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 Josephs College Galway, Sligo Grammar School, Colaiste Iognaid, Marist College and Ranelagh College and Calasanctius College Oranmore
Marist College, Athlone have been the most successful team since the turn of the millennium winning the Junior cup seven times.

2010 Competition

Calasanctius completed a junior league and cup double after winning their 2nd cup title 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 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:
Round 2:
Semi Finals:
Final:
Junior Cup:
Quarter Finals:
Semi Finals:
Final
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
Round 2
Semi-Finals
Final
Junior Cup
Quarter-Finals
Quarter Final Replay
Semi-Finals
Final
+1 Since 1989
+2 Only counting wins and losing finals since 1989

1910s

Junior Development Cup

Junior League