Treaty City Titans are an Irish
semi-professional rugby league
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team based in
Limerick
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,
Ireland
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. They play in the Munster Conference of the
Irish Elite League
The All-Ireland Rugby League Championship (now the McGettigans All-Ireland League for sponsorship reasons) was first played for in 1997 under the title All-Ireland Challenge Cup. Since then it has also been known as the All-Ireland League, Elite L ...
. They play their matches at
Tom Clifford Park.
History
Elite League Seasons
It was in the first season that they won the Elite League winning all of their main eight games along with beating the
Carlow Crusaders
The Carlow Crusaders were a rugby league team based in Carlow, Ireland. They played in the Irish Elite League. They played home games at Oak Park, Carlow. The Crusaders were forced to play most of their games in Cill Dara RFC, Kildare as Oak ...
24-10 in the
Grand Final
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.
In the 2007 season they became champions again. Out of the ten matches played they won eight and drew only twice, both to the Carlow Crusaders. The first match in June, finished at 22 points each and then in August they drew 0-0. In a repeat to last season, the Grand Final was between the Titans and the Crusaders. The Titans won 38-22 at
Old Crescent R.F.C.
In July 2007 the
Sky Sports
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programme Boots'N'All visited Limerick to record a piece on Rugby League in Ireland. The Titans played a friendly match with their "A" team to allow footage to be recorded.
In November, for the
Ireland Wolfhounds
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important match over
Russia
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, to allow entry into the
2008 Rugby League World Cup
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, three Titans players:
Michael "Mike" Brodie,
Billy Treacy and
Kevin O'Riordan, were selected in the team. They eventually won 58-18 and clinched a place in the World Cup. The same players are expected to feature in that tournament alongside Irish
Super League players.
The side won the 2009
Irish Elite League
The All-Ireland Rugby League Championship (now the McGettigans All-Ireland League for sponsorship reasons) was first played for in 1997 under the title All-Ireland Challenge Cup. Since then it has also been known as the All-Ireland League, Elite L ...
.
Current squad
Honours
*
Irish Elite League
The All-Ireland Rugby League Championship (now the McGettigans All-Ireland League for sponsorship reasons) was first played for in 1997 under the title All-Ireland Challenge Cup. Since then it has also been known as the All-Ireland League, Elite L ...
(8): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015
**Runners-up (2): 2008, 2014
* Munster League (4): 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
**Runners-up (1): 2012
References
External links
RLI Munster clubs
Irish rugby league teams
Sport in County Limerick
Rugby clubs established in 2005
2005 establishments in Ireland
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