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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]
From 2005 onwards, however, Setanta Sports began coverage of school's rugby. This included the finals of all provincial finals and coverage of the Leinster Schools Junior Cup. The Leinster Senior Cup was most prominent, however, with coverage from every game played at Donnybrook and every round of the competition. [citation needed]
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.
Despite the domination of the rugby schools the Cup is much less prone to "runs" of victories by a single school, the longest being Belvedere's 4 (1916–1919) and Blackrock's 4s (1979–1982) and (2013–2016). [citation needed] Castleknock College dominated the competition in the 1920s, winning 6 titles including their three-in-a-row (1920 ...
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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 ...
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]
Doris was born in Lacken, County Mayo. [1] Doris' first involvement with rugby was with Ballina.He attended boarding school from the age of 12 onwards at Blackrock College in Dublin, where he was a member of the victorious Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup team in 2014 [2] as well as captaining the 2016 side. [3]