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Rugby League In Ireland
Rugby league is a team sport played in Ireland on an all-Ireland basis. History First appearances in Ireland In May 1934 Wigan beat Warrington 32–19 in an exhibition match in Dublin. Twenty years later, in May 1954, Warrington were again defeated by Halifax in both Belfast (34–15) and Dublin (23–11). First clubs and modern beginnings Modern-day Rugby league in Ireland really began in 1989 when Brian Corrigan founded the Dublin Blues Rugby League, consisting mostly of rugby union players who wanted to stay fit over the summer. The Blues competed against touring teams from Britain, scoring a number of victories over British amateur opposition. In early 1995, the British Rugby Football League development arm financed the position of a Development Officer for Ireland, providing a boost to the development of the game. A student's framework was also established with teams representing Ireland at the Student's Rugby League World Cup in Australia in 1992 and the UK in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rugby League Ireland
Rugby League Ireland (RLI) is the internationally recognised governing body for the development of rugby league football in Ireland, having secured official recognition from the RLIF in 2000. It is recognised within the Irish Sports Council and took over the running of the Irish international team entirely in 2008 for the World Cup. Prior to 2001 RLI was known as Ireland Rugby League. In 2024, the body was downgraded to affiliate member due to noncompliance with the full membership criteria. Flag The Irish rugby league team draws its players from across the Island of Ireland. At the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, the Ireland team entered the field of play at the beginning of their matches with the Four Provinces Flag of Ireland. National team The Ireland national rugby league team, known as the 'Wolfhounds', represents Ireland in rugby league football. The team is organised by Rugby League Ireland. The representative team is dominated by players from the Super League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gavin Gordon (rugby League)
Gavin Gordon (born 28 February 1978) is an Irish former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for Ireland, and at club level for Lancashire Lynx and North London Skolars, as a . International honours Gavin Gordon won six caps for Ireland between 1995 and 2001. Gordon was threatened with being banned from rugby union by his school if he played in the 1995 Rugby League Emerging Nations Tournament, but this threat was eventually withdrawn. He became the youngest ever rugby league international, aged 17 years and 229 days old, when he debuted for Ireland against Moldova at Spotland Stadium, Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. In the United Kingdom 2021 Census, 2021 Census, the town had a population of 111,261, compared to 223,773 for the wid ... on Monday 16 October 1995. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dublin City Exiles
The Dublin City Exiles are an Irish rugby league team from Dublin, Ireland. The Exiles play in the Leinster Conference of the Irish Elite League. They play their home games at Lakelands Park in Terenure. History The Dublin City Exiles were formed in 2000 by a number of Australian expatriates based in Dublin. Rugby League Ireland (the governing body for the development of rugby league in Ireland) was formed the same year, and in the first RLI season the Exiles reached the 2001 All Ireland final. The club, competing in the Leinster Conference of the Ireland National League, went on to win the 2002 and 2003 All Ireland finals. Over the years, a number of players from the club have received caps for (or been named in training squad for) the Ireland men's national rugby league team. As of May 2024, the Exiles are one of two rugby league teams in Dublin. In February 2023, the exiles became the first Irish team to win a Challenge Cup tie beating Hammersmith Hills Hoists 42-8. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ballynahinch Rabbitohs
Ballynahinch Rabbitohs are an Irish semi-professional rugby league team based in Ballynahinch, Northern Ireland. They play in the Ulster Conference of the Irish Elite League. They play their matches at Ballymacaren Park. History In their first two years of existence, the club were known as the Ballynahinch Bulls. There were no fixtures played in 2008 with a number of teams not fulfilling fixtures. In 2009, the team competed in the Ulster 9's and won the first ever Ulster Conference league against the Belfast Bulldogs but weren't invited to compete for the All Ireland title. 2010 saw the emergence of the Rabbitohs branding with the full support from the South Sydney Rabbitohs. The season kicked off with victory at the Ulster 9's which was followed with a second league title after a victory over Fermanagh Redskins. There was no Ulster participation again at All Ireland level but the first representative players were honoured with Richard Reaney playing for Ireland A Wolfhounds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ulster
Ulster (; or ; or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional or historic provinces of Ireland, Irish provinces. It is made up of nine Counties of Ireland, counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom); the remaining three are in the Republic of Ireland. It is the second-largest (after Munster) and second-most populous (after Leinster) of Ireland's four traditional provinces, with Belfast being its biggest city. Unlike the other provinces, Ulster has a high percentage of Protestantism in Ireland, Protestants, making up almost half of its population. English is the main language and Ulster English the main dialect. A minority also speak Irish, and there are (Irish-speaking regions) in County Donegal which is home to a quarter of the total Gaeltacht population of the Republic of Ireland. There are also large Irish-speaking networks in southern County Londonderry and in the Gaeltacht Quarter, Belfast. Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots is al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Leinster
