Treaty City Titans are an Irish semi-professional

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team based in

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. They play in the Munster Conference of the

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. 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

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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

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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

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important match over

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, to allow entry into the

2008 Rugby League World Cup The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since its inauguration in 1954, and the first since the 2000 tournament. The tournament was held in Australia from 26 October, culminating in the final ...

, 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

Current squad

Honours

(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
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