- Connacht Junior Cup
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Connacht Junior Cup is a rugby union knockout cup competition for clubs which do not have senior status in the Irish province of Connacht, the First XV's of "Senior" clubs participate in the All Ireland League competition while the First XV's of "Junior" clubs participate in their provincial Junior League.
Second XV's of Senior clubs like Galwegians RFC, Corinthians, Connemara and Buccaneers are also eligible to participate in this cup competition as they are deemed to be of an equal standard.
The cup was first played for in 1905, and was won by a side representing the Galway school St. Ignatius College (Galway), the first recorded club winners were Westport RFC in 1930.
Since the early 1990s both Athlone & Ballinasloe RFC were represented in the competition by their AIL amalgamation, Buccaneers (2nd XV). Currently Ballinasloe have moved away from the amalgamation and enter their own team in Junior competition.
In the 1980s and 1990s the Junior Clubs were extremely successful in winning the competition, however in the new millennium the Senior Clubs sides have won seven out of ten Cup Finals.
Contents
Winners
1900s
- 1905 St. Ignatius College (Galway)
- 1906
- 1907
- 1908
- 1909
1910s
- 1910
- 1911
- 1912
- 1913
- 1914
- 1915
- 1916
- 1917
- 1918
- 1919
1920s
- 1920
- 1921
- 1922
- 1923
- 1924
- 1925 Sligo
- 1926
- 1927
- 1928
- 1929
1930s
1940s
- 1940
- 1941
- 1942
- 1943
- 1944
- 1945
- 1946
- 1947
- 1948 Ballina
- 1949
1950s
- 1950
- 1951
- 1952
- 1953
- 1954 Sligo
- 1955 Westport
- 1956
- 1957
- 1958
- 1959
1960s
- 1960
- 1961
- 1962
- 1963
- 1964
- 1965
- 1966 Sligo
- 1967
- 1968 Sligo
- 1969
1970s
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974 Galwegians
- 1975 Westport beat Connemara
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
1980s
- 1980 Athlone beat Westport by 11/6
- 1981 Ballina beat Creggs by 20/11
- 1982 Creggs beat Athlone by 6/3
- 1983 Loughrea beat Creggs by 4/3
- 1984 Ballinasloe beat Galwegians by 10/0 (In Replay)
- 1985 Corinthians beat Athlone by 9/3
- 1986 Ballina beat Ballinasloe by 6/0
- 1987 Ballinasloe beat Corinthians 17/3
- 1988 Creggs beat Loughrea by 10/6
- 1989 Creggs beat Monivea by 3/0
1990s
- 1990 Ballinrobe beat Athlone by 16/6
- 1991 Ballinrobe beat Loughrea by 27/7
- 1992 Monivea beat Galwegians by 6/3
- 1993 Creggs beat Connemara by 6/3
- 1994 Corrib beat Connemara by 10/9
- 1995 Connemara beat Galwegians by 11/9
- 1996 Monivea beat Castlebar by 23/9
- 1997 Buccaneers beat Monivea
- 1998 Corinthians beat Buccaneers
- 1999 Sligo beat Connemara
2000s
- 2000 Connemara beat Sligo
- 2001 Connemara beat Westport
- 2002 Buccaneers beat Corinthians
- 2003 Buccaneers beat Ballinrobe
- 2004 Gort beat Sligo
- 2005 Sligo beat Monivea
- 2006 Corinthians beat Westport
- 2007 Buccaneers beat Monivea
- 2008 Galwegians beat Monivea
- 2009 Monivea beat Corinthians by 14/6
2010s
- 2010 Corinthians beat Sligo
- 2011 Sligo beat Ballina
References
- The list of winners is taken from "Rugby in Connacht" written by Galway sports journalist Ralph O'Gorman and published by Kenny's Bookshop, Galway.
Categories:- Rugby union competitions in Connacht
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