2025 Rugby League Ireland season

2025 Rugby League Ireland season
League	RLI Premiership RLI Women's Premiership
Teams	5
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The 2025 Rugby League Ireland (RLI) season was the season of rugby league competitions played on the island of Ireland administered by Rugby League Ireland.

In 2025, Rugby League Ireland ran two domestic competitions, RLI Men's Premiership and RLI Women's Premiership.

RLI Premiership

Each team plays 6 games, 3 home and 3 away.

Teams

Club	City/County	Province	Country
Dublin City Exiles	Dublin	Leinster	Republic of Ireland
Banbridge Broncos	Banbridge, County Down	Ulster	Northern Ireland
Galway Tribesmen	Galway, County Galway	Connacht	Republic of Ireland
Longhorns RL	Dublin	Leinster	Republic of Ireland
Cork Bulls	Cork City, County Cork	Munster	Republic of Ireland

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Results

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Longhorns	2	2	0	0	110	38	72	8
2	Dublin City Exiles	1	1	0	0	24	16	4	4
3	Cork Bulls	2	1	1	0	47	96	-49	4
3	Banbridge Broncos	1	0	1	0	32	50	-18	0
5	Galway Tribesmen	2	0	2	0	52	65	-13	0

Round 1

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Cork Bulls	41-36	Galway Tribesmen	17 May 13:00	Douglas RFC
Longhorns	50-32	Banbridge Broncos	18 May 13:00	St Catherines Park, Lucan

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Round 2

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Galway Tribesmen	16-24	Dublin City Exiles	24 June 12:00	Claddagh Swamp
Cork Bulls	6-60	Longhorns	24 May 13:00	Douglas RFC

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Round 3

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Banbridge Broncos		Dublin City Exiles	15 June 2:30pm
Galway Tribesmen		Longhorns	7 June 1:00pm

Round 4

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Galway Tribesmen		Banbridge Broncos	14 June
Dublin City Exiles		Cork Bulls	14 June
Longhorns		Banbridge Broncos	22 June

Round 5

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Dublin City Exiles		Longhorns	21 June
Banbridge Broncos		Cork Bulls	21 June

Round 6

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Longhorns		Dublin City Exiles	28 June
Banbridge Broncos		Galway Tribesmen	28 June

Round 7 (Magic Weekend)

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
			5 July
			5 July

Round 8

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
			12 July
			12 July

Round 9

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Cork Bulls		Banbridge Broncos	19 July
			19 July

Finals series

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Semi-finals
			26 July 2025
			26 July 2025
Grand Final
			9 August 2025

RLI Women's Premiership

Teams

Club	City/County	Country
Dublin City Exiles	Dublin	Republic of Ireland
Galway Tribesmen	Galway	Republic of Ireland
Banbridge Broncos	Banbridge	Northern Ireland

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Results

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Dublin City Exiles	1	1	0	0	30	8	22	4
2	Banbridge Broncos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Galway Tribeswomen	1	0	1	0	8	30	-22	0

Round 1

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Galway Tribewomen	8-30	Dublin City Exiles	24 May 1:45	Claddagh Swamp

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Round 2

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Banbridge Broncos		Dublin City Exiles	7 June

Round 3

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Galway Tribeswomen		Banbridge Broncos	22 June 2024

Round 4

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Dublin City Exiles		Banbridge Broncos	21 June	??

Round 5

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Banbridge Broncos		Galway Tribeswomen	28 June

Round 6 (Magic Weekend

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
			5 July

National teams

Men

The men's national team as of June have no scheduled matches for 2025.

Men U16

The men's U16 national team opened their international campaign for 2025 with a

Wheelchair

The wheelchair national team begin their Celtic Cup campaign in May. ^[7]

References

1. "Men's Fixtures". RLI Facebook. 9 May 2025. ^{[self-published]}
2. "Season kicks off with a bang". RLI Facebook. 19 May 2025. ^{[self-published]}
3. "round 2 results". RLI FB. 27 May 2025.
4. "Women's season begins". RLI Facebook. 21 May 2025. ^{[self-published]}
5. "Double Header down at the Claddagh this Saturday!". Galway Tribesmen FB. ^{[self-published]}
6. "round 2 results". RLI FB. 27 May 2025.
7. "2025 Celtic Cup Squad Announced". RLI Website. 11 May 2025.