Bank of Ireland Munster Senior Challenge Cup Final

BANK OF IRELAND 

MUNSTER SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP 

FINAL 2022/2023 

NENAGH ORMOND RFC 

VERSUS 

YOUNG MUNSTER RFC 

THURSDAY 16TH MARCH | THOMOND PARK | KO 7.30PM 

#MSCC 

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PRESIDENT’S 

MESSAGE 

It’s my pleasure to welcome everyone 

attending tonight’s game here in Thomond 

Park, in particular a welcome to players, 

management and all involved with Nenagh 

and Young Munster for what promises to be a 

very exciting Bank of Ireland Munster Senior 

Challenge Cup Final. 

Nenagh are the first Tipperary team to contest 

the final since Rockwell College in 1908 and 

face holders Young Munster. Both clubs have 

a long history but this is the first time they 

have faced each other in the final. The first 

ever game in this competition was played on 

Tuesday 23rd February 1886 in the Markets 

Field in Limerick, and one of today’s finalists, 

Nenagh, played Garryowen, with Garryowen 

winning on a score of two goals and three 

points to nil – there is a lot of history attached 

to this great competition. 

I would like to wish Willie Coffey, captain of 

Nenagh, Alan Kennedy, captain of Young 

Munster, all the players, coaches and 

management the best of luck in today’s final. 

Munster Senior Cup medals are hard to come 

by and hard earned, today will be no different 

with both sides giving it all to lift the trophy and 

collect the much sought after medal. This has 

all the makings of another cracking game. 

Once again, this year’s competition is 

sponsored by Bank of Ireland and I would 

like to acknowledge their support from the 

professional game and all through the amateur 

game, your continued support is very much 

appreciated. Thank you to the Senior Clubs and 

Competitions committee for organising this 

year’s competition. 

To the people in the background who oversee 

the match day arrangements, the professional 

staff, grounds people, all the volunteers who 

made today possible, thank you one and all. 

Finally, a thank you to the Munster Association 

of Referees for your ongoing officiating at all 

levels throughout the season. 

Best of luck to Shane Kierans in tonight’s 

game. We need more referees, so for those 

of you sitting in the stands tonight – some 

food for thought! You could be the next Joy 

Neville or Andy Brace. I hope whoever you are 

supporting and cheering on, you have a very 

enjoyable night. May the best team win. 

Ger McNamara 

President, 

Munster Branch IRFU 

President Ger McNamara Vice President Michael Carroll Junior Vice President Brendan Foley 

Hon. Secretary Muiris Mahon Hon. Treasurer Tom Kinirons Chief Executive Officer Ian Flanagan 

Head Coach Graham Rowntree Team Manager Niall O’Donovan 


MUNSTER SENIOR CUP A TO Z 

By Frank Byford, 

Former Hon. Secretary, 

Munster Branch 

A - After a lapse of 31 years Bohemians regained the trophy in 1958 when they defeated 

Highfield who were making their initial appearance in the decider at Thomond Park, 

the successful XV was Paddy Downes, Paddy Moran (captain), Christy English, Basil 

Fitzgibbon, Maurice Mortell, Mick English, Tom Cleary, William Slattery, Dermot Geary, 

John Nagle, John Mulcahy, Ted Watson, John Ryan, Caleb Powell, Billy Hurley. 

B - Bandon under the captaincy of Frank Levis became the first winners of the trophy in 

1886 defeating Garryowen in a replay at the Cork Park. 

C - Cup, the original trophy in 1886 was procured through the house of Messrs Martin Hall 

& Co. of Sheffield. It was made specially to order and was described as ‘a valuable prize 

and a beautiful exhibition of the silversmith’s art and skill’. It was valued at £65 sterling. 

When the Branch replaced the famous old trophy in 1994, the cost had risen to 13K punts. 

