Leinster Branch Irfu 2014/15
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
LEINSTER BRANCH IRFU 2014/15 Proud Sponsor Leinster Rugby Facebook “f” Logo RGB / .ai Facebook “f” Logo RGB / .ai Leinster Rugby @leinsterrugby Handbook Cover DRAFT 0103.indd 1 18/08/2014 17:38 MAIN SPONSOR OFFICIAL KIT OFFICIAL OFFICIAL BUSINESS OFFICIAL HOTEL SPONSOR PARTNER ADVISOR PARTNER OFFICIAL WINE OFFICIAL OFFICIAL COACH OFFICIAL VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIER PARTNER CARRIER SUPPLIER OFFICIAL AIRLINE OFFICIAL OFFICIAL HYDRATION NUTRITIONAL OFFICIAL CLOTHING PARTNER PARTNER SUPPLIERS SUPPLIER SPONSOR OF OFFICIAL OFFICIAL WOMENS OFFICIAL LEINSTER RUGBY SPONSOR I.T. PARTNER SCHOOLS CUP RETAIL PARTNER OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNERS cover section.indd 2 21/07/2014 09:17 CONTENTS COMMITTEES & ORGANISATIONS Past Presidents of the Leinster Branch 2 Leinster Branch Officers 2014/15 3 Message from the President of the Leinster Branch 4 Message from Bank of Ireland 7 Leinster Branch Staff 8 Executive Committee 2014/15 9 Branch Committees 2014/15 11 School Committee & Reps 12 Womens Committee 13 Junior Section 13 Youth Committee & Reps 14 Referees Committee & Reps 15 Leinster Rugby Referees - Past Presidents 16 Committee Diary Meetings 18 Provincial Contacts 19 International Union Contacts 21 RESULTS 2013/14 European, UK and Ireland 24 Leagues in Leinster 24 Cups in Leinster, Provincial Area Competitions 25 Provincial Area Competitions, School Competitions 26 Age Grade Competitions 28 Lorcan Sherlock, Leinster Annual Awards Ball 30 FIXTURES Fixtures Index 36 Internationals 37 European Rugby Champions Cup 39 Guinness PRO12, B&I Cup 42 Ulster Bank League Divisions 1A / 1B / 2A / 2B 43 Leinster Senior League Cup & Leinster Senior League Shield 51 Leinster League Divisions 1A / 1B / 2A / 2B / 3 52 Metro Leagues D1 / D2 / D3 / D4 / D5 58 Senior Seconds Leagues 65 Women’s AIL Divisions D1 / D2 67 Interprovincial Fixtures 70 CLUB & SCHOOL INFORMATION Club Information 72 Touring, Youth & Disability Clubs 109 Affiliated Schools 111 LEINSTER BRANCH I.R.F.U. - PAST PRESIDENTS 1920 - 21 Rt. Rev. A.E. Hughes D.D. 1967 - 68 D.G. O’Leary 1921 - 22 W.A. Daish 1968 - 69 T.W. R. Meates 1922 - 23 H.J. Millar 1969 - 70 T.J. Cullen B.Arch 1923 - 24 S.E. Polden 1970 - 71 J.F Coffey 1924 - 25 J.J. Warren 1971 - 72 R. Ganly 1925 - 26 E.M. Solomons M.A. 1972 - 73 A.R. Dawson 1926 - 27 T.F. Stack 1973 - 74 M.H. Carroll 1927 - 28 A.D. Clinch M.D. 1974 - 75 W.D. Fraser 1928 - 29 W.G. Fallon B.L. 1975 - 76 F.R. McMullen 1929 - 30 W.H. Acton 1976 - 77 P.F. Madigan 1930 - 31 Mr. Justice Cahir Davitt 1977 - 78 K.D. Kelleher 1931 - 32 A.F. O’Connell 1978 - 79 I.B. Cairnduff 1932 - 33 V.V. Drennan 1979 - 80 P.J. Bolger 1933 - 34 R.M. Scott M.A. 1980 - 81 B. Cross 1934 - 35 P.F. Murray M.D. 1981 - 82 N.H. Brophy 1935 - 36 S.V. Kirwan B.L. 1982 - 83 E. Egan 1936 - 37 R.D. Gray 1983 - 84 P.J. Boyle 1937 - 38 G.P.S. Hogan B.L. 1984 - 85 M. Cuddy 1938 - 39 P.J. Power 1985 - 86 A. Twomey 1939 - 40 Col. J. Gleeson B.E. 1986 - 87 R.L.K. Mills 1940 - 41 T. Bell 1987 - 88 B.S. Murphy 1941 - 42 H. Michael M.D. 1988 - 89 R.A. Brophy 1942 - 43 N.M. Purcell 1989 - 90 E.J. Coleman 1943 - 44 D.J. O’Connor 1990 - 91 V.J.D. Kirwan 1944 - 45 Capt. J.R. Ramsey 1991 - 92 C.A. Smyth 1945 - 46 E.T. McCarron 1992 - 93 T. D’Arcy 1946 - 47 Rev. Precentor R. Watson 1993 - 94 B.T. Keogh 1947 - 48 V.E. Kirwan 1994 - 95 D.P. Guilfoyle 1948 - 49 F.A. Moran 1995 - 96 W.A. Mulcahy 1949 - 50 T.C.J. O’Connell M.D.MCh 1996 - 97 R.S. Browning 1950 - 51 E.W. Massey 1997 - 98 C.C. Powell 1951 - 52 Very Rev. E.R.S. Farrell 1998 - 99 J.D. Hussey 1952 - 53 E.J. Daly 1999 - 00 E.J. Thornton 1953 - 54 Lt Col. J.J. Winters B.E. 2000 - 01 P.A. Cranfield 1954 - 55 L.B. McMahon 2001 - 02 J.R. West 1955 - 56 C.A. Boyle 2002 - 03 A.J. de Lacy 1956 - 57 L.J. Lysaght 2003 - 04 L. P. Magee 1957 - 58 E.J. Lightfoot 2004 - 05 P. Boylan 1958 - 59 P.L. Tighe 2005 - 06 B. Brady 1959 - 60 C.R. Graves 2006 - 07 R.Barry - Duke 1960 - 61 R. FitzGerald 2007 - 08 M.J McLoughlin 1961 - 62 P.S. O’Neill 2008 - 09 D. Kavanagh 1962 - 63 E.J. Doyle 2009 - 10 D. Lamont 1963 - 64 Dr. K.D. Mullen 2010 - 11 K. Fitzpatrick 1964 - 65 N. McConnell 2011 - 12 S. Bayley 1965 - 66 D.P. Smyth B.Arch 2012 - 13 B. Gormley 1966 - 67 Dr. G.A. O’Reilly 2013 - 14 P.J. Deering 2 WWW.LEINSTERRUGBY.IE WWW.LEINSTERRUGBY.IE LEINSTER BRANCH I.R.F.U. (FOUNDED 1879) LEINSTER BRANCH OFFICERS President Senior Vice President JOHN GLACKIN ROBERT MCDERMOTT Junior Vice President Immediate Past President FRANK DOHERTY P.J. DEERING Honorary Treasurer Honorary Secretary RAY RYAN STUART BAYLEY Note: Branch Officers are ex-officio members of all Leinster Branch committees Honorary Secretary (Junior Section) TREVOR MERREY Honorary Secretary (Schools’ Section) LARRY HALPIN Honorary Secretary (Youth Section) MICHAEL McCOY Honorary Secretary (Leinster Rugby Referees) PIERCE FITZPATRICK Honorary Statistician DES DALY Trustees N. BROPHY, F. SOWMAN, J. HUSSEY Auditors R. A. BROPHY & CO. