35-418: Leinster Senior Cup may refer to: Leinster Club Senior Cup : rugby union Leinster Schools Senior Cup : rugby union Leinster Senior Cup (association football) Leinster Schoolgirls' Senior Cup (field hockey) Leinster Senior Cup (cricket) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
70-651: A Leinster Challenge Cup be established to advance and encourage rugby football in Leinster. The Leinster Challenge Cup would be open to all clubs in Leinster affiliated to the Union. The meeting decided that a circular should be sent to all Leinster clubs inviting their participation and subscriptions to the Cup Fund. A further meeting of the Leinster Branch I.R.F.U. took place on Friday 11 November 1881 to consider
105-555: A description of the Challenge Cup: The Cup, which is a solid silver, and is very massive, is in the Etruscan style. The body is elegantly ornamented in the highest style of the silversmith's art. On one side is a view of a football field and pavilion, showing a scrummage in full progress. On the top of the lid there is a beautifully modelled figure in correct football costume in the art of "dropping". The cup stands on
140-544: A handsome ebony plinth, around which are slung on chains four massive silver shields on which to inscribe the names of the successful clubs. The work has been executed by Messrs Edmond Johnston of Grafton Street and is finished in the style for which the house has become so justly celebrated. Edmond Johnston achieved renown as a silversmith for two works in particular. He made the Liam MacCarthy All-Ireland Hurling Cup in 1921. He worked on
175-463: A place in the final. The Winner of Match B was to get a bye to the final, which would be played on Saturday 25 March 1882. The reasons for the long interval between the first and second rounds were Christmas holidays which extended into January and the International matches on 31 January (Wales), 7 February (England) and 14 February (Scotland). In the event of a Wanderers v Lansdowne meeting in
210-404: A special meeting to consider a new resolution " that a Cup be presented by the Leinster Branch for competition amongst Second Fifteens of senior clubs on a league basis ". After much discussion and consideration of umpteen amendments and counter proposals, the final phrase of the original motion was amended to read " amongst Junior Clubs and Second Fifteens of senior clubs on a league basis ". This
245-575: A well-documented, continuous history since then, which gives it a strong claim to be considered the world's oldest extant football club of any code. Although Guy's Hospital FC, had been founded in London in 1843, so had existed before DUFC, it later folded up for some years during the nineteenth century. Football in Trinity pre-dates the foundation of the Club itself. A poem by Edward Lysaght shows that it
280-762: Is a major rugby competition in Ireland , involving all senior rugby clubs in Leinster, i.e., clubs from Leinster competing in the All-Ireland League . From 2006 until 2016 it was known as the Leinster Senior League Cup during the period when the Leinster Senior League had been discontinued, but reverted to its traditional name for the 2016–17 season upon the revival of the Senior League. From 2011 to 2016 only
315-574: The All-Ireland League . The first known record of the Club appears under the heading 'Trinity College' in the Daily Express of 1 December 1855 and is taken to show that it had then been in existence for at least a year: FOOTBALL. - A match will be played in the College Park today (Saturday) between original and new members of the club. Play to commence at two o'clock College time. The club had thus been founded by about 1854, and it has
350-676: The All-Ireland League. The club also fields three Junior teams who compete in the Leinster J1, J3 and J4 Metro Leagues, and two U20 teams who play in the JP Fanagan Premier and Pennant leagues respectively. They are the current Frazer McMullen All Ireland Champions, beating Clontarf U20 in the 2018 final. The 1stXV plays against University College Dublin in the annual Colours Match which has been ongoing since its inception in 1952. Trinity has won on 24 occasions,
385-653: The Challenge Cup to the DUFC Captain. In celebration the Trinity students living in Botany Bay in College lit an enormous bonfire with a pyrotechnic display of fireworks. The Cup appears to have been first presented to the winning captain in 1883. From 1882 through 1897 newspaper reports refer to this competition consistently as ' The Leinster Challenge Cup' . From 1898 through 2006, press reports refer to
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#1732772408897420-694: The Cup Fund, were placed in a hat and drawn as follows: Match A: Dublin University v Phoenix, on the Wanderers Club portion of the Lansdowne Road grounds; Match B: Wanderers v Kingstown, on the Lansdowne Club portion of the grounds; Match C: Lansdowne, a bye. The first round ties were played on Saturday 10 December 1891, k.o. 2.45 pm, with two forty minute halves. The winner of Match A would play Lansdowne on Saturday 25 February 1882 for
