The Leinster Schools Junior Challenge Cup is an under-age
rugby union competition for schools affiliated to the
Leinster Branch
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of the
IRFU.
Background
The Leinster Schools Junior Cup competition is confined to students under the age of 16. The cup is held every January - March with the final in late March. It is usually seen as a good forecast as who will win the
Leinster Schools Senior Cup in the following years.
The first recorded Junior Cup was held in 1909 where St. Andrew's College edged out Belvedere to take the "inaugural" cup. There is speculation that the competition was in existence before this but there are no surviving records to prove this.
In recent years the competition has been dominated by Blackrock College and St. Michael's College, who from 2011 to 2020 had a stranglehold on the trophy. Though Newbridge College have begun to emerge as Junior Cup contenders in recent years, sharing the cup with Blackrock in 2020 and beating them in the final in the delayed 2021 edition of the tournament. Only 12 different schools have lifted the Junior Cup, compared to the Senior Cup where 17 different schools have won the title.
Blackrock College have the most victories (52), followed by
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
(17) with
Terenure College the next best (10). 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).
Castleknock College dominated the competition in the 1920s, winning 6 titles including their three-in-a-row (1920–1922).
To date only six schools have achieved the Senior and Junior Cup double. These are Blackrock, who have achieved this feat 26 times (1910, 1912, 1927, 1933, 1935–36, 1942–43, 1945, 1948, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1962, 1964, 1981–82, 1986–87, 1995, 2004, 2006, 2013–14, 2018), St Michaels twice (2012 and 2019), Newbridge College (2020), Belvedere (2005), Terenure (1958) and Castleknock (1920). Since the Junior Cup records began, only the decade of the 1970s did not produce a double.
Even more rare is to lose both the Senior and Junior Cup Finals in the same year. This has been experienced by seven schools on 12 occasions.
Terenure College leads with 4 (1957, 1964, 1969 & 1987), followed by
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
with 3 (1930, 1944 & 1962), next
Blackrock College (2017),
St. Michael's College (2010), St Mary's College (1943),
Newbridge College (1939) and Cistercian College Roscrea (1910) with 1 each. Remarkably Blackrock College had never been beaten in both finals in the same year until 2017.
Blackrock College have only been defeated in successive finals on three occasions. In the 1919/20 they were runners up two times in a row, defeated by Belvedere in 1919 followed by a walkover by Castleknock in 1920. The second occasion was thirty years later in 1949/50 when they were defeated in successive finals by Clongowes Wood College and Newbridge College respectively. The third and last occasion was when Blackrock College were beaten in successive finals (three times in a row) by Terenure College in 1976, 1977 and 1978.
During the 16 years from 1975 to 1990 the Junior Cup was won by only three different schools. Blackrock College with 7 wins, Terenure College with 5 wins and Presentation College Bray with 4 wins.
In the 1971 JCT final Terenure College were defeated 6-5 in a replay by St Mary's College, following an earlier 3-3 draw. Terenure College scored a converted try which at the time was just 5 points (3+2) to St Mary's two penalties 6 points.
In the 1977 JCT Final at Lansdowne Road, Terenure were trailing Blackrock by 10 points to 9 points at the stroke of full time when they were awarded a penalty from inside their own half, directly in front of the posts. Up stepped their out-half, who converted the 60 yards (55 metre) penalty to win the cup.
The 1988 final was the third and last time that no Dublin based school was represented in the final (Pres Bray V Clongowes). The other two occasions were 1939 (Roscrea V Newbridge) and 1947 (Clongowes V Newbridge).
In the 2002 final, Castleknock College looked to have ended a 36-year wait for their 9th Junior title, leading St Michael's 6-0 until the last play of the match. Instead, a converted try under the posts secured the south Dublin school their second title.
St Michael's has the distinction of being runners up in five finals in a row (2007-2011), losing out to two great Terenure sides back to back (09-10) they were eventual winners in their 6th final in a row in 2012.
In 2018 St Mary's College once again lost a JCT final to its sister school Blackrock College. St Mary's College have never managed to defeat Blackrock College in either a JCT or SCT final, losing out on four occasions in both competitions.
In 2020 the final between Newbridge College and Blackrock College was not played due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The IRFU declared the titled shared for the first time and as a result Newbridge won the Double as they also shared the Senior title.
In 2021 the competition was delayed until September due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. Newbridge College triumphed over Blackrock College in the final 19-15, winning their 3rd ever Junior Cup.
In 2022 the competition resumed its normal schedule. Cistercian College Roscrea made their first Junior Cup Final in 82 years (last appearance was 1940). Unfortunately, they lost out to St. Michael's College 26-19.
Performance by school
Note: This list is based on the information below which may be incomplete.
