Leinster League Division Two

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Leinster League Division Two
Founded
1994
Nation
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Promotion To
Leinster League Division One
Relegation To
Leinster League Division Three
Number of Teams
14
Current Champions (2007–08)
Newbridge RFC

Leinster League Division Two is the second division of Rugby in the Leinster League and started in the 1994/95 season.

Rugby union Team sport, code of rugby football

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world simply as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is between two teams of 15 players using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field with H-shaped goalposts at each end.

The Leinster League is the second tier of rugby in Leinster, behind the Leinster Senior League. It has five divisions. The champions qualify for a round-robin tournament with the champions of the other three provincial junior leagues for one of two promotion places to the All-Ireland League.

Contents

History

Kilkenny, Seapoint, Curragh, Drogheda, Roscrea, North Kildare, Athy, Gorey, Longford, Edenderry and Tullamore entered the division through the qualifying matches in the 1993/1994 season.

Kilkenny RFC is an Irish rugby team based in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, playing in Division 1B of the Leinster League. The club colours are black and white.

Seapoint RFC is a community-based Irish rugby club located in Killiney, County Dublin, playing in Division 2C of the All-Ireland League. The club also provides a key focal point for players attending rugby schools who live in the Cabinteely/Killiney/Ballybrack and greater Dun Laoghaire area.

Newbridge RFC is an Irish rugby club based in County Kildare, playing in Division 2A of the Leinster League.

Curragh later amalgamated with Old Kilcullen RFC to form Newbridge and Drogheda with Delvin RFC to form Boyne.

2008/2009 season

Arklow RFC is an Irish rugby team based in Arklow, County Wicklow, playing in Division 2B of the Leinster League. The club colours are black and red. They have 1st and 2nd Senior team, ladies team the Arklow Amazons, Under 18s Girls, Under 14's ,Under 13's boys and an array of minis teams.

Ashbourne RFC is an Irish rugby team based in Ashbourne, County Meath, playing in Division 1A of the Leinster League. The club colours are black and gold.Also nicknamed the cement mixers.

Clane RFC is an Irish rugby team based in Clane, County Kildare, playing in Division 3 of the Leinster League. The club colours are black and red. The club has teams at all underage levels, from U7 to U18. The U18 side reached the final of the Leinster League in May 2016, losing 30-27 via a last minute penalty to Portarlington in Donnybrook.

2008/2009 table

2008-2009 Leinster League Division Two League Table
ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints differenceBonus PointsPoints
Coolmine 7700253102151432
New Ross 76011165165428
Kilkenny 76011737796327
Mullingar 76011247846125
Ashbourne 73131128824519
Longford 7322101974117
Clane 731392942216 [1]
Roscrea 731380811216
Portarlington 73138910920216
Gorey 72059412026311
Rathdrum 7205821516919
Clondalkin 72051061443819
Edenderry 70074617012433
Arklow 70074515110631 [2]
Correct as of 16 November 2008
  1. Awarded 4 points for walkover by Arklow
  2. Deducted 4 points for walkover against Clane

2007/2008 season

Coolmine Rugby Football club is a rugby union club located at Ashbrook, near the suburbs of Castleknock and Blanchardstown in west County Dublin, Ireland, playing in Division 1B of the Leinster League. The club was established in 1980. Coolmine RFC has junior club status in Leinster.

Edenderry RFC is an Irish rugby team based in County Offaly, playing in Division 2A of the Leinster League. The club colour is white and royal blue.

Enniscorthy RFC is an Irish rugby team based in Enniscorthy, Leinster, playing in Division 1A of the Leinster League. It is the oldest rugby club in county Wexford.

At the end of the season, Railway Union were relegated to Division Three, Ashbourne were relegated from Division One, Arklow, Clane, Clondalkin, Gorey and Rathdrum were promoted from Division Three and Enniscorthy, Newbridge and Tullow were promoted to Division One, making it 14 teams once again for 2008/2009.

Leinster League Division Three is the third division of the Leinster League and started in the 1994/95 season.

Leinster League Division One, as the name implies, is the first division of the Leinster League and started in the 1994/95 season.

2007/2008 table

2007-2008 Leinster League Division Two League Table
ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints differenceBonus PointsPoints
Newbridge 111001221106115444
Enniscorthy 111001273129144444
Tullow 11902263122141642
Roscrea 11704216103113836
Coolmine 1160520614660529
Portarlington 1161420613967329
Mullingar 1140715720043521
Kilkenny 114071581580420
Edenderry 1140710219593319
New Ross 1131788262174014
Longford 11119134247113410
Railway Union 11011010932621724
Correct as of 2 July 2008

2006/2007 season

North Kildare RFC is an Irish rugby team based in Kilcock, County Kildare, playing in Division 1B of the Leinster League. The First XV is currently captained by Tom Satchwell.The club colours are cerise, white and blue. The First XV were promoted to Division 2A of the Leinster League at the end of the 2015 season, a second promotion in 3 years. In the 2015/16 season the club finished 3rd in 1B, the highest the club had ever reached in Leinster since the Leinster League began in 1993/94. Aside from the First XV, the club also fields a Second XV. It is part of the North Kildare Club, which also includes hockey, squash and tennis sections.

Portarlington RFC is an Irish rugby club based in Portarlington, County Laois, their mens senior team are playing in Division 2B of the Leinster League. Their ladies team is an amalgamation with Cill Dara RFC and is called PortDara Falcons and are playing in Division 3 of the Ladies Leinster League.

At the end of the season, Athy and North Kildare were relegated to Division Three, Enniscorthy, Kilkenny and Mullingar dropped down from Division One and Tullow and Longford were promoted from Division Three. Ashbourne and Wicklow won promotion to Division One.

2006/2007 table

2006-2007 Leinster League Division Two League Table
ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints differenceBonus PointsPoints
Ashbourne 1010020512283141
Wicklow 10802245105145436
Portarlington 106131231221329
Roscrea 1051417911861721
Coolmine 1060416215210327
Newbridge 105141191278224
Railway Union1031616018923418
New Ross 102269612024416
Edenderry 102179818587515
North Kildare 102089714858614
Athy 1021712522196414
Correct as of 21 November 2007

Past winners

1994/1995 Seapoint

1995/1996 Tullamore

1996/1997 Barnhall

1997/1998 Ashbourne

1998/1999 Coolmine RFC

1999/2000 Garda

2000/2001 Arklow

2001/2002 Boyne

2002/2003 Seapoint

2003/2004 Portarlington

2004/2005 Mullingar

2005/2006 Dundalk

2006/2007 Ashbourne

2007/2008 Newbridge

2008/2009 Coolmine RFC

Wins by club

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