Munster Senior League (rugby union)

The Munster Senior League was a Rugby union competition for senior clubs in Munster.

History

It was first competed for in 1902–03.^[1]

Format

Unlike the Munster Senior Cup which is knock-out, the league format means that teams play a number of different games, with the most successful qualifying for the play-offs.

Decline

With the establishment of the All-Ireland League in 1991 the competition declined rapidly, and no longer was contested with the same intensity as previously existed.

List of champions

1902-03 Garryowen
1903-04 Garryowen
1904-05 Garryowen
1905-06 Garryowen
1906-07 Garryowen
1907-08 Garryowen
1908-09 Garryowen
1909-10 Garryowen
1910-11 Garryowen/Cork Constitution
1911-12 Garryowen/Cork Constitution
1912-13 UCC
1913-14 UCC/Cork Constitution
1914-21 no competition
1921-22 Cork Constitution
1922-23 Cork Constitution
1923-24 Dolphin
1924-25 Garryowen
1925-26 Dolphin
1927 Cork Constitution
1928 Sundays Well
1929 Dolphin
1930 Young Munster
1931 Bohemians/UCC
1932 Young Munster
1933 UCC
1934 UCC
1935 Sundays Well
1936 Garryowen/UCC
1936-37 unfinished
1937-38 unfinished
1938-39 Cork Constitution
1939-40 unfinished
1940-41 unfinished
1941-42 UCC
1943 UCC
1944 Young Munster
1945 UCC ? beat Cork Constitution
1946 Garryowen
1947 Garryowen ? beat Dolphin
1948 Sundays Well beat Garryowen
1949 Dolphin
1950 UCC beat Cork Constitution
1951 Sundays Well beat Young Munster
1952 Young Munster beat Dolphin
1953 Cork Constitution beat Bohemians
1954 Garryowen
1955 Dolphin beat UCC
1956 Dolphin
1957 Cork Constitution beat UCC
1959 Bohemians beat UCC
1960 Sundays Well
1961 UCC beat Dolphin
1962 UCC beat Bohemians
1963 UCC beat Highfield
1964 Cork Constitution beat Shannon
1965 Cork Constitution beat UCC
1966 Cork Constitution beat UCC
1967 Cork Constitution
1968 Cork Constitution
1969 Cork Constitution
1970 Cork Constitution beat Garryowen
1971 Cork Constitution beat Garryowen
1972 Cork Constitution beat Garryowen
1973 Dolphin beat Cork Constitution
1974 UCC beat Highfield
1975 Cork Constitution beat Garryowen
1976 Cork Constitution beat Dolphin
1977 Cork Constitution beat Bohemians
1978 UCC beat Garryowen
1979 Cork Constitution beat Dolphin
1980 Shannon beat Young Munster
1981 UCC beat Young Munster
1982 Garryowen beat UCC
1983 Garryowen beat Shannon
1984 Cork Constitution beat Highfield
1985 UCC beat Cork Constitution
1986 Shannon beat Cork Constitution
1987 Cork Constitution beat Young Munster
1988 Cork Constitution beat Shannon
1989 Shannon beat Cork Constitution
1990 Highfield beat Sundays Well
1991 Dolphin beat Highfield
1992 Old Crescent beat UCC
1993 Sundays Well beat Highfield
1994
1995
1996 Young Munster
1997 Old Crescent
1998 Cork Constitution
1998-99 Old Crescent/Sundays Well
1999-2000 Old Crescent/Sundays Well
2000-01 Garryowen beat Thomond
2001-02 Shannon beat Garryowen
2002-03 Shannon beat Garryowen
2003-04 Cork Constitution beat Garryowen
2004-05 Shannon beat UL Bohemians
2005-06

References

^ Edmund Van Esbeck (1986), The Story of Irish Rugby. London:Stanley Paul

The Carling Story of Munster Rugby by Charlie Mulqueen

[1] Edmund Van Esbeck (1986), The Story of Irish Rugby. London:Stanley Paul

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