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 42 times. They are followed by St Joseph's College, Galway (10 times), Sligo Grammar School (7 times), Coláiste Iognáid, Marist College, Athlone and Ranelagh College (4 times) and Calasanctius College, Oranmore (2 times)

Marist College, Athlone have been the most successful team since the turn of the millennium winning the Junior cup seven times (2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2016 and 2018).

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 1 July. From this year onwards a player must be Under 16 on 1 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 (Conceded 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

Final

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
Garbally College 43 7 50 2019
St. Josephs College Galway (The Bish) 10 1 1 12 1991
Sligo Grammar School 7 1 1 9 2008
Marist College, Athlone 7 3 10 2018
Colaiste Iognaid (The Jes) 4 6 10 1987
Ranelagh College, Athlone 4 4 1929
Rice College 2 1 3 2012
Portumna Community School 2 1 3 2001
Calasanctius College, Oranmore 2 1 3 2010
Galway Grammar School 2 2 1958
CBS Roscommon 2 1 3 2020
St Geralds College, Castlebar 1 1 2014
Clifden Community School 1 1 1976
Galway Vocational School 1 1 1969
Summerhill College, Sligo 2 2 N/A
St Muiredachs College, Ballina 2 2 N/A

+1 Since 1989 (Excluding 1992-4) +2 Only counting wins and losing finals since 1989

  • Last Updated 20/03/2018

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

2020s

Other Cup Competitions

Junior Development Cup

Junior Emerging Cup

Other Competitions

Junior League

See also

References
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