D - Draw for the initial competition in 1886 resulted as follows: Garryowen FC v Nenagh 

RFC, Clanwilliam FC v Tralee RFC, Cork Football Club v Bandon RFC and Queen’s College 

RFC v Limerick Football Club. 

E - Equaliser – one of the most dramatic scores to draw a final occurred in the 1967 

meeting of Cork Constitution and Highfield - Tony Loughry landed the equalising penalty 

from the half way line with the last kick of the match, the ball going over after hitting the 

crossbar – it was all the more remarkable as Loughry had been down injured for what 

seemed like ages, before he was helped from the ground, dusted himself down before he 

earned the ‘field’ a deserved draw. 

F - Fire Station, Roches Street, Limerick, was the venue for the draw for the initial 

competition in 1886. 

G - Garryowen FC, found in 1884, became the first Limerick side to lift the trophy in 1889, 

going on a dominant run with a further eight triumphs before the turn of the century. 

H - Highfield won the first of their two titles in 1966 with a team that included Tony 

O’Brien, Tony Loughry, Gary O’Reilly, Pierce McNamara, Donal Kiely, Billy O’Lehan, Finny 

Pope, Sean Hayes, Liam Ormonde, Jim Dennehy, Joe McDonnell (captain), Dougie 

Burke, Denis Dennehy, Terry Moore, Gary ‘Hank’ O’Reilly. 

I - Initial match in the competition was played on Tuesday 23rd, February, 1886, at the 

Markets Field, Limerick when Garryowen beat Nenagh Ormond by two goals and three 

tries to nil. 

J - Jack Horgan led University College Cork to victory in the 1950 decider over a fancied 

Garryowen XV in Limerick. 

K - Kiernan, Tom won seven cup winners medals between 1963 – 1973, the first with 

University College Cork, and the remainder with Cork Constitution, while his brother Jim 

was on the successful winning UCC (1955) and Cork Constitution (1957) XVs. 

L - Last occasion that a final was refereed by an official from outside the province was 

1936, when R.A.C. Barrett (Leinster Branch) took control of the University College Cork 

and Cork Constitution decider. 


M - Midleton RFC reached the final of the competition in 2003, their only appearance 

to date, and despite their best efforts they went down to Shannon on a 22 points to 13 

scoreline. 

N - Noel Glynn had the honour of leading Shannon to victory over Garryowen in the 1986 

final, the centenary year of the competition. 

O - Old Crescent have yet to win the trophy, having been losing finalists in 1955, 1962 and 

2009. 

P - Personalities who have won senior cup medals include John Skehan (Radio Eireann 

broadcaster) and D.J.Fitzgibbon (Din Joe of “Take the Floor” fame) both with Dolphin in 

1948, while the late Richard Harris was a medal winner with Garryowen in 1952. 

Q - Quaide, Des led Garryowen to victory in 1975 over Cork Constitution, the occasion 

being notable that it was the first time in 35 years that a Limerick club had won a senior 

cup final in Cork. 

R - Rockwell College lost the finals of 1897, 1902, 1904 and 1908, one of their prominent 

players at the time was Eamonn de Valera, who was later to become leader of Fianna Fail 

and then President of Ireland. 

S - Suspended – following a drawn final in 1892 between Garryowen and Queen’s College 

Cork, it transpired that the replay never took place, as both clubs could not agree on 

a venue. Subsequently the Munster Football Challenge Cup committee declared the 

competition null and void. 

T - Tipperary. This evening’s match, featuring Nenagh Ormond RFC and Young Munster 

RFC is the fifth occasion a team from the Premier County has contested a final. Rockwell 

College, then competing as a club side, made it to four finals between 1897 and 1908. 

U - University College Cork XV won the trophy in 1976 against Dolphin which was the last 

occasion of an all Cork final – Joe Fitzgerald, Danny Buckley, Peter Rolls, Pat Parfrey, 

Jack Shorten, Moss Finn, Eddie Cogan, Paul Turner, Gerry Hurley, Garrett Fitzgerald, 

Charlie McCarthy, Jerry Holland, Christy Cantillon, Richard Kennefick (captain), Anthony 

O’Leary. 

