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2024 Rugby League Ireland season

The 2024 Rugby League Ireland (RLI) season is the current season of rugby league competitions played on the island of Ireland administered by Rugby League Ireland.

2024 Rugby League Ireland season
LeagueRLI Premiership
RLI Women's Premiership
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In 2024, Rugby League Ireland ran two domestic competitions, RLI Men's Premiership and RLI Women's Premiership.

RLI Premiership

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Teams

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Club City/County Country
  Dublin City Exiles Dublin Republic of Ireland
  Banbridge Broncos Banbridge Northern Ireland
  Galway Tribesmen Galway Republic of Ireland
  Longhorns RL Dublin Republic of Ireland
  Cork Bulls Cork City Republic of Ireland

Results

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Table

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After round 4 (includes walkovers from Blitz round)

Pos Team P W L D PF PA PD Pts
1 Longhorns 5 4 1 0 276 94 182 18
2 Galway Tribesmen 4 2 2 0 145 58 87 12
3 Banbrige Broncos 4 2 2 0 138 101 37 10
4 Dublin City Exiles 2 1 1 0 56 140 -84 4
5 Cork Bulls 3 0 3 0 48 210 -162 0

Round 1

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Cork Bulls 6-42 Galway Tribesmen 18 May 13:00 Douglas RFC
Longhorns 60-12 Dublin City Exiles 18 May 13:00 St Catherines Park, Lucan

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Round 2

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Galway Tribesmen 19-12 Banbridge Broncos 8 June 13:00 Claddagh Swamp
Cork Bulls 22-64 Longhorns 8 June 13:00 Fermoy RFC

[8][9][10] [11] [12]

Round 3

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Dublin City Exiles 44-20 Cork Bulls 15 June 2:30pm Tereneure College RFC
Banbridge Broncos 22-60 Longhorns 15 June 1:00pm Ballynahinch RFC

[13][14] [15]

Round 4 (Magic Round)

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Galway Tribesmen 12-18 Banbridge Broncos 22 June Ballynahinch RFC grounds
Galway Tribesmen 12-22 Longhorns 22 June Ballynahinch RFC grounds
Longhorns 10-26 Banbridge Broncos 22 June Ballynahinch RFC grounds

Cork Bulls and Dublin City Exiles fielded no team so all other teams get a 30-0 walkover against them. Regular matches get 4 points for a win. Blitz matches get 2 points. [16] [17]

Round 5

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Dublin City Exiles Galway Tribesmen 6 July ??
Banbridge Broncos Cork Bulls 6 July ??

Round 6

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Dublin City Exiles Banbridge Broncos 20 July 2024 ??
Longhorns Galway Tribesmen 20 July ??

[18]

Finals series

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Semi-finals
27 July 2024 ??
27 July 2024 ??
Grand Final
10 August 2024 ??

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RLI Women's Premiership

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Teams

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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

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Table

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Pos Team P W L D PF PA PD Pts
1 Dublin City Exiles 1 1 0 0 28 10 18 2
2 Banbridge Broncos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Galway Tribeswomen 1 0 1 0 10 28 -18 0

Round 1

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Dublin City Exiles 28-10 Galway Tribewomen 25 May 3pm Terenure College RFC

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Round 2 Friendly

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Galway Tribeswomen 28-22 Dublin City Exiles 8 June 15:00pm Claddagh Swamp


Round 3 (Magic Round)

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Galway Tribeswomen 18-6 Banbridge Broncos 22 June 2024 Ballynahinch RFC
Galway Tribeswomen 0-22 Dublin City Exiles 22 June 2024 Ballynahinch RFC
Galway Tribeswomen 14-4 Dublin City Exiles 22 June 2024 Ballynahinch RFC

[22]

Round 5

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Galway Tribeswomen Banbridge Broncos 6 July 2024 ??

Round 5?

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Dublin City Exiles Banbridge Broncos 13 July 2024 ??

Round 6

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Dublin City Exiles Galway Tribeswomen 20 July 2024 ??

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National teams

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Men

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The men's national team as of June have no scheduled matches for 2024.

Men U16

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The men's U16 national team opened their international campaign for 2024 with a 12-44 loss to Wales in Terenure.[24][25] They will conclude their 2024 season with away fixtures against England and Scotland.[26]

01 June 2024
15:00
Ireland U16  12–44  Wales U16
Try: Crawford 8'
Twomey 60'
Con: Rhodes (2) 8' 60'		Report[27]Try: Marozzelli 16'
Johnson 24' 51'
Roberts 28' 38'
E. Williams 48'
Con: Clatworthy (6) 16' 24' 28' 42' 44' 48' 51'
Lakelands, Dublin, Ireland
Attendance: Unknown
Referee: Jason Le Lievre  
29 June 2024
12:00
  England Community Lions U16vIreland U16  
Ince Rose Bridge ARLFC, Ince-in-Makerfield, England
03 August 2024
13:00
  Scotland U16vIreland U16  
Cambuslang Rugby Club, Glasgow, Scotland

Women

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The women's national team began their World Cup qualifying campaign in April beating The Netherlands but losing to Wales. They finished in second place in RLWC European Qualifying Tournament Group A, which left their qualification hopes alive via the World Series repechage. Entry to the repechage will be decided by a single leg playoff with RLWC European Qualifying Tournament Group B runners-up Greece.

