the Irish rugby team .