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Ireland Schoolboys

Union

Irish Rugby Football Union

Emblem(s)

the Shamrock

Coach(es)

Terry McMaster

1st kit

2nd kit

The Irish Schoolboys rugby union team is the national team for secondary school students and under-18 school players in Ireland.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] There is an equivalent Ireland under 18 clubs side that play international rugby.

Role

The Irish Schoolboys side represents the nation against youths of other nations.

They provide a starting point for Ireland qualified players that has led to players representing the National Team, Ireland A, Development, Provincial, Students, Irish U-20 and AIL teams.^[6]

Currently in both the Republic and Northern Ireland there are 246 Schools playing rugby; Ulster (107), Leinster (75), Munster (41) and Connacht (23).^[7]^[8]^[9]

School competitions

Each of the four Provinces holds a Schools Cup competition every season, usually culminating in a Provincial Cup Final held on or around St Patricks Day (17 March each year). Despite the age group the qualifying games and finals are usually very well attended with crowds often better than those attending most adult club games, for Leinster Schools Cup Finals crowds of 15–20,000 are not unusual. This has brought onboard sponsors of the various competitions such as the Northern Bank Schools' Cup (Ulster),^[10] Supermacs Schools Cup (Connacht) and the Powerade Schools' Cup (Leinster).^[11]

Opposition

They also play against other 6 Nations countries' schoolboys sides during the year, and also other test playing nations schools teams on a more infrequent basis.^[1]^[2]^[12]^[13]^[14]

Recent matches include a narrow loss to France in a schoolboy Under-18 match on 20 December 2007.^[15]

Since 2011, the team has taken part in the annual European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship, winning the title in this competition in 2011. It was Ireland's fourth appearance in the final, having previously lost to France in 2007, 2008 and 2010. 2011 marked the first time that Ireland was represented by a schools team rather than a Clubs XV.^[16]

Notable former Schoolboy representatives

The following players have been called up by the Ireland senior national team.

Honours

European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship
- Champions: 2011
- Runners-up: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014

European championship

Positions

The team's final positions in the European championship:

Year	Division	Tier	Place
2004	A Division	I
2005	A Division	I	5th
2006	A Division	I	2nd – Runners-up
2007	A Division	I	2nd – Runners-up
2008	A Division	I	2nd – Runners-up
2009	A Division	I	3rd
2010	A Division	I	2nd – Runners-up
2011	Elite Division	I	1st – Champions
2012	Elite Division	I	2nd – Runners-up
2013	Elite Division	I	3rd
2014	Elite Division	I	2nd – Runners-up
2015	Elite Division	I	7th

References

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^ ^a ^b Ace, George (20 April 1987). "K AND School of Justice". The Times.
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^ "The Visit of U-19 Japanese National Rugby Team to Dublin". 28 March 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
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^ "Irish Rugby Union team news". Irish Rugby. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
^ "Rugby chiefs muscle in on body building risk to pupils". The Independent. 10 January 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
^ "Methody secure Schools' Cup win". BBC Sport. 17 March 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
^ "Double injury woe for 'thrown together' Irish". Irish Independent. 26 March 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
^ "Draws & Results". Australian Schools Rugby. 6 April 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
^ "Ireland 18 Schools team to Play Wales in U18 Schools Six Nations Rugby festival". Heavensgame.com. 26 March 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
^ "Australian Schoolboys start their tour with a win". 27 November 2005. Archived from the original on 3 September 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
^ "Irish stunned as dubious try steals win for France". The Irish Examiner. 21 December 2007. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012.
^ European Glory For Ireland Schools Team Archived 25 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine IRU website, published: 23 April 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011
^ "Gordon D'Arcy". Leinster Rugby. 5 April 2008. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
^ "Luke Fitzgerald". Leinster Rugby. 5 April 2008. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
^ "Cian Healy". Leinster Rugby. 5 April 2008. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
^ "Jamie Heaslip". Leinster Rugby. 5 April 2008. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
^ "Shane Jennings". Leinster Rugby. 5 April 2008. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
^ "Rob Kearney". Leinster Rugby. 5 April 2008. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
^ "Brian O'Driscoll". Leinster Rugby. 5 April 2008. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
^ "Jonathan Sexton". Leinster Rugby. 5 April 2008. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
^ "Gavin Duffy". Connacht Rugby. 5 April 2008. Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
^ "Andrew Dunne". Connacht Rugby. 5 April 2008. Archived from the original on 29 April 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
^ "Irish Rugby | Ireland U-18 Schools Team Named for Semi-Final".

External links

Ireland national rugby union team

Irish Rugby Football Union

History

Players

All Players
Brian O'Driscoll (tries
caps)

Home stadiums

Competitions and trophies

Related teams

Matches by opponent

Tours

Australia	1967 1979 1994 1999 2003 2006 2008 2010 2018 2020
New Zealand	1976 1992 1997 2002 2006 2008 2010 2012 2022
South Africa and Namibia	1961 1981 1991 1998 2004 2016
France and Europe	1988
Americas	Canada 1899 South America 1952 Argentina 1970 North America 1989 2000 Argentina 2007 North America 2009 North America 2013 Argentina 2014
Oceania	1976 1997 2003
Japan	1985 2005 2017

See also

Rugby union in Ireland

Irish Rugby Football Union

National teams

Men's	Senior Sevens Ireland Wolfhounds Emerging Ireland Universities U20s Schoolboys
Women's	Senior Sevens

URC teams

Competitions

European	European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup United Rugby Championship British and Irish Cup Celtic Cup
National	IRFU Interprovincial Championship IRFU Women's Interprovincial Series All-Ireland League All-Ireland Cup
Provincial leagues	Connacht Senior League Leinster Senior League Munster Senior League Ulster Senior League
Provincial senior cups	Connacht Senior Cup Leinster Senior Cup Munster Senior Cup Ulster Senior Cup
Provincial junior cups	Leinster Towns Cup Munster Junior Cup Ulster Junior Cup
Intervarsity	The Colours Match
Schools senior cups	Connacht Schools Rugby Senior Cup Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup Munster Schools Rugby Senior Cup Ulster Schools' Cup
Schools junior cups	Connacht Schools Junior Cup Leinster Schools Junior Cup Munster Schools Junior Cup Ulster Medallion Shield

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v t e European national under-18 rugby union teams
U18 Six Nations Festival	England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales
Elite Division	Belgium Czech Republic Georgia Netherlands Romania Portugal Spain Switzerland
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Division B	Croatia Latvia Luxembourg Serbia Ukraine
Group C	Austria Denmark Hungary Moldova
Group D	Andorra Bulgaria Bosnia and Herzegovina Israel Malta
Former participants	Armenia Monaco Norway Slovenia

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