Saint Patrick's Day Test

Last updated
Saint Patrick's Day Rugby League Test match
Sport Rugby league
Instituted1995
Number of teams2
RegionInternational (RLIF)
Most titlesFlag of the United States.svg  United States (5 titles)
Related competition Colonial Cup

The Saint Patrick's Day Test also known as the Donnybrook Cup was an international rugby league football match played between the United States and Ireland from 1995 to 2012. The game was usually held on or around March 17 to coincide with Saint Patrick's Day. There have been eight matches, with five won by the USA and three won by Ireland. Ireland competed as a full test side for the first two matches, winning both. In 2020 the first two fixtures were regarded to full international status as the Ireland A teams for those two games were upgraded to senior national status, due to the similarity of the squads involved in those games. [1] In 2021 USARL and RLI were in talks to re-establish back the fixture in 2023. [2] However, the match never took place.

Matches

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueAttendanceRef.
16 March 1995Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22–24Four Provinces Flag.svg  Ireland Flag of the United States.svg RFK Stadium, Washington D.C.
16 March 1996Flag of the United States.svg  United States 12–14Four Provinces Flag.svg  Ireland Flag of the United States.svg RFK Stadium, Washington D.C.
18 March 2000Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19–6 Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland A
16 March 2002Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24–22 Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland A
15 March 2003Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20–16 Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland A
24 March 2004Flag of the United States.svg  United States 41–10 Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland A Memorial Stadium, Savannah, Georgia [3]
22 March 2011Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8–26 Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland A Flag of the United States.svg Charles Martin Memorial Stadium, Philadelphia 1,000 [4] [5]
18 March 2012Flag of the United States.svg  United States 38–20 Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland A Flag of the United States.svg Widener University, Philadelphia c. 2000 [6]

References

  1. ↑ Tomahawks To Host Ireland | We Are Rugby Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "USA Ireland discuss re-establishing St Paddy's Day match: AGM". Rugby League Planet. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "United States of America vs. Ireland A". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "United States of America vs. Ireland A". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  5. ↑ Report
  6. ↑ "Tomahawks Win Back the Donnybrook Cup". Rugby League International Scores. Retrieved 21 August 2022.


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