V - Victory margin – the largest margin of victory in a decider came in 1974, when 

Garryowen had 29 points to spare over Shannon in the final. 

W - Wall, Henry who passed away recently captained Dolphin in the 1964 final against 

Cork Constitution – the laurels going to the Temple Hill side who were led by Noel 

Murphy. 

X - XV - Dolphin team who won the club’s last Senior Cup in 1956 after defeating 

Sunday’s Well in a replay was Gerry Rearden, Flor Crowley, Billy Mason, Pat Crowley, 

Dave McCormick, Norman Colman (Captain), Tim Harrington, Derry Donnery, Dave Barry, 

Bob Dowley, Mick Sullivan, Jerry O’Sullivan, Jerry Healy, Dick Hyde, Paddy O’Callaghan. 

Y - Young Munster bridged a gap of 42 years in 1980, when they regained the trophy at 

the expense of Bohemians, the successful XV - Ger McNamara, Michael Moore, Pat Cross, 

Francis Brosnihan, Derek McCarthy, Gerry Casey, Eddie Costello, Branden O’Connor, Pat 

McGrath, John Murphy, Richie Daly (captain), Brian O’Connor, Eamonn Madden, Michael 

Sheehan, Jim McNamara. It is worth noting that on the following day John Murphy won a 

Munster Junior Cup medal with Thomond. 

Z - Zero score, of the 125 finals to date only seven have finished scoreless, those being in 

1886, 1890, 1892, 1907, 1914 and 1933 (twice). 


PREVIOUS SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP WINNERS 

1886 Bandon 

1887 Queen’s College, Cork 

1888 Queen’s College, Cork 

1889Garryowen 

1890 Garryowen 


1892 Not Awarded 





1897 Queen’s College,Cork 








1905 Cork Constitution 







1912 UCC 

1913 UCC 


1915-19 Suspended 


1921 Dolphin 






1927 Bohemian 

1928 Young Munster 



1931 Dolphin 




1935 UCC 

1936 UCC 

1937 UCC 


1939 UCC 


1941 UCC 

1942 CorkConstitution 


1944 Dolphin 

1945 Dolphin 



1948 Dolphin 

1949 Sunday’s Well 

1950 UCC 1951 UCC 




1955 UCC 

1956 Dolphin 


1958 Bohemian 

1959 Bohemian 

1960 Shannon 


1962 Bohemian 

1963 UCC 



1966 Highfield 


1968 Highfield 








1976 UCC 

1977 Shannon 

1978 Shannon 



1981 UCC 

1982 Shannon 




1986 Shannon 

1987 Shannon 

1988 Shannon 



1991 Shannon 

1992 Shannon 




1996 Shannon 


1998 Shannon 


2000 Shannon 

2001 Shannon 

2002 Shannon 

2003 Shannon 

2004 Shannon 

2005 Shannon 

2006 Shannon 


2008 Shannon 



2011 Bruff 








2018/19 Cork Constitution 

2019/20 Cork Constitution 

2020/21 Young Munster 

2021/22 Young Munster 


NENAGH ORMOND 

FINAL STAGES 

QUARTER-FINAL: Garryowen 22 Nenagh Ormond 28 - Dooradoyle 

SEMI-FINAL: Nenagh Ormond 28 Highfield 5 - Nenagh 

YOUNG MUNSTER 

FINAL STAGES 

QUARTER-FINAL: Clonmel 7 Young Munster 67 – Clonmel 

SEMI-FINAL: Young Munster 19 Cork Constitution 13 – Tom Clifford Park 


NENEAGH ORMOND RFC 

1 Mike Doran 

2 Dylan Murphy 

3 Jack O’Keeffe 

4 Kevin O’Flaherty 

5 Jake O’Kelly 

6 Rob Buckley 

7 John O’Flaherty 

8 John Hayes 

9 Nicky Irwin 

10 Derek Corcoran 

11 Dave Gleeson 

12 John Healy 

13 Willie Coffey 

14 Patrick Scully 

15 Josh Rowland 

Replacements: 