455-584: The Junior teams on Santry Avenue in the Dublin suburb of Santry . Dublin University Football Club has a long tradition of its players gaining the highest international honours, with over 160 past players being capped for Ireland since 1875. Some of the most famous and presently memorable are listed below. DUFC also has a long history of providing British & Irish Lions tourists, with
490-409: The Leinster Branch, E.A. McCarthy (Kingstown), H. Morrell ( Dublin University ) and Richard M. Peter ( Dundalk ) - meet on Thursday 1 December to draw up the ties. The Committee decided on an entry fee of ten shillings per club, that all clubs entering the competition should guarantee a donation to the Cup Fund of at least two guineas, that all matches were to be played at Lansdowne Road, that the ground
525-682: The best runner-up on points (and points scored for and against difference) progressed to the semi-finals. From 2016 to 2017, the Senior League was revived, and the Senior Cup reverted to a knock-out format. The winners of the Leinster Senior League Cup compete with the other three provincial cup winners for the All-Ireland Cup . The report of the 1883 Leinster Challenge Cup final in the Irish Times contains
560-477: The competition as ' The Leinster Senior Cup' . How and why did this change in title come about? The change in reference title probably had more to do with semantics rather than any change(s) in the rules governing the competition. At a General Meeting of the Leinster Branch of the I.R.F.U. held in the Wicklow Hotel on 11 November 1888, a resolution was adopted to inaugurate a Leinster Junior Cup competition on
595-466: The competition declined in importance due to the introduction of the All-Ireland League in the 1990–91 season and the formation of a professional provincial team, Leinster, to compete in the Heineken Cup . Following the demise of the Leinster Senior League some time around 2006, the two competitions were combined as the Leinster Senior League Cup. From 2011-12 until 2015-16 senior teams from
630-407: The ground , the inaugural Leinster Challenge Cup Final between Dublin University v Kingstown was won by Trinity by one goal to nil and the title of the premier club of the province for the season. Both clubs were photographed before the match by Messrs Robinson of Grafton Street. The members of the winning team were presented with silver crosses. The reports on the match do not mention presentation of
665-527: The latest being the 2017/18 match. The club also has a Women's XV, which has played in AIL division 3. In October 2020, the club had three players, Liam Turner , Michael Silvester and Jack Dunne , play in Leinster 's Pro14 win over Zebre . The club's main playing field is College Park, which is within the grounds of Trinity in the Dublin city centre. It also has two other football fields used mainly by
700-552: The lower divisions of the All-Ireland League have participated in the Leinster Senior League Shield instead of the League Cup. Thus competition inaugurated in 1882 continues to be contested by the strongest clubs in the province of Leinster . While the name of the competition has changed, the original Challenge Cup trophy is still presented. The Leinster Senior League Cup competition has evolved over
735-452: The past decade. In 2006-07 the top 8 teams of 20 in the league progressed to quarter-finals. From season 2007-08 through 2010-11 there were five Pools of four teams; within each Pool the teams played each other once. The winner of each Pool plus the best three runners-up from the five pools on points (and points scored for and against difference) qualified for the quarter-finals. In seasons 2011-12 and 2012-13 there were two Sections A and B, with
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#1732772408897770-763: The restoration of the Ardagh Chalice and was given permission to make replicas of it which were exhibited at the expositions in Chicago in 1893, Paris in 1900 and Glasgow in 1901. An EJ intertwined was his maker's mark. Dublin University Football Club Dublin University Football Club ( DUFC ) is the rugby union club of Trinity College , in Dublin , Ireland , which plays in Division 1B of
805-417: The rules, dates of matches, drawing of rounds and other competition details. At this meeting a Challenge Cup Committee was formed. The closing date for entries to the inaugural Leinster Challenge Cup was set for Wednesday 30 November. The Challenge Cup Committee - C.B. Croker ( Lansdowne ), the first Hon. Treasurer of the Leinster Branch, G. Drought (Phoenix), F. Kennedy ( Wanderers ), first Hon. Secretary of
