Connacht Schools Junior Cup

Connacht Schools Junior Cup

The Connacht Schools Junior Challenge Cup is an under-age rugby union competition for schools affiliated to the Connacht Branch of the IRFU.

Competition is confined to students under the age of 16. The final is held in March each year in the Galway Sportsgrounds. It is usually seen as a good forecast as who will win the Connacht Schools Senior Cup in the following years.

Garbally College have been the most successful school in the competition lifting the cup 1000 times. They are followed by St Josephs College Galway (10 times), Sligo Grammar School (7 times), Colaiste Iognaid, Marist College and Ranelagh College (4 times) and Calasanctius College Oranmore (2 times)

Marist College have been the most successful team since the turn of the millennium winning the Junior cup four times (2000, 2002, 2005 and 2007). Although they have been the most successful Garbally College have appeared in more finals (winning 2004 and 2007, and losing in 2000, 2002 2003, and 2007).

Contents

2010 Competition

Calasanctius completed a junior league and cup double after winning their 2nd cup title (and two in a row) by 17 points to 5 after facing a strong Rice College team in search of their 1st ever title who played their 2nd final this year after losing the Development Cup final to Clifden CS (13-7) earlier this season.

The format of the competition is different in 2010 than it was in 2009. In 2009 every team played in the Junior Cup with the teams who lost their first game playing in the Development Cup. In 2010 16 play in the Development Cup with the two finalists playing in the Junior Cup along with six other teams.

The ages for the Junior Cup have also changed for the 2009 competition a player must have been Under 15 on the 1st of July. From this year onwards a player must be Under 16 on the 1st of January.

Development Cup:

Round 1:

  • Athlone Community College 17 St Marys Ballygar 8
  • Rice College 7 Holy Rosary 0
  • St Raphaels Loughrea 0 Pres Athenry 7
  • Gallen CS 7 St Jarlaths College 0
  • Clifden CS 57 St Muredach's 14
  • Scoil Chuinsiteach Chiarain 0 Colaiste Iognaid 7
  • St Endas Galway 7 St Geralds Castlebar 0
  • St Aloysius College 0 Athenry VS 7

Round 2:

  • Athlone Community College 0 Rice College 17
  • Gallen CS 7 Pres Athenry 0
  • Clifden CS 8 Colaiste Iognaid 7
  • St Endas Galway 3 Athenry VS 7.

Semi Finals:

  • Rice College 36 Gallen CS 10
  • Clifden CS 7 Athenry VS 0.

Final:

  • Rice College 7 Clifden CS 13

Junior Cup:

Quarter Finals:

  • Calasanctius College Oranmore 3 Sligo Grammar School 0
  • Clifden CS 9 Summerhill College 15
  • Garbally College 12 St Josephs College Galway (The Bish)15
  • Rice College 13 Marist College 7.

Semi Finals:

  • Calasanctius College Oranmore 3 Summerhill College 0
  • St Josephs College Galway (The Bish) 8 Rice College 10.

Final

  • Calasanctius College Oranmore 17 Rice College 5

2011 Competition

Calasanctius College, Oranmore will be hoping to win a 3rd cup in a row but will face stiff opposition from the other schools in the province.

The Bish are current favorites even at this early stage as they won the 2010 Under 15 Connacht blitz, beating Garbally College, Calasanctius College Oranmore, Marist College, Athlone, St. Geralds College Castlebar and Colaiste Iognaid and they have also topped their group in the league.

Development Cup

Round 1

  • St. Geralds, Castlebar 19 Summerhill College, Sligo 10
  • Gallen CS v St. Marys, Ballygar (Conceeded by St. Marys Ballygar)
  • Athenry VS 17 Sligo Grammar School 36
  • Athlone Community College 7 Presentation College, Athenry 0

Round 2

  • St. Geralds Castlebar 78 v St. Raphaels, Loughrea 0
  • St. Endas, Galway 16 Clifden CS 12
  • Gallen CS 6 Sligo Grammar School 27
  • St. Aloysius College, Athlone 17 Athlone Community College 32

Semi-Finals

  • St. Geralds, Castlebar 21 St. Endas 8
  • Sligo Grammar School 7 Athlone Community College 0

Final

  • St. Geralds, Castlebar 5 Sligo Grammar School 10

Junior Cup

Quarter-Finals

Quarter Final Replay

Semi-Finals

  • Calasanctius, Oranmore 15 Marist College, Athlone 7
  • St. Josephs College, Galway (The Bish) 13 Rice College, Westport 17

Final

  • Calasanctius, Oranmore v Rice College, Westport

Performance by School

School Outright Titles Shared Titles Runners-Up +1 Total Finals +2 Last Title
Sq3 bluewhiteblue.svg Garbally College 41 5 46 2006
Sq2 bluewhite.svg St. Josephs College Galway (The Bish) 10 1 1 12 1991
Sq3 navywhitered.svg Sligo Grammar School 7 1 1 9 2008
Sq2 bluewhite.svg Marist College, Athlone 4 3 7 2007
Sq3 maroonyellowmaroon.svgColaiste Iognaid (The Jes) 4 3 7 1987
Sq blank.svg Ranelagh College, Athlone 4 4 1929
Sq2 greenwhite.svg Portumna Community School 2 1 3 2001
Sq2 rednavy.svg Calasanctius College, Oranmore 2 2 2010
Sq blank.svg Galway Grammar School 2 2 1958
Sq2 whiteblack.svg Clifden Community School 1 1 1976
Sq blank.svg Galway Vocational School 1 1 1969
Sq2 skynavy.svg Summerhill College, Sligo 2 2 N/A
Sq2 redwhite.svg St Muiredachs College, Ballina 1 1 N/A
Sq2 rednavy.svg Rice College 1 1 N/A

+1 Since 1989 (Excluding 1992, 1993, 1994) +2 Only counting wins and losing finals since 1989

Results

1910s

1920s

  • 1920 Suspended
  • 1921 Suspended
  • 1922 Suspended
  • 1923 Suspended
  • 1924 St. Joseph's College, Galway (The Bish)
  • 1925 Garbally College
  • 1926 Ranelagh, Athlone
  • 1927 Garbally College
  • 1928 St. Joseph's College, Galway (The Bish)
  • 1929 Ranelagh, Athlone

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

  • 1960 St. Joseph's College, Galway (The Bish)
  • 1961 Sligo Grammar School/St. Joseph's College, Galway (The Bish)
  • 1962 Sligo Grammar School
  • 1963 St. Joseph's College, Galway (The Bish)
  • 1964 St. Joseph's College, Galway (The Bish)
  • 1965 Suspended
  • 1966 Sligo Grammar School
  • 1967 Suspended
  • 1968 Suspended
  • 1969 Galway Vocational School

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Other Competitions

Junior League

Junior Development Cup

  • 2010 Clifden CS beat Rice College by 13-7
  • 2011 Sligo Grammar School beat St. Geralds College, Castlebar by 10-5

Junior Plate/Emerging Cup

  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011

Junior City Cup

  • 2008 St Josephs College, Galway (The Bish) beat Coláiste Iognáid (The Jes)
  • 2009 Calasanctius College, Oranmore beat Coláiste Iognáid (The Jes) By 7-5
  • 2010 Calasanctius College, Oranmore beat Coláiste Iognáid (The Jes) By 8-6
  • 2011

See also

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