16 Peter O’Connor 

17 Seán Frawley 

18 Evan Murphy 

19 Joe Coffey 

20 John Brislane 

21 Cian Ryan 

22 Conor O’Brien 

Match O 

Referee: Sh 

AR1: Eddie Hog 

AR2: Kev 

4th: David 

5th: Ia 

Teams correct at time of publication 

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1. David Begley 

2. George Jacobs 

3. Conor Bartley 

4. Sean Rigney 

5. Alan Kennedy (c) 

6. Bailey Faloon 

7. Ronán O’Sullivan 

8. John Foley 

9. Jack Lyons 

10. Evan Cusack 

11. Shay Mc Carthy 

12. Luke Fitzgerald 

13. Harry Fleming 

14. Conor Hayes 

15. Patrick Campbell 

Replacements: 

16 Mark O’Mara 

17 Paul Allen 

18 Conor Moloney 

19 James Horrigan 

20 Donnchadh O’Callaghan 

21 Werner Hoffman 

22 Stephen Lyons 

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PRESIDENT’S WORD 

THERESA HASSEY 

Nenagh Ormond RFC President 

“There’s off the charts excitement. We never 

thought we’d be at this stage this time of the year. 

“It’s a combination of things. We have a really 

good coaching team and structure. A lot of 

underage players have come up through the 

ranks this year. We’ve a really good strong 

home support base and like everything, when 

you’re doing well, the support comes out 

in force. We have huge support in the local 

community. 

TRISH MONTGOMERY 

Young Munster RFC President 

“Excitement levels are pretty high. This 

would be our third year in a row which is 

unprecedented, so that’s a big thing. For me 

personally, this is my first (final as President) 

obviously! 

“It’s very exciting and I think it’s brilliant 

that Nenagh have reached this stage as you 

would often have the same old, same old 

antagonists year in, year out. It’s nice to 

have it spread more around the province. 

“This is huge for Nenagh to get into the 

Senior Cup, there’s a lot of older people in the 

club who never would of thought they would 

see something like this in Nenagh. It was the 

first time ever to get into the semi-final and 

that was huge for us and this is epic for us 

really.” 

“We’re doing a lot of stuff, trying to promote 

the final, ticket sales and that kind of thing. 

We’re holding off a little bit and just trying 

to get over this game (v Ballymena on 

Saturday 4th March). And it’s even the same 

with promotion, we’re not looking at charts 

and not looking at league tables, we’re just 

focusing on one game. 

“It’s very difficult to do because you’re there 

after the match and all you’re waiting for is 

scores to be updated and where did we end 

up! We never thought we would be in that 

position because this time last year, we were 

at the opposite end of the scale, we were 

fighting to stay up, we went into the playoffs 

to stay in this Division. 

“Young Munster have a lot of empathy with 

Nenagh because your coach Derek Corcoran 

played with Young Munster and some of 

the lads; Mikey Doran would have played 

20s with us. So there’s a lot of connections 

there. It’s great to see it ending so well. 

Obviously, we still want to win! But it’s nice. 

“We always expect a tough game. You know 

yourself, if you are classed as the underdog, 

not saying ye are, ye will fight that bit more 

you know? I don’t think our lads will take 

anything for granted but at the same time, 

you want them to be at a 100% straight 

away. 

“We’ll have to see what happens on the day 

but that’s the excitement of it. Anything 

really could happen. Obviously, we hope 

that it will happen in our favour.” 

“To be, a year later, fighting for the promotion 

playoffs is great and is a testament to all of 

the hard work that they have put in.” 