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT As we start off the new season 2014/2015, I take this opportunity to wish all our supporters and each of our clubs and schools a very enjoyable and successful season. We have recently completed a very successful season for Leinster teams and for the Leinster clubs in national competitions. We have also witnessed in the last few weeks our women in blue performing brilliantly in the Women’s World Cup in green and it is something that we are all extremely proud of. I congratulate all those Leinster teams including the Seniors, As, Juniors, Schools, Women and age grade teams who won their respective leagues. I congratulate also Wanderers FC who regained entry to the All-Ireland League by winning the AIL qualifying league last season, Terenure College RFC who gained entry to Division 1A and, of course, my own club Clontarf FC who won the All-Ireland League for the first time having suffered final day disappointment on too many occasions in the past. The All-Ireland League has been remarkably successful for nearly 25 years and has adapted well to changing circumstances in the last 15 years in particular. It is to be hoped that significant changes introduced by the IRFU this season and more planned for next do not result in weakening a competition that has served Leinster and Leinster clubs well. Four separate Leinster clubs have won the last four All-Ireland Leagues and with a little luck I hope that it will be a Leinster club which wins the holy grail of Irish club rugby again this season. Achieving success is usually the culmination of hard work, combined with talent and some good luck. When the mix is right, success follows and vice versa. I have some idea of the hard work that goes into the preparation of all our Leinster teams and I have seen the talent that we have at all levels so with a little good luck, our teams should be as competitive as the last couple of seasons and I wish all of them success in their respective competitions. The major competition for European clubs has changed at governance level and has had some tweaks at operational level. It is the fervent wish of all involved and interested in rugby that in making these changes, the competition at this level will continue to develop from where it was – the premier club competition in the world – within which sportsmanship, fairness, integrity and camaraderie among rivals remain at the core. Leinster Rugby continues to evolve; since the game went professional in 1995 Leinster has continued to invest in our playing resources. It is a few years since Leinster moved to the RDS and now, in conjunction with the RDS, we hope to see the development of the RDS equestrian and rugby arena to world class standards in keeping with the needs of both the RDS and Leinster. Hopefully we will see the fruits of the joint work and ideas in the very near future. Four years ago, Leinster Rugby developed, in conjunction with UCD and through the very generous patronage of some of our supporters, state of the art fitness and training facilities at the Belfield complex. Now, thanks to a generous grant from the Department of Sports we are in the course of developing two all-weather pitches at our traditional home in Donnybrook. We expect that these facilities will benefit all levels of the game throughout the 12 county province. We have very generous and supportive sponsors without whom it would be difficult to make the progress we have made. Bank of Ireland very recently announced an extension of the current sponsorship arrangement until 2019 and also announced further funding for the amateur game. This news is to be warmly welcomed and I’d like to thank Bank of Ireland for their continued support. 4 WWW.LEINSTERRUGBY.IE WWW.LEINSTERRUGBY.IE All at Leinster Rugby understand that we must continually move on - standing still and admiring ourselves is not an option. I have no doubt that we can do so and that Leinster led by Mick Dawson, our CEO, and his colleagues will continue the never ending quest for improvement at all levels of our game.