History
1900s
* 1909
St. Andrew's College beat
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
9-0
1910s
* 1910
Blackrock College beat
Cistercian College, Roscrea after a 0-0 draw 6-3
* 1911
Blackrock College beat
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
28-0
* 1912
Blackrock College beat
St Andrews College 28-9
* 1913
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
beat
after a 0-0 draw 3-0
* 1914
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
beat
St Andrews College after a 3-3 draw 13-0
* 1915
Castleknock College beat
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27-0
* 1916
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
beat
Kilkenny College after a 0-0 draw 5-0
* 1917
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
beat
Blackrock College 5-3
* 1918
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
awarded Walkover against
Castleknock College after three draws 3-3, 0-0, 0-0
* 1919
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
beat
Blackrock College 16-3
1920s
* 1920
Castleknock College awarded walkover against
Blackrock College
* 1921
Castleknock College beat
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46-0
* 1922
Castleknock College beat
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
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Belvedere owes its origin ...
6-3
* 1923
Blackrock College beat
CUS 12-0
* 1924
Castleknock College beat
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
13-0
* 1925
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
beat
Blackrock College 6-3
* 1926
Castleknock College beat
CUS 9-0
* 1927
Blackrock College beat
Masonic Boys School, Clonskeagh
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12-0
* 1928
Castleknock College beat
Blackrock College 3-0
* 1929
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
beat
Newbridge College 6-0
1930s
* 1930
Presentation College, Bray
Presentation College ( ga, Coláiste na Toirbhirte; colloquially known as Pres Bray) is a Catholic boys' secondary school established in 1921 by the Presentation Brothers in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland.
There are currently about 970 studen ...
beat
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
14-6
* 1931
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
beat
O'Connell Schools
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after two 0-0 draws, 3-0
* 1932
Blackrock College beat
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
17-3
* 1933
Blackrock College beat
O'Connell Schools
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6-3
* 1934
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beat
Mountjoy School
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(now Mount Temple Comprehensive School) 6-0
* 1935
Blackrock College beat
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
10-8
* 1936
Blackrock College beat
Castleknock College 12-6
* 1937
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
beat
Castleknock College 3-0
* 1938
The High School beat
Newbridge College 5-3
* 1939
Cistercian College, Roscrea beat
Newbridge College after a 0-0 draw 9-0
1940s
* 1940
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
beat
Cistercian College, Roscrea 14-0
* 1941
Blackrock College beat
Newbridge College 9-0
* 1942
Blackrock College beat
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
6-3
* 1943
Blackrock College beat
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5-3
* 1944
Clongowes Wood
Clongowes Wood College SJ is a voluntary boarding school for boys near Clane, County Kildare, Ireland, founded by the Jesuits in 1814, which features prominently in James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel ''A Portrait of the Artist as a You ...
beat
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
13-3
* 1945
Blackrock College beat
Clongowes Wood
Clongowes Wood College SJ is a voluntary boarding school for boys near Clane, County Kildare, Ireland, founded by the Jesuits in 1814, which features prominently in James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel ''A Portrait of the Artist as a You ...
3-0
* 1946
Blackrock College beat
Castleknock College 6-0
* 1947
Clongowes Wood
Clongowes Wood College SJ is a voluntary boarding school for boys near Clane, County Kildare, Ireland, founded by the Jesuits in 1814, which features prominently in James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel ''A Portrait of the Artist as a You ...
beat
Newbridge College 19-5
* 1948
Blackrock College beat
Clongowes Wood
Clongowes Wood College SJ is a voluntary boarding school for boys near Clane, County Kildare, Ireland, founded by the Jesuits in 1814, which features prominently in James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel ''A Portrait of the Artist as a You ...
13-0
* 1949
Clongowes Wood
Clongowes Wood College SJ is a voluntary boarding school for boys near Clane, County Kildare, Ireland, founded by the Jesuits in 1814, which features prominently in James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel ''A Portrait of the Artist as a You ...
beat
Blackrock College 9-0
1950s
* 1950
Newbridge College beat
Blackrock College 13-0
* 1951
Blackrock College beat
CUS 14-3
* 1952
Clongowes Wood
Clongowes Wood College SJ is a voluntary boarding school for boys near Clane, County Kildare, Ireland, founded by the Jesuits in 1814, which features prominently in James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel ''A Portrait of the Artist as a You ...
beat
Blackrock College 5-3
* 1953
Blackrock College beat
Castleknock College 6-0
* 1954
Blackrock College beat
Castleknock College 6-0
* 1955
Terenure College beat
Blackrock College 9-0
* 1956
Blackrock College beat
Newbridge College 8-3
* 1957
Blackrock College beat
Terenure College after a 0-0 draw 11-0
* 1958
Terenure College beat
Blackrock College 13-9
* 1959
Blackrock College beat
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8-0
1960s
* 1960
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
beat
St Paul's College, Raheny
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3-0
* 1961
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
beat
Blackrock College 8-3
* 1962
Blackrock College beat
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
6-0
* 1963
St. Mary's College Saint Mary's College (in French, ''Collège Sainte-Marie''), is the name of several colleges and schools:
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*St Mary's College, Ipswich, an all-girls Catholic school in Queensland
*St Mary's College, Maryborough, a co-educational school i ...
