RLI Elite League 2007
| P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | |
| Treaty City Titans | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 40 | ||
| Carlow Crusaders | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 38 | ||
| North Dublin Eagles | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 26 | ||
| Dublin Blues | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | ||
| Kildare Dragons | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
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| Date | Home Team | Away Team |
RLI Elite League 2008
| P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | |
| *Treaty City Titans | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 35 | ||
| *Carlow Crudsaders | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 33 | ||
| North Dublin Eagles | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 27 | ||
| Dublin City Exiles | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 27 | ||
| Tullamore Knights | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Portadown Pumas | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
[3]
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Grand Final | ||||
| Treaty City Titans | 8 | Carlow Crusaders | 24 |
[3]
RLI Elite League 2009
| P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | |
| *Carlow Crusaders | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||
| *Treaty City Titans | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||
| *Tullamore Knights | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | ||
| *North Dublin Eagles | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Dublin City Exiles | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Laois Panthers | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
[6]
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| Treaty City Titans | 70 | North Dublin Eagles | 0 | |
| Carlow Crusaders | 68 | Tullamore Knights | 10 | |
| Grand Final | ||||
| Carlow Crusaders | 26 | Treaty City Titans | 33 |
Report
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| Rugby League in Ireland dates back to the 1990s when a number of Rugby Union players formed the Dublin Blues as a way of keeping fit over the Rugby Union off-season. They entered the Challenge Cup in England, the Rugby League equivalent of Association Football’s FA Cup.
By the 2000s an Irish League was up and running on a provincial basis with an All-Ireland Playoff at the end of the season. In 2006 there were enough teams playing to create a separate All-Ireland Premiership for the top clubs. In 2007 this Premiership was narrowly won by Treaty City Titans of Limerick, with a 2 point advantage over Carlow Crusaders. The next year they again won the Premiership, but fell short in the Grand Final, losing 24-6 to rivals Carlow Crusaders.The 2009 Premiership was again hotly contested by Treaty City and Carlow. Following the 2009 season the Irish Rugby League again reverted to a single-tier provincial league system with the Provincial Champions contesting the All-Ireland Playoffs. |
References
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Images
[1] Rugby League Planet (2017) Rugby League Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.rugbyleagueplanet.com/images/nations/ireland/rlireland.jpg [Accessed 10 July 2017]
Websites
[2] Web Archive – Rugby League Ireland (2007) Current Table – Lucozade Elite League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20071118170259/http://www.rli.ie [Accessed 18 April 2017]
[3] Web Archive – Rugby League Ireland (2008) Carnegie League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20081210151436/http://www.rli.ie [Accessed 18 April 2017]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Declan Mulcahy, Vinny