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MATCH PREVIEW 

By Eolan Allen 

Today will be a historic day for both 

clubs, most notably Nenagh Ormond 

who are making their first ever 

appearance in the Bank of Ireland 

Munster Senior Challenge Cup Final 

and will be the first Tipperary based 

team to compete in the final since 

Rockwell College over a century ago. 

For Young Munster, they made their 

first ever successful defence of the 

trophy last season and will be bidding 

to make it three titles in a row. 

Nenagh Ormond go into today’s game 

unbeaten since the New Year and are 

making a strong push for promotion 

from Division 2A of the men’s All 

Ireland League. 

They opened the Senior Cup campaign 

by defeating fellow Division 2A side 

Old Crescent 29-10. It was a tight first 

half with Nenagh establishing a 10-0 

lead with tries by Dylan Murphy and 

a conversion and penalty by James 

Finn. Ronan McKenna pegged them 

back with all of Crescent’s scores. 

The Tipperary club pulled away with a 

dominant second-half display courtesy 

of tries by Jack O’Keeffe, Willie Coffey, 

and John Healy. 

This set up a quarter-final away 

to Garryowen. Nenagh won 28-23 

although it was a far more convincing 

win than the score suggests. Ormond 

took control of the game scoring four 

converted tries to take a 28-3 lead. 

David Gleeson, John O’Flaherty, Coffey 

and Niall O’Gorman all got over the line 

with Finn converting all of them. While 

Garryowen did fight back, time ran out 

and Nenagh deservedly progressed. 

The semi-final at home to Highfield 

saw Nenagh produce an outstanding 


display to win 28-5. 

Coffey maintained his 

record of scoring a try in 

each round; with Josh 

Rowland also touching 

down. Patrick Scully 

kicked a conversion and 

penalty before the break 

before converting his 

own try after the interval. 

Two penalties by Conor 

O’Brien wrapped up the 

win. 

Young Munster had one 

less game to reach the 

final as they received 

a walkover in the first 

round. The second 

round encounter saw 

them travel down to 

south Tipperary to take 

on Division 2B side 

Clonmel. The gulf in 

class and quality told 

and the Cookies were 

relentless, giving out an 

early message that they 

were eager to retain this 

trophy once more. 

Jack Harrington and 

Stephen Lyons each 

ran in for a hat-trick of 

tries. There were four 

other try scorers with 

Conor Bartley, Conor 

O’Shaughnessy, Dan 

Walsh, and Peter Hickey 

also touching down. Evan 

Cusack and Cian Casey 

split the kicking duties to 

help their side secure a 

67-7 win. 

The semi-final pitted 

Munster’s against archrivals 

Cork Constitution. 

Tom Clifford Park hosted 

a tight, compelling 

encounter with Con 

eager to avoid being 

eliminated by Young 

Munster for the third time 

in a row. 

With a vociferous home 

crowd behind them, tries 

by Stephen Lyons and 

Bailey Faloon along with 

an Evan Cusack penalty, 

established a 13-6 halftime 

lead for the hosts. 

The Limerick side needed 

to hold their nerve amidst 

a Con onslaught and 

Cusack penalties either 

side of a Billy Crowley try 

for Con was enough to 

see the Cookies emerge 

victorious. 


Young Munster’s Alan 

Kennedy in action in last 

season’s Bateman Cup 

Final in Musgrave Park 

A HISTORY OF THE BATEMAN CUP 

The Cup was presented 

to the IRFU by Godfrey 

Bateman, in memory of his 

sons Major Reginald John 

Godfrey Bateman, Canadian 

Infantry, who was killed in 

battle, in Dury, France, on 

the 3rd of September 1918, 

aged 34, and Captain Arthur 

Cyril Bateman, M.B. Dublin 

University, who died near 

Cambrai in France on 28th 

March 1918. 