beat
Castleknock College after a 3-3 draw 3-0
* 1964
Blackrock College beat
Terenure College 14-3
* 1965
Blackrock College beat
Castleknock College 25-0
* 1966
Castleknock College beat
De La Salle College Churchtown
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6-3
* 1967
Terenure College beat
Blackrock College 6-5
* 1968
Blackrock College beat
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
after a 3-3 draw 12-3
* 1969
Blackrock College beat
Terenure College 9-6
1970s
* 1970
Blackrock College beat
Clongowes Wood
Clongowes Wood College SJ is a voluntary boarding school for boys near Clane, County Kildare, Ireland, founded by the Jesuits in 1814, which features prominently in James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel ''A Portrait of the Artist as a You ...
23-11
* 1971
St. Mary's College Saint Mary's College (in French, ''Collège Sainte-Marie''), is the name of several colleges and schools:
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*St Mary's College, Ipswich, an all-girls Catholic school in Queensland
*St Mary's College, Maryborough, a co-educational school i ...
beat
Terenure College after a 3-3 draw 6-5
* 1972
Blackrock College beat
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
14-13
* 1973
Blackrock College beat
Presentation College, Bray
Presentation College ( ga, Coláiste na Toirbhirte; colloquially known as Pres Bray) is a Catholic boys' secondary school established in 1921 by the Presentation Brothers in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland.
There are currently about 970 studen ...
after 9-9 draw 4-0
* 1974
St. Mary's College Saint Mary's College (in French, ''Collège Sainte-Marie''), is the name of several colleges and schools:
Australia
*St Mary's College, Ipswich, an all-girls Catholic school in Queensland
*St Mary's College, Maryborough, a co-educational school i ...
beat
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
10-4
* 1975
Presentation College, Bray
Presentation College ( ga, Coláiste na Toirbhirte; colloquially known as Pres Bray) is a Catholic boys' secondary school established in 1921 by the Presentation Brothers in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland.
There are currently about 970 studen ...
beat
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
9-7
* 1976
Terenure College beat
Blackrock College 6-4
* 1977
Terenure College beat
Blackrock College 12-10
* 1978
Terenure College beat
Blackrock College 10-6
* 1979
Blackrock College beat
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
4-0
1980s
* 1980
Blackrock College beat
Templeogue College
Templeogue College C.S.Sp is a boys' voluntary secondary school in the suburb of Templeogue, Dublin in Ireland. History and statistics
It was founded in 1966 and is run by the Holy Ghost Fathers, a Roman Catholic religious institute. The scho ...
4-0
* 1981
Blackrock College beat
Presentation College, Bray
Presentation College ( ga, Coláiste na Toirbhirte; colloquially known as Pres Bray) is a Catholic boys' secondary school established in 1921 by the Presentation Brothers in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland.
There are currently about 970 studen ...
16-10
* 1982
Blackrock College beat
Terenure College after a 3-3 draw, 12-9
* 1983
Terenure College beat
Blackrock College 8-4
* 1984
Blackrock College beat
Terenure College 6-3
* 1985
Presentation College, Bray
Presentation College ( ga, Coláiste na Toirbhirte; colloquially known as Pres Bray) is a Catholic boys' secondary school established in 1921 by the Presentation Brothers in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland.
There are currently about 970 studen ...
beat
Templeogue College
Templeogue College C.S.Sp is a boys' voluntary secondary school in the suburb of Templeogue, Dublin in Ireland. History and statistics
It was founded in 1966 and is run by the Holy Ghost Fathers, a Roman Catholic religious institute. The scho ...
14-0
* 1986
Blackrock College beat
St. Michael's College 6-6, 7-0
* 1987
Blackrock College beat
Terenure College 12-0
* 1988
Presentation College, Bray
Presentation College ( ga, Coláiste na Toirbhirte; colloquially known as Pres Bray) is a Catholic boys' secondary school established in 1921 by the Presentation Brothers in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland.
There are currently about 970 studen ...
beat
Clongowes Wood
Clongowes Wood College SJ is a voluntary boarding school for boys near Clane, County Kildare, Ireland, founded by the Jesuits in 1814, which features prominently in James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel ''A Portrait of the Artist as a You ...
3-0
* 1989
Terenure College beat
Gonzaga College 0-0, 8-6
1990s
* 1990
Presentation College, Bray
Presentation College ( ga, Coláiste na Toirbhirte; colloquially known as Pres Bray) is a Catholic boys' secondary school established in 1921 by the Presentation Brothers in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland.
