Bank Of Ireland Munster Senior Challenge Cup Final

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MUNSTER SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP

FINAL 2024/2025

NENAGH ORMOND RFC

VERSUS

OLD CRESCENT RFC

SUNDAY 16TH MARCH | THOMOND PARK | KO 2.30PM

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PRESIDENT’S

MESSAGE

Welcome to the Bank of Ireland Munster Senior

Challenge Cup final, a prestigious competition

first contested in 1889. Today, we are set to

witness a new name on this beautiful trophy.

Our sincere thanks goes to Bank of Ireland for

their continued support of this historic event.

It’s exciting that a fresh team will now be

etched into the annals of this cup’s history.

Old Crescent has been competing at the senior

ranks since the 1950s, while Nenagh Ormond,

though founded in 1884, has only been part of

the senior competition since 2005.

Best of luck to both teams today. May the best

side join the ranks of those famous teams who

have their names engraved on this cup.

This competition wouldn’t be possible without

the efforts of the referees, who week after week

ensure the games run smoothly for everyone’s

enjoyment. With referees being a scarce

resource, we are in need of new volunteers

to help manage the increasing number of

matches. If you can, please consider stepping

forward and lending a hand.

A special thanks as well to all the volunteers,

parents, and guardians who have supported

the players today. Without your dedication, this

event wouldn’t be the same.

Lastly, our sincere gratitude to John Cantwell

and his team for the use of Thomond Park on

this historic occasion. As always, the pitch is in

fantastic condition!

Now, sit back, enjoy the game, and may the

best team emerge victorious.

Brendan Foley

President,

Munster Branch IRFU

President: Brendan Foley | Vice President: Sean Loftus | Junior Vice President: Peter Silke

Hon. Secretary: Muiris Mahon | Hon. Treasurer: Tom Kinirons

Chief Executive Officer: Dr. Ian Flanagan | Interim Head Coach: Ian Costello | 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 - This evening will see a new name etched into the Munster Senior Challenge Cup

