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It is a 12 school competition played by the strongest schools outside of the "Big Six”. [1] The so-called "Big Six" of Leinster schools rugby (Blackrock College, Clongowes Wood College, St Mary's College, Dublin, Terenure College, Belvedere College and St Michael's College, Dublin) do not participate in the competition, although St Michael's ...
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]
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 ...
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 ...
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]
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 .
Leinster have won the Challenge Cup once, in 2012. To encourage the development of Irish talent, the provinces are allowed only three non-Irish-qualified players in their squads. [15] Each province has an academy programme to develop young players from local schools and clubs to professional level. [16]
The Leinster League is the second tier of rugby in Leinster, behind the Leinster Senior League. It has five divisions. [ 1 ] The champions qualify for a round-robin tournament with the champions of the other three provincial junior leagues for one of two promotion places to the All-Ireland League .