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Munster Schools Junior Cup

The Munster Schools Junior Cup or Munster Junior Cup is the under-age rugby union competition for schools affiliated to the Munster Branch of the IRFU with team members under 16 years of age.

The competition has been traditionally dominated by Cork city's major rugby playing schools P.B.C. claiming the most titles (32)and C.B.C. with 19 titles. The County Tipperary school Rockwell College has won 20 titles, with the remaining titles (22 in all), won by Limerick schools, largely due to contributions from Crescent College[i] & St. Munchin's with 7 victories respectively.

Top winners

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Team Winner Winning Years
1 Presentation Brothers College, Cork 32 1933, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2022, 2023, 2024
2 Rockwell College Cashel 20 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1982, 1997, 2019
3 Christian Brothers College 19 1938, 1953, 1962, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2020
4 Crescent College Limerick 7 1950, 1952, 1961, 1991, 2010, 2011, 2016
St. Munchin's College Limerick 7 1970, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1998, 2018, 2020
5 Mungret College Limerick 3 1939, 1940, 1941
6 Ardscoil Rís, Limerick 2 2003, 2005
Castletroy College Limerick 2 2008, 2013
7 Limerick CBS 1 1932

Honours

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1930s

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1940s

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1950s

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1960s

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1970s

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1980s

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1990s

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2000s

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2010s

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2020s

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Although the school has always been referred to as Crescent College, its official name was Sacred Heart College SJ up until the 1970s, when it became a comprehensive school. Since then its official name has been Crescent College Comprehensive SJ

References

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  1. ^ "Irish Independent Report on 2012 Cup Final". Independent.ie. 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  2. ^ "Castletroy deny Crescent the double". www.munsterschoolsrugby.com. 2013-03-23. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
  3. ^ "PBC Win SEAT Munster Schools Junior Cup". www.munsterrugby.ie. 2014-03-26. Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  4. ^ "O'Hea strikes late to seal Junior deal for Christians". Irish Independent. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Honours even in thrilling final". Irish Independent. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Crescent Comprehensive finally get their reward". Irish Examiner. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Never-say-die Christian Brothers College strike late". Irish Examiner. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Munchin's end Cup famine". Irish Independent. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
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