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

1891 Garryowen

1892 Not Awarded

1893 Garryowen

1894 Garryowen

1895 Garryowen

1896 Garryowen

1897 Queen’s College,Cork

1898 Garryowen

1899 Garryowen



1902 Garryowen

1903 Garryowen

1904 Garryowen

1905 Cork Constitution



1908 Garryowen

1909 Garryowen


1911 Garryowen

1912 UCC

1913 UCC

1914 Garryowen

1915-19 Suspended

1920 Garryowen

1921 Dolphin



1924 Garryowen

1925 Garryowen

1926 Garryowen

1927 Bohemian

1928 Young Munster


1930 Young Munster

1931 Dolphin

1932 Garryowen


1934 Garryowen

1935 UCC

1936 UCC

1937 UCC

1938 Young Munster

1939 UCC

1940 Garryowen

1941 UCC

1942 CorkConstitution


1944 Dolphin

1945 Dolphin


1947 Garryowen

1948 Dolphin

1949 Sunday’s Well

1950 UCC 1951 UCC

1952 Garryowen


1954 Garryowen

1955 UCC

1956 Dolphin


1958 Bohemian

1959 Bohemian

1960 Shannon


1962 Bohemian

1963 UCC



1966 Highfield


1968 Highfield

1969 Garryowen


1971 Garryowen



1974 Garryowen

1975 Garryowen

1976 UCC

1977 Shannon

1978 Shannon

1979 Garryowen

1980 Young Munster

1981 UCC

1982 Shannon


1984 Young Munster


1986 Shannon

1987 Shannon

1988 Shannon


1990 Young Munster

1991 Shannon

1992 Shannon

1993 Garryowen


1995 Garryowen

1996 Shannon

1997 Garryowen

1998 Shannon

1999 Garryowen

2000 Shannon

2001 Shannon

2002 Shannon

2003 Shannon

2004 Shannon

2005 Shannon

2006 Shannon

2007 Garryowen

2008 Shannon


2010 Young Munster

2011 Bruff

2012 Garryowen






2018 Garryowen

2018/19 Cork Constitution

2019/20 Cork Constitution

2020/21 Young Munster



2023/24 Garryowen


NENAGH ORMOND RFC

FINAL STAGES

SEMI-FINAL Young Munster RFC 31 – 32 Nenagh Ormond RFC

GROUP STAGE

Shannon RFC 5 – 45 Nenagh Ormond RFC

Nenagh Ormond RFC 31 – 12 Cork Constitution FC

Highfield RFC 22 – 29 Nenagh Ormond RFC

OLD CRESCENT RFC

FINAL STAGES

SEMI-FINAL: Old Crescent RFC 36 – 5 Clonmel RFC

GROUP STAGE

Midelton RFC 14 – 24 Old Crescent RFC

Old Crescent RFC 31 – 26 Dolphin RFC

PLAYER OF THE MATCH AWARD

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NENAGH ORMOND RFC

15. Josh Rowland

14. Davy Gleeson

13. Angus Blackmore

12. Willie Coffey

11. Conor McMahon

10. Ben Pope

9. Nicky Irwin

1. Mikey Doran

2. Dylan Murphy

3. Matthew Burke

4. Jake O’Kelly

5. Kevin O’Flaherty (C)

6. Joe Coffey

7. Evan Murphy

8. John O’Flaherty

Replacements:

16. John Healy

17. Colm Skehan

18. Sean Frawley

19. Fionn O’Meara

20. Rob Buckley

21. Charlie O’Doherty

22. Derek Corcoran

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Referee: Pau

AR1: Mich

AR2: Mike

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O’Regan

15. Ronan Mckenna

14. Dan Hurley

13. Werner Hoffman

12. Shane Mullally

11. Jed O’Dwyer

10. Jamie Duggan

9. Gary Fitzgerald

1. Joe Rickard

2. Niall Hardiman

3. Jake Considine

4. John Toland

5. Yasin Browne

6. Oisin Toland

7. Karl Madden (C)

8. John Lyons

Replacements:

16. Jonathan Byrne

17. Evan Creaven

18. Sean Monaghan

19. James McKeogh

20. Dean O’Grady

21. Aaron Cosgrave

22. Cathal Monaghan

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KEVIN O’FLAHERTY

Nenagh Ormond RFC

PLAYER’S WORD

“It’s going to be a tough, physical

battle as it has been in past meetings

with Old Crescent. Both teams are

looking to make history which should

make for an exciting game of rugby.”

“It’s a very exciting time for the club.

To be able to mix it with the best in

Munster shows the progress we are

making. We set our goals at the start

of the year and going on a Cup run

was one of those.”

“After getting to the final three

years ago it was unknown territory

to us and we really enjoyed the

experience. We are under no illusion

that this Sunday will be a hard fought

battle but we are hoping that the

experience of three years ago and

plying our trade in division 1B stands

to us and that we can come out on

the right side of the result Sunday.”

“Just over 20 years ago the club won

the junior cup and we have grown

from strength to strength in recent

years. To be crowned champions

would be an immensely proud

moment for everyone involved as

we would be adding our name to the

history books.”

“We have the whole community

behind us and their support has

been incredible the past few years.

We are hoping that we can reward

their support by bringing the Senior

Cup to Nenagh.”

KARL MADDEN

Old Crescent RFC

“Preparations have been going really

well. We’ve got a really good mix of

young lads on the team that have

come through the underage system

and then we have some older heads

that have been there for a while as

well, so it’s a really good mix and has

been going really well.”

“The Munster Senior Challenge

Cup is never an easy thing to come

through and we had a couple of

tough games to start it off. We had

Dolphin first who we would have

played numerous times in the last

couple of years and then we had

Clonmel in the semi-final and they’re

going really well in 2C so it was

definitely a tough run. It is never an

easy feat to get to a final but we are

delighted to be in it.

