Irish Rugby League 2015

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts

Date	Home Team		Away Team

Irish Rugby League 2016

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
NI League
*Ballynahinch Rabbitohs # (-2)	3	3	0	0	232	64	4
Portadown Pumas	4	2	0	2	122	236	4
Belfast Met Scholars	3	0	0	3	96	144	0
ROI League
*Dublin City Exiles	10	8	0	2	374	218	16
*Athboy Longhorns	10	8	0	2	327	178	16
*Athy Sharks	10	5	0	5	342	293	10
*Galway Tribesmen	10	5	0	5	258	268	10
Cork Bulls	10	3	0	7	210	318	6
Treaty City Titans	10	1	0	9	68	304	2

[24][25]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	ROI Semi-Finals
	Athboy Longhorns	30	Athy Sharks	16
	Dublin City Exiles	24	Galway Tribesmen	30
	ROI Final
	Athboy Longhorns	8	Galway Tribesmen	15
	Grand Final
	Galway Tribesmen	36	Ballynahinch Rabbitohs	34

[22][23]

RLI Irish Rugby League 2017

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
ROI Championship
*Longhorns RL	6	5	1	0	229	72	11
*Galway Tribesmen	6	5	1	0	232	88	11
*Waterford Vikings	6	4	0	2	222	182	8
*Dublin City Exiles	6	2	0	4	160	205	4
*Cork Bulls	6	2	0	4	116	198	4
*Athy Sharks	6	1	0	5	126	192	2
Ballyfermot Bears	6	1	0	5	46	194	2
Ulster Championship
*Belfast Met Scholars	6	5	0	1	236	82	10
*Ballynahinch Rabbitohs	6	5	0	1	246	114	10
Belfast Eagles	6	1	0	5	110	222	2
Portadown Pumas	6	1	0	5	68	212	2

[26][27]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	ROI Quarter-Finals
15.07.17	Waterford Vikings		Athy Sharks
15.07.17	Dublin City Exiles	36	Cork Bulls	20
	ROI Semi-Finals
22.07.17	Longhorns RL	30	Athy Sharks	12
22.07.17	Galway Tribesmen	28	Dublin City Exiles	20
	ROI Final
29.07.17	Galway Tribesmen	16	Longhorns RL	44
	Ulster Final
29.07.17	Belfast Met Scholars		Ballynahinch Rabbitohs
	Grand Final
05.08.17	Longhorns RL	46	Belfast Met Scholars	6

[28][29][30][31][32][33]

RLI Irish Rugby League 2018

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
ROI League
*Longhorns	2	2	0	0	104	38	4
*Galway Tribesmen	3	2	0	1	138	106	4
Athy Sharks	1	0	0	1	28	58	0
Waterford Vikings	1	0	0	1	20	68	0
Dublin City Exiles	1	0	0	1	42	62	0
NI League
*Belfast Stags	1	1	0	0	42	22	2
*Portadown Pumas	1	0	1	0	22	42	0
Belfast Eagles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belfast Met Scholars	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Compiled from: [34][35][36][37][38][39]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	ROI Final		Terenure RFC
14.07.18	Longhorns RL	60	Galway Tribesmen	16
	NI Final
14.07.18	Belfast Stags	30	Portadown Pumas	28
	All-Ireland Final		Morton Stadium, Santry
21.07.18	Longhorns RL	c	Belfast Stags	c

[40][41][42]

RLI Irish Rugby League 2019

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Southern Conference
*Longhorns RL	8	7	0	1			14
*Dublin City Exiles	8	5	0	3			10
*Galway Tribesmen	7	4	0	3			8
*Barrow Cudas	7	2	0	5			4
Athboy ##	6	0	0	6			0

Reference: Compiled from [43-44]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
28.07.19	Dublin City Exiles	62	Galway Tribesmen	14
02.08.19	Longhorns RL	20	Barrow Cudas	0
	All-Ireland Final
10.08.19	Longhorns RL	38	Dublin City Exiles	16

References: [45-47]

In 2015 the Munster League & Leinster League were merged into one ROI League with Semi-Finals & Finals before the Grand Final. The NI League had the same format as previously, with one League followed by a Final.

For 2016 the Munster and Leinster Provinces were merged into one ROI League, with Galway Tribesmen emerging victors, 15-8 over Athboy Longhorns. The went on to win the Grand Final, 36-34 over Ulster Champions Ballynahinch Rabbitohs.

The newly named Longhorns RL, now playing in Ashbourne, though still Co. Meath, won the 2017 title 46-6 over Belfast Met Scholars, after emerging winners over the holders, Galway, in the ROI Championship Final.

The 2018 season saw Longhorns RL again emerging victorious over Galway in the ROI Final, with Belfast Stags narrowly winning NI Championship 30-28 over Portadown Pumas. After a season where many teams dropped out and a lot of games were cancelled, the All-Ireland Final itself, between Longhorns RL and Belfast Stags, was cancelled, after the Stags forfeited.

In 2019, there was no regularly playing Northern Conference, and the Title was contested by 5 Southern Conference teams, with Longhorns winning 38-16 over Dublin City Exiles.

References

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[24] International Rugby League Facebook (2016) Facebook Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/IntIRL/posts1035127829856151:0 [Accessed 30 July 2016]

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[42] Rugby League Ireland Facebook Page (2018) Post July 16, 2018 – All-Ireland Final Fixture: Longhorns v Stags [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/rugbyleagueireland/posts/2068079099901129 [Accessed 18 September 2018]

[43] Rugby League Ireland Facebook Page (2019) Post July 16 ” STANDINGS | SOUTHERN CONFERENCE ” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/rugbyleagueireland/posts/2855691734473191 [Accessed 1 September 2019]

[44] Rugby League Ireland Facebook Page (2019) Post July 23 “ Early scare pushes Exiles to a comprehensive win in Carlow
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[45] Rugby League Ireland Facebook Page (2019) Post August 4, 2019: ” Congratulations to Longhorns beating barrow cudas 20-0 this afternoon in a well fought contest. ” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/rugbyleagueireland/posts/2905552336153797 [Accessed 1 September 2019]

[46] Dublin City Exiles Rugby League | Facebook Page (2019) Post July 28: ” The Exiles are through to the All Ireland final on Sat 10th August in Coolmine RFC. ” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublincityexiles/posts/673012006505808 [Accessed 1 September 2019]

[47] Rugby League Ireland Facebook Page (2019) Post August 10, 2019: “ Congratulations to Longhorns who retained their title and are the ALL IRELAND CHAMPIONS for 2019 ” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/rugbyleagueireland/posts/2920810781294619 [Accessed 1 September 2019]

Images

[1] Rugby League Planet (2017) Rugby League Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.rugbyleagueplanet.com/images/nations/ireland/rlireland.jpg [Accessed 10 July 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Declan Mulcahy, Vinny Kingston and Brendan Farrell

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