28 April 2024
14:45
Wales  28–10  Ireland
Try: Dainton 10' 54'
Taylor 22'
Salter 33'
Parker 79'
Con: Salter (4)		Report[28]Try: Tutty 19'
Molloy 78'
Con: Cobain
Cardiff University Sports Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sam Jenkinson  
19 May 2024
15:00
Ireland  16–12  Netherlands
Try: Preston 12'
Cobain 43' 72'
Con: Cobain (2)		Report[29]Try: Van Der Zwan 18'
N. Kennedy 33'
J. Kennedy 59'
Con: Cobain
Energia Park, Dublin
Attendance: Unknown
Referee: Fabien Nicaud  

Wheelchair

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The wheelchair national team begin their Celtic Cup campaign in June. They won both of their matches to take the title for the first time since 2015.[30] [31]

8 June 2024
10:30 IST (UTC+01:00)
Ireland   68–34   Scotland
Tries: Burton-Carter 1', 7'
Johnston 10', 13', 34', 39'
Calcott 26', 31', 41'
Spain 52'
McCarthy 55'
Roberts 72'
Goals: Johnston (8/9)
Calcott (2/3)
 Report[32]
 Tries: Davidson 20', 79
Willans 22'
Grant 47'
Hill 59', 76', 77
Goals: Willans (3/4)
Grant (0/2)
Kingfisher Club, University of Galway, Ireland
Referees: Jake Brook (England), David Roig (France)
8 June 2024
14:30 IST (UTC+01:00)
Ireland   68–32   Wales
Tries: Roberts 1'
McCarthy 5'
Calcott 9', 41'
Johnston 14', 25', 37'
Horgan 35', 43'
Spain 47', 50', 63'
Goals: Johnston (9/11)
Joe Calcott (1/1)
 Report[33]
 Tries: Williams 29' 67'
Davies 31'
Turner 52', 58
Trigg-Turner 60'
Goals: Trigg-Turner (3/4)
Turner (1/2)
Kingfisher Club, University of Galway, Ireland
Referees: David Roig (France), David Butler (England)

References

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  1. ^ "Dublin City Exiles FB page". Facebook. 15 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Rugby League Ireland FB page". Facebook. 17 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Galway Tribesmen FB page". Facebook. 18 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Galway Tribesmen FB page". Facebook. 18 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Tribesmen make winning start to new season The Galway City Tribune (24 May 2024).
  6. ^ "Galway Advertiser Newspaper". 23 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Galway Bay FM". 21 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Galway Tribesmen FB page". Facebook. 3 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Cork Bulls FB page". Facebook. 4 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Galway Tribesmen FB page". Facebook. 8 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Cork Bulls FB page". Facebook. 10 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Cork Bulls YouTube Channel". YouTube. 10 June 2024. Footage of Match
  13. ^ "Dublin City Exiles FB page". Facebook. 12 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Longhorns FB page". Facebook. 14 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Dublin City Exiles FB page". Facebook. 19 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Banbridge Broncos FB page". Facebook. 26 July 2024.
  17. ^ "Galway Tribesmen FB page". 24 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Longhorns FB page". Facebook. 18 May 2024.
  19. ^ "Dublin City Exiles FB page". Facebook. 12 May 2024.
  20. ^ "Dublin City Exiles FB page". Facebook. 12 May 2024.
  21. ^ "Galway Tribesmen FB page". Facebook. 27 May 2024.
  22. ^ "Galway Tribesmen FB page". 24 June 2024.
  23. ^ "Galway Tribesmen FB page". Facebook. 25 May 2024.
  24. ^ "Ireland vs Wales U16 Match Report". European Rugby League.
  25. ^ "Longford Leader Newspaper". 6 June 2024.
  26. ^ "European Rugby League Fixtures". European Rugby League.
  27. ^ "Ireland vs Wales U16 Match Report". European Rugby League.
  28. ^ "Ireland vs Wales Women Match Report". European Rugby League.
  29. ^ "Ireland vs Netherlands Women Match Report". European Rugby League.
  30. ^ "Ireland 68 v 32 Wales". europeanrugbyleague.com. European Rugby League. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  31. ^ "Galway hosts first ever Wheelchair Rugby League international in Ireland". 11 June 2024.
  32. ^ "Ireland vs Scotland Wheelchair Match Report". European Rugby League.
  33. ^ "Ireland vs Wales Wheelchair Match Report". Wales Rugby League.
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