“We know Nenagh well in terms of

we’ve played them a lot, we were

both in 2A together and look they’ve

gone on to do great things. They got

promoted last year and they’re doing

really well in 1B as well. So it won’t

be uncharted waters but we are

excited to play them again.”

“It is tough to put into words how

much it would really mean to win

this weekend. This is the fourth time

Old Crescent have ever been in the

final and the last time we were in the

final in 2009 our Director Of Rugby

Eugene McGovern was playing. We

are a really tight knit club so it would

really just mean so much to everyone

if we lift the cup on Sunday”

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MATCH PREVIEW

By Eolan Allen

Whatever the outcome of today’s

game; there is going to be a new

winner of the Bank of Ireland Munster

Senior Challenge Cup. Neither

Nenagh Ormond nor Old Crescent

have lifted the trophy before.

It will be the fourth outing for the

Takumi Park club in the Final; while

Nenagh are in their second final and

are aiming to be the first Tipperary

club to claim this piece of silverware.

Both clubs got through the group

stages in style back in September.

Old Crescent were in a three team

group; and got off to an excellent

start when they defeated Dolphin

31-26 in a thrilling opener. Crescent

got tries through Werner Hoffman,

Daithi Byrnes, John Hurley and

Brian Molloy. An excellent kicking

performance by Ronan McKenna

proved crucial as he scored 11

points.

A tough away game to Midleton

followed with a 24-16 victory

guaranteeing Crescent’s place in the

last four. Sam Hanrahan and John

Hurley scored early tries, but the

game was tied late on. The Limerick

team showed great fitness and

determination to snatch victory with

tries from Dara O’Brian and Brian

Molloy.

Nenagh faced their toughest of their


three group games in the opening

round as they travelled to play

Highfield. Cormac O’Shaughnessy

was the hero with two tires as the

Tipp’ visitors won out 29-22, with

Willie Coffey and Nick Irwin also

touching down.

They then hosted Cork Constitution;

a formidable force and looked to be in

trouble as they trailed 12-0. Nenagh

though produced a resounding

display to win emphatically 31-

12. O’Shaughnessy again scored

a brace, with Patrick Scully, Kevin

O’Flaherty and Josh Rowland

secured the victory with Conor

McMahon kicking three conversion.

The Tipp; club guaranteed their

place with a dominant 45-5 win over

Shannon. Willie Coffey getting two

of his side’s seven tries.

Matthew Burke, John O’Flaherty,

Angus Blackmore, Brian O’Rourke

and Charlie O’Doherty also touched

down.

In the first semi-final, Old Crescent

produced a scintillating display

in the final quarter of an hour to

dispatch Clonmel at Takumi Park on

a scoreline of 36-5. The final score

was a bit misleading to he flow of

the game as the Limerick side held

just an 8-0 lead after 65 minutes.

However; a flurry of tries saw them

pull away to the delight of the home

support. Jamie Duggan ran in for

two tries with Joel McEnery, Karl

Madden and Ben Davey also dotting

down while McKenna finished with

11 points from the boot.

In the other semi; Nenagh gained

vengeance on Young Munster for

their heartbreaking defeat in the

final two years ago. Despite having

the better of the general play in the

first-half, Nenagh trailed 23-19 at the

break. Tries by David Gleeson, Rob

Buckley and Conor O’Shaughnessy

put them in a strong position with

McMahon kicking two conversions.

The lead kept changing hands in

the second half, with Josh Rowland

scoring an early try. McMahon

converted and kicked two late

penalties to help his team secure a

thrilling 32-31 victory.


Lansdowne’s Jack Cooke celebrate scoring a try with Barry Fitzgerald

A HISTORY OF THE BATEMAN CUP

by Frank Byford

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),

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

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 hat-trick

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.

In 2022 and 2024, Young

Munster reached the final of

the Bateman Cup but lost out

to Lansdowne and Terenure,

respectively.

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

1929 – Lansdowne

1930 – Lansdowne

1931 – Lansdowne


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

2023/24-Terenure College

2024/25-Lansdowne


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