All-Ireland League (rugby union)

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All-Ireland League
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Sport Rugby union
Instituted1990;34 years ago (1990)
Number of teams50
Nations
Holders Terenure College (1st title) (2022–23)
Most titles Shannon (9 titles)
Website irishrugby.ie/all-ireland-leagues

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The All-Ireland League (AIL), known for sponsorship reasons as the Energia All-Ireland League, is the national league system for the 50 senior rugby union clubs in Ireland, covering both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The league was inaugurated in the 1990–91 season.

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Cork Constitution F.C are the only club to have constantly retained their status in Division 1 since 1990/91. All other clubs in the league have experienced relegation.

The league is the second highest level of rugby union in Ireland, as professional teams representing the four provinces of Ireland play in the United Rugby Championship.

Division 1 sides may field no more than two professional players in their matchday sides, and only one may be a forward. Division 2 sides may not field professional players. Foreign professional players may not play in the League. Cork Constitution, the inaugural winners, are the only club to have retained top division status since the inception of the league. [1]

Competition format

The league is divided into five divisions of ten teams each. Teams play each other team in the division twice per season (once at home and once away), for a total of 18 regular-season matches. [2] The season runs from mid-September until mid-April, with an approximately four-week break in matches from mid-December to early-January. At the end of the season, the top four teams in division 1A enter a play off semi-finals and a final for the championship.

Promotion and relegation

At the end of each season the bottom team in division 1A is replaced by the top team in division 1B, with the second-bottom team entering a promotion/relegation play-off with the second-placed team in 1B. The bottom two teams in 1B, 2A and 2B are relegated and replaced by the top two teams from divisions 2A, 2B and 2C respectively.

The two teams finishing bottom of division 2C are relegated to the relevant provincial league, and replaced by the two teams finishing top of a "round robin" tournament between the four provincial league winners. The four provincial junior leagues are the Connacht Junior League, the Leinster League, the Munster Junior League and the Ulster Championship League.

History

Prior to 1990, there was no national league in Ireland. Each of the four provincial unions had its own cup and league tournament. In 1991, after almost five years of discussion and consultation with clubs, the All-Ireland League (AIL) was introduced with two divisions, division 1 with 9 clubs and division 2 with 10 clubs. [3] [4] [5] The AIL was expanded to four divisions in 1993–94, [6] with small variations in the numbers of teams per division in subsequent seasons. [7] [8]

In 2000–01 the league was restructured to three divisions, each with 16 teams. [9] After the 1995 introduction of professionalism in rugby union, the IRFU increased the importance of the provinces, which from 2002 participated in the Celtic League (now the United Rugby Championship) as full-time teams rather than ad hoc selections of club players. Therefore, the best Irish players no longer played in the AIL. In 2004 the IRFU proposed scrapping the All-Ireland League and reintroducing a provincial league system in 2005–06 which would act as qualifiers for a curtailed three division AIL structure in the second half of the season, but this model did not receive the support of clubs or rugby pundits. [10] [11] In 2007 the IRFU agreed that the structure of the All-Ireland League would remain as three divisions with 16 clubs each for seasons 2008–09 and 2009–10. In 2009–10, division 1 was split into 1A and 1B with eight teams in each as a trial and then continued in season 2010–11. [12] In 2011–12 division 1A and 1B had 10 clubs each and divisions 2 and 3 were reformatted as divisions 2A and 2B with 16 clubs in each division. [12]

Previous winners

† From season 1990–91 through to 1996–97, the team placing top of Division 1 was crowned AIL League Champion
‡ From season 1997–98, playoffs were introduced which was contested by the top four teams in Division 1 for the title of AIL League Champion; in the semi-finals the top placed team played the 4th placed team and the 2nd placed team the 3rd placed team
§ The title in 2013–14 was decided on final league position; there were no play-offs.

Club statistics

The All-Ireland League has been dominated by teams from Limerick (Shannon, Garryowen, and Young Munster) who have won 13 out of 31 titles. Teams from Munster have won 19 out of 31.