840-727: The same basis as applied to the Leinster Challenge Cup. Following the Hon. Treasurer's report to the Annual General Meeting a month earlier, it had been proposed that the Leinster Branch purchase a 'Challenge Cup' for such competition. At the Leinster Branch A.G.M in October 1891, a motion that the 2nd XVs of Senior Clubs be allowed to compete in the Leinster Junior Cup was rejected. Essentially
875-577: The same motion returned the Leinster Branch AGM in October 1895, but was amended to refer the matter to a subcommittee to draft rules to govern the proposed competition under which the latter might be approved and discussion adjourned to the next General Meeting. At the reconvened meeting in November 1895, delegates were informed that the original motion had been withdrawn because of intense opposition. The meeting then reconstituted itself as
910-540: The second round, the club captains would toss for choice of ground at Lansdowne Road. In the event of a draw at any stage, the Cup Committee would fix a date for a second match to be played, so as not to alter the existing rules of the game. The first round matches resulted in a win for Dublin University (5 goals, 2 tries) over Phoenix (nil) - a goal equals a converted try, while the Wanderers v. Kingstown match
945-505: The title Leinster Senior Cup . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leinster_Senior_Cup&oldid=897816848 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Leinster Club Senior Cup The Leinster Senior Cup
980-545: The top senior teams competed and those in the lower divisions of the All-Ireland League competed for the Leinster Senior League Shield . The Leinster Challenge Cup competition was founded in the 1881–82 season. A meeting of the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union took place at John Lawrence's Rooms (Sports Outfitters) at 63 Grafton Street on Monday 31 October 1881. The meeting
1015-463: The winners and runners-up in each section qualifying for the semi-finals. The winner of Section A played the Runner-up of Section B in the semi-final and vice versa . In season 2013-14 the winners of the two Sections qualified directly for the final. In seasons 2014-15 and 2015-16 there were three Sections A, B and C; within each Section the clubs played each other once. The winner of each Section and
1050-527: The winners of which were presented with the original Challenge Cup. From 1940 to 1947 Old Belvedere completed the still unrivalled feat of winning the Leinster Senior Cup 7 consecutive times, narrowly losing their 8th consecutive final to Wanderers . This broke the next longest sequence of wins by Lansdowne from 1927 through 1931, who had broken the record of four consecutive wins by Dublin University from 1895 through 1898. In recent times
1085-404: Was a scoreless draw. The Wanderers v Kingstown tie was replayed on Thursday 23 February 1882. Kingstown won by a goal and a try to nil. The second round match between Dublin University v Lansdowne resulted in a win for Trinity by 2 goals (1 converted try, 1 dropped goal) and 2 tries to nil. On 18 March, in the presence of one of the largest attendances of spectators that has ever been seen on
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1120-621: Was being played in the College Park in the 1780s. Being the oldest rugby club in Ireland, DUFC has won its fair share of trophies over the years. Its most notable achievement in recent years was the winning of the All-Ireland League Division 2 in the 2003–04 season, which also gained the club promotion to Division 1. This level of competition was short-lived, however, with the club returning to Division 2 after two seasons. The DUFC 1st XV currently plays in Division 1B of
1155-510: Was chaired by William Joshua Goulding, Hon. President I.R.F.U. (1880–81) and was attended by representatives of Dundalk, Dublin University, Kingstown, Lansdowne , Phoenix, Rathmines School, and Wanderers Football Clubs. During the meeting questions were posed and answers given about the proposed All-Ireland Challenge Cup competition. Arising from this discussion, W.O. Neville (Dundalk proposed, seconded by H. Morrell (Dublin University), that
1190-414: Was passed unanimously. Thus the Leinster Branch I.R.F.U. from the 1886–87 season now had a Leinster Junior Cup, the winners of which received a Challenge Cup, a Junior League Cup for Junior Clubs and the 2nd XVs of Senior Clubs, and a Leinster Challenge Cup, contested by Senior Clubs. Thus, to avoid confusion in reports of competitions, the Leinster Challenge Cup became referred to as the Leinster Senior Cup,
1225-521: Was to be engaged for several matches and that the proceeds of a 6d (six penny) gate were to be added to the Cup Fund. Clubs were allowed to nominate their own umpires. The Committee proposed to purchase, if possible, a Challenge Cup costing some £50. Through the press, the Committee encouraged lovers of the noble game to attend matches and to support the Cup Fund. The names of the five clubs which had entered, each of whom had guaranteed to donate £5 to
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