The competition was 

played annually between 

the four provincial Senior 

Cup winners on the last 

weekend of the season, with 

the exception of 1933 and 

1934 when a number of the 

provincial cup campaigns 

had not been completed 

on time. The tournament 

was finally terminated at 

the outbreak of the Second 

World War owing to the 

restriction on travel. 

Garryowen Football Club 

ran a once off Bateman 

Cup style competition in 

the spring of 1975, this in 

conjunction with the IRFU 

Centenary Celebrations, the 

laurels eventually rested with 

St. Mary’s College. 

For the season 2010/11, 

the IRFU reverted back to 

the provincial structure 

having run with an open 

draw All-Ireland Senior Cup 

competition for the five 

previous seasons. 

The Trophy has come to 

Munster on 11 occasions 

– Young Munster in 1928, 

University College Cork 

eight years later, Bruff in 

2011, Garryowen in 2012 and 

2019, and Cork Constitution 

in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 

2017 and 2020 (shared with 

Lansdowne). 

Cork Constitution (1922), 

by Frank Byford 

Garryowen (1925) and (1926) 

all fell to Leinster opposition 

at the final hurdle, before 

Young Munster came in 

1928, the boys from the 

‘Yellow Road’ won the 

Munster Senior Cup for the 

first time in thrilling fashion 

that year. Many pundits 

were of the opinion that this 

would be the limit of their 

ambitions, however, they 

surprised all and sundry by 

going on and winning the 

coveted trophy. 

Lansdowne who had 

enjoyed a very successful 

season, losing only 5 of 

their 29 starts were the 

warmest of favourites 

to lift the trophy for the 

second time. As Instonians 

the Ulster standard 

bearers had withdrawn 

from the competition, the 

headquarters side were 

expected to have an easy 

passage. Young Munster 


Garryowen’s Niall Horan celebrates after 

winning the Bateman Cup 

having got the better of 

the rugged challenge of 

Galwegians the previous day 

stood toe to toe with their 

more vaunted opponents, 

who boosted seven 

internationals in their ranks 

and gained a meritorious 

and highly deserving victory 

by two tries, courtesy of 

Joe McNeice and Mick 

O’Flaherty to a penalty goal. 

The contest was rated as 

one of the best to have been 

played in the competition, 

Mr. Godfrey Bateman the 

donor of the cup, who was 

himself a Munster man born 

in Co. Kerry, in presenting 

the trophy, warmly 

congratulated both teams. 

He continued by saying that 

as this was the first occasion 

that the cup had gone South, 

and the fact that the winners 

were now the undisputed 

champions of Irish Rugby, 

would do an immense 

amount of good for the game 

in the province. 

The victory was celebrated 

in Limerick the following 

day. As the train drew into 

the station fog signals 

exploded and thousands of 

people who congregated on 

the streets outside and on 

the platform gave vent to 

their jubilation in frequent 

rounds of cheering. The 

team were congratulated by 

the mayor (Mr.J.G.O’Brien) 

on their achievement in 

bringing the trophy South 

for the first time since it was 

presented for competition. 

The team was subsequently 

entertained to dinner at 

the Glentworth Hotel. The 

successful XV was – Murty 

King, Mick O’Flaherty, 

Martin Cosgrove, Paddy 

Deegan, Joe McNeice, Joe 

O’Dea, Michael ‘Danaher’ 

Sheehan, Charlie St.George, 

Frank Garvey, Fonnie Neilan 

(captain), Henry Raleigh, 

Tom Hickey. John Joe 

Connery, Jerry Killeen, 

James ‘Ter’ Casey. The 

referee was W. Harland 

(Ulster Branch). 

Eight years later University 

College Cork produced an 

outstanding team, a hattrick 

of senior cups, senior 

league champions, and 

charity cup wins culminated 

in a Bateman Cup success in 

1936. Five of the team were 

to represent Ireland, while 

many others wore the red 

of Munster. The defeat of 

Clontarf in the semi-final was 

something of a staggering 

surprise. There may have 

been an overwhelming 

confidence in their ranks 

that influenced them to rest 

their star player scrum half 

George Morgan, and, if so, 

they paid a galling price in 

their defeat at the hands of 

University College Galway 

by the narrowest of margins 

following extra time. 