Leinster ( ; or ) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland. The modern province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige, which existed during Gaelic Ireland. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of Ireland, the historic "fifths" of Leinster and Meath gradually merged, mainly due to the impact of the Pale, which straddled both, thereby forming the present-day province of Leinster. The ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial purposes. In later centuries, local government legislation has prompted further sub-division of the historic counties. Leinster has no official function for local-government purposes. However, it is an officially recognised subdivision of Ireland and is listed on ISO 3166-2 as one of the four provinces of Ireland. "IE-L" is attributed to Leinster as its ''country sub-division'' code. Leinster had a population of 2,858,501 according to the prelim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Michael Browne (rugby League)
Michael Browne (birth unknown) is an Irish former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s. He played at representative level for Ireland, and at club level for Tallaght Tigers. International honours Michael Browne won caps for Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ... while at Tallaght Tigers 1995 1-cap plus 1 as substitute. References External linksSearch for "Browne" at rugbyleagueproject.org Living people 20th-century Irish sportsmen Ireland national rugby league team players Irish rugby league players Place of birth missing (living people) Rugby league players from County Dublin Tallaght Tigers players Year of birth missing (living people) {{Ireland-rugbyleague-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Garret Molloy
Garret Molloy (birth unknown) is an Irish former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s. He played at representative level for Ireland, and at club level for Dublin Blues. He has 2 AIL medals with Garryowen from the 91/92 and the 93/94 season. He played at various levels for lansdowne fc in Dublin, winning winning multiple cups there including the metro cup in 1997/98 International honours Garret Molloy won a cap for Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ... while at Dublin Blues 1999 1-cap (sub). References Living people 20th-century Irish sportsmen Ireland national rugby league team players Irish rugby league players Place of birth missing (living people) Rugby league players from County Limerick Year of birth missing (living p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Conor O'Sullivan (rugby League)
Conor O'Sullivan may refer to: * Conor O'Sullivan (hurler) (born 1989), Irish hurler *Conor O'Sullivan (make-up artist) Conor O'Sullivan is a British prosthetic makeup artist who has been nominated for two Academy Awards. He is perhaps best known for being one of the makeup artists in ''The Dark Knight'' who was involved in creating The Joker (The Dark Knight), T ..., make-up artist * Conor O'Sullivan (rugby league), Irish rugby player See also * Connor O'Sullivan (born 2005), Australian rules footballer {{hndis, Osullivan, Conor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Brian Carney (rugby)
Brian Carney (born 23 July 1976) is an Irish professional rugby league commentator and former dual-code rugby international player. He most recently played rugby league for Warrington Wolves, but he also played for Gateshead Thunder, Hull F.C. and Wigan Warriors in the Super League, as well as Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. Carney crossed codes to play rugby union for Munster between 2007 and 2009. He earned caps for international representation, for Ireland in both rugby league and rugby union, and also Great Britain and Ireland in rugby league. He also played Gaelic football as a junior. Early life Carney played Gaelic football for Valleymount GAA in west county Wicklow and won a junior championship medal in 1998 with the club. He also played rugby union at Clongowes Wood College and Lansdowne R.F.C. His first rugby league experience came with Irish amateurs Dublin Blues. Playing career Early career Carney first made an impression on the rugby league s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Innes Gray
Innes Gray (born 1973) was a sportsman from Northern Ireland, who played rugby union, rugby league and association football. He represented Ireland at rugby league in 1998. Gray played rugby union until 1998. He represented Ireland at schools level, and played twice for Ireland 'A'. He played club rugby for Instonians and Ballymena, and provincial rugby for Ulster. He left Ballymena in 1998.Jim Stokes"Rugby: Innes in a league of his own" ''Belfast Telegraph'', 2 November 1998 Switching to rugby league, he won two caps for Ireland while at Bangor Vikings. He went on to play soccer in the Irish League for Cliftonville and Ballyclare Comrades, and became player/manager of Queen's University Belfast A.F.C. in 2001.Frank BrownlowQueen's "Bud for glory" ''Belfast Telegraph'', 28 October 2001 He now works as a teacher at Royal Belfast Academical Institution The Royal Belfast Academical Institution is an independent grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. With the support o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rickey Smith
Ricky Smith is a former rugby league footballer who played as a . He played at representative level for Ireland. International honours Smith won three caps for Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ... in 1995. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Ricky Ireland national rugby league team players Irish rugby league players Living people Rugby league centres Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