TeamWinsFinalsWinning SeasonsFirst Final/
Runner-up		Last Final/
Runner-up
Shannon 9101994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–091991–922008–09
Cork Constitution 6131990–91, 1998–99, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2016–17, 2018–191990–912018–19
Garryowen 381991–92, 1993–94, 2006–071990–912007–08
Clontarf 392013–14, 2015–16, 2021–222002–032022–23
Lansdowne 352012–13, 2014–15, 2017–181996–972017–18
St Mary's College 241999–2000, 2011–121999–20002011–12
Terenure 122022–232021–222022–23
Old Belvedere 122010–112010–112013–14
Young Munster 121992–931992–932011–12
Ballymena 112002–032002–032002–03
Dungannon 112000–012000–012000–01
Belfast Harlequins 012004–052004–05
Blackrock 011994–951994–95

Teams

Divisions for the 2023–24 season.

Division 1A

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Location of teams in the 2023-24 All-Ireland League Division 1A
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Ballynahinch Ballynahinch Ballymacarn Park1,000
City of Armagh Armagh Palace Grounds1,000
Clontarf Dublin (Clontarf)Castle Avenue3,200
Cork Constitution Cork (Ballintemple)Temple Hill1,000
Dublin University Dublin College Park 200
Lansdowne Dublin (Ballsbridge) Aviva Stadium (Back Pitch)1,000
Shannon Limerick Thomond Park
Coonagh		26,500
1,000
Terenure College Dublin (Terenure)Lakelands Park3,000
UCD Dublin (Belfield) UCD Bowl 3,000
Young Munster Limerick (Rosbrien)Tom Clifford Park1,000

Division 1B

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Location of teams in the 2023-24 All-Ireland League Division 1B
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Blackrock College Dublin (Blackrock)Stradbrook Road4,000
Buccaneers Athlone Dubarry Park 10,000
Garryowen Limerick (Dooradoyle)Dooradoyle1,500
Highfield Cork (Bishopstown)Woodleigh Park4,000
Naas Naas Forenaughts3,000
Old Belvedere Dublin (Ballsbridge) Anglesea Road 1,000
Old Wesley Dublin (Donnybrook) Donnybrook Stadium 7,000
Queen's University Belfast Dub Lane1,000
UCC Cork (Mardyke) Mardyke Arena 5,000
St Mary's College Dublin (Templeogue)Templeville Road4,000

Division 2A

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Ballymena Antrim Eaton Park1,000
Banbridge Banbridge Rifle Park1,000
Cashel Cashel Spafield2,500
Greystones Greystones Dr Hickey Park1,000
Malone Belfast Gibson Park1,000
MU Barnhall Leixlip Parsonstown1,000
Navan Navan Balreask Old4,000
Nenagh Ormond Nenagh New Ormond Park1,000
Old Crescent Limerick (Rosbrien)Rosbrien4,000
UL Bohemians Limerick Thomond Park
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1,000

Division 2B

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Belfast Harlequins Belfast Deramore Park1,000
Dolphin Cork (Ballyphehane) Musgrave Park 8,008
Dungannon Dungannon Stevenson Park1,000
Galway Corinthians Galway (Castlegar)Corinthian Park1,000
Instonians Belfast Shawsbridge Sports Complex1,000
Malahide Malahide Estuary Road1,000
Skerries Skerries Holmpatrick1,000
Sligo Strandhill Hamilton Park1,000
Rainey Magherafelt Hatrick Park1,000
Wanderers Dublin (Ballsbridge)Merrion Road1,000

Division 2C

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Ballina Mayo Heffernan Park1,000
Bangor Bangor Upritchard Park1,000
Bruff Bruff Kilballyowen Park1,000
Clogher Valley Fivemiletown The Cran1,000
Clonmel Clonmel Ard Gaoithe4,000
Enniscorthy Wexford Ross Road1,000
Galwegians Galway (Renmore)Crowley Park2,000
Midleton Midleton Towns Park400
Omagh Academicals Omagh Thomas Mellon Playing Fields1,000
Tullamore Tullamore Spollanstown1,000

Sponsorship

The All-Ireland League was not sponsored in the initial season, but was sponsored for six years by Insurance Corporation of Ireland. [78] [79] [80] The League was sponsored by Allied Irish Banks from 1998 to 2010, [81] [82] [83] Ulster Bank from 2010 to 2019, [84] [85] 2018/19 season was not sponsored and Energia since the 2019–20 season. [86]

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