The other semi-final proved 

to be a hectic struggle 

between the students 

of Cork and Belfast, the 

exchanges were fought 

out with relentless vigour – 


entering the closing stages 

the southern men lost 

Laycock who was put off for 

shoving in the lineout, with 

Billy O’Sullivan and Dave 

O’Loughlin carrying injuries 

the winners had to injure 

many anxious moments 

before the referee blew for 

no side with the Cork side 

ahead on the scoreboard by 

nine points to eight. 

The efforts of the previous 

day eventually told on the 

reserves of endurance of the 

Galway students, following a 

scoreless first half, a scoring 

burst in the last quarter 

which yielded 17 points 

gave the trophy to UCC over 

their Galway counterparts. 

The College team that 

brought the first ever 

Bateman Cup to Cork was – 

Con Moloney (Roscrea), Ben 

McKenna (PBC), David Lane 

(CBC), Barry Collins (PBC), 

Joe O’Connor (Rockwell 

College), Brendan O’Brien 

captain (Blackrock College), 

Robert McClement (PBC), 

T.Reid, Denis Rearden 

(Castleknock College), 

Donagh Tierney (CBC), 

Dick Bergin (Blackrock 

College), Jack Russell (St. 

Colman’s College, Fermoy), 

Joe Laycock (Clongowes 

Wood College), Jim Buckner 

(Clongowes Wood College), 

Tom McDermott (PBC). 

In 2010, Bruff confronted 

the critics by winning 

the Munster Senior Cup 

defeating renowned cup 

fighters Garryowen in the 

first final to be staged in 

the re-furbished Thomond 

Park, many keen observers 

rated it the best deciders for 

many years, it is also worth 

noting that the winners 

are only campaigning in 

senior ranks for the last five 

seasons. They followed this 

up with a thrilling victory 

over centenary celebrating 

University College Dublin 

in the penultimate stages 

and finished the job by 

getting the better of Ulster 

representatives Dungannon 

in the final to finish off a 

memorable campaign. 

In season 2011/12 

Garryowen continued 

Munster’s dominance of 

the Ulster Bank All-Ireland 

Bateman Cup. Having 

reversed the result of the 

previous season’s Senior 

Cup final loss to Bruff, 

the light blues saw off the 

challenge of the Connacht 

representatives Buccaneers 

at Dubarry Park. 

In 2019, Garryowen claimed 

the Bateman Cup for the 

first time since 2012 with 

brothers Neil and Liam 

Cronin combining for three 

tries in their 45-21 win over 

first-time finalists City of 

Armagh last season. 

In most recent times, 

Cork Constitution shared 

the Bateman Cup with 

Lansdowne in 2020 after the 

season was cancelled due to 

the Covid-19 pandemic. This 

year, Young Munster lost out 

to Terenure College in the 

semi-final. 

BATEMAN ALL-IRELAND 

SENIOR CUP WINNERS 

1922 – Lansdowne 

1923 – Bective Rangers 

1924 – Queen’s University 

1925 – Bective Rangers 

1926 – Dublin University 

1927 – Instonians 

1928 – Young Munster 





1933/1934 – Suspended 

1935 – North of Ireland FC 

1936 – University College Cork 


1938 – University College Dublin 

1939 – Blackrock College 


1975 – St.Mary’s College 


2010/2011 – Bruff 

2011/2012 – Garryowen 

2012/2013 – Cork Constitution 





2017/2018 – Lansdowne 

2018/2019 – Garryowen 

2019/2020 - Cork Constitution / 

Lansdowne. 

2020/2021 - N/A. 

2021/2022 - Lansdowne. 

2022/2023 Terenure College 


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