There are currently about 970 studen ...
beat
Wesley College 9-6
* 1991
St. Michael's College beat
Clongowes Wood
Clongowes Wood College SJ is a voluntary boarding school for boys near Clane, County Kildare, Ireland, founded by the Jesuits in 1814, which features prominently in James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel ''A Portrait of the Artist as a You ...
9-7
* 1992
St. Mary's College Saint Mary's College (in French, ''Collège Sainte-Marie''), is the name of several colleges and schools:
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*St Mary's College, Ipswich, an all-girls Catholic school in Queensland
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beat
Clongowes Wood
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8-8, 15-12
* 1993
Blackrock College beat
St. Mary's College Saint Mary's College (in French, ''Collège Sainte-Marie''), is the name of several colleges and schools:
Australia
*St Mary's College, Ipswich, an all-girls Catholic school in Queensland
*St Mary's College, Maryborough, a co-educational school i ...
33-3
* 1994
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
beat
Blackrock College 16-13
* 1995
Blackrock College beat
Terenure College 18-3
* 1996
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
beat
St. Mary's College Saint Mary's College (in French, ''Collège Sainte-Marie''), is the name of several colleges and schools:
Australia
*St Mary's College, Ipswich, an all-girls Catholic school in Queensland
*St Mary's College, Maryborough, a co-educational school i ...
9-8
* 1997
St. Mary's College Saint Mary's College (in French, ''Collège Sainte-Marie''), is the name of several colleges and schools:
Australia
*St Mary's College, Ipswich, an all-girls Catholic school in Queensland
*St Mary's College, Maryborough, a co-educational school i ...
beat
Terenure College 21-14
* 1998
Blackrock College beat
Newbridge College 21-7
* 1999
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
beat
Blackrock College 8-7
2000s
* 2000
Blackrock College beat
St. Michael's College 27-10
* 2001
Blackrock College beat
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
14-12
* 2002
St. Michael's College beat
Castleknock College 7-6
* 2003
Blackrock College beat
Gonzaga College 17-11
* 2004
Blackrock College beat
Presentation College, Bray
Presentation College ( ga, Coláiste na Toirbhirte; colloquially known as Pres Bray) is a Catholic boys' secondary school established in 1921 by the Presentation Brothers in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland.
There are currently about 970 studen ...
21-5
* 2005
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
beat
Terenure College 12-6
* 2006
Blackrock College beat
Gonzaga College 36-0
* 2007
Blackrock College beat
St. Michael's College 13-10
* 2008
Clongowes Wood College beat
St. Michael's College 36-0
* 2009
Terenure College Beat
St. Michael's College 5-3
2010s
* 2010
Terenure College Beat
St. Michael's College 31-9
* 2011
Blackrock College Beat
St. Michael's College 12-10
* 2012
St. Michael's College Beat
Newbridge College 10-5
* 2013
Blackrock College Beat
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
17-10
* 2014
Blackrock College Beat
Belvedere College
Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
History
Belvedere owes its origin ...
14-10
* 2015
Blackrock College Beat
Terenure College 15-13
* 2016
Blackrock College Beat
St. Michael's College 8-3
* 2017
St. Michael's College beat
Blackrock College 31-17 (Replay - After 7-7 Draw)
*2018
Blackrock College beat
St. Mary's College Saint Mary's College (in French, ''Collège Sainte-Marie''), is the name of several colleges and schools:
Australia
*St Mary's College, Ipswich, an all-girls Catholic school in Queensland
*St Mary's College, Maryborough, a co-educational school i ...
24-14
*2019
St. Michael's College beat
Blackrock College 26-19
2020s
* 2020
Newbridge College &
Blackrock College - IRFU declared title shared due to Covid-19.
* 2021
Newbridge College beat
Blackrock College 19-15 (Competition was Delayed until September 2021 due to ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic)
* 2022
St Michaels College beat
Cistercian College, Roscrea 26-19
* 2023
In popular culture
* Gerard Siggins's 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", a portmanteau of Castleknock College and Blackrock College. He takes part in several campaigns with the school, including the Leinster Junior Cup. The school's name is an homage to that in Paul Howard's books, as Siggins had coined the name "Ross O'Carroll-Kelly".
See also
*
Leinster Schools Senior Cup
*
Connacht Schools Junior Cup
The Connacht Schools Junior Challenge Cup is an under-age rugby union competition for schools affiliated to the Connacht Branch of the IRFU.
Competition is confined to students under the age of 16. The final is held in March each year in the G ...
*
Munster Schools Junior Cup
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Ulster Schools Junior Cup
References
{{Rugby union in Ireland
High school rugby union competitions in Ireland
Rugby union competitions in Leinster
1909 establishments in Ireland