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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]
In 2008, Leinster Rugby instituted an award for overall performance of a school at every level of schools rugby. The award, "Powerade Leinster Rugby School of the Year", has been given at an annual Leinster awards ceremony. [citation needed] The inaugural winners were C.B.C. Monkstown.
Gus made his debut for Leinster Rugby in April 2024 away in South Africa against Stormers. [6] He made his first start for the club in the United Rugby Championship against Edinburgh in September 2024. [7] The young hooker became a regular starter for the club at the start of the 2024-25 season. [8]
Each of the four Provinces holds a Schools Cup competition every season, usually culminating in a Provincial Cup Final held on or around St Patricks Day (17 March each year). Despite the age group the qualifying games and finals are usually very well attended with crowds often better than those attending most adult club games, for Leinster ...
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The Leinster Schools Junior Cup competition is confined to students under the age of 16. The competition is held every year between January and March, with the final in late March. The first recorded Junior Cup was held in 1909 where St. Andrew's College edged out Belvedere to take the "inaugural" cup.
The Leinster Senior League, inaugurated in 1971–72, [1] is a rugby union competition for senior clubs in the Irish province of Leinster. It has traditionally been ranked second in importance to the Leinster Senior Cup .
Strong performances at school level saw Baird rewarded with a place in Leinster's academy ahead of the 2018–19 season, [1] and he made his senior competitive debut for the province in their 14–13 defeat against Ulster during round 21 of the 2018–19 Pro14 on 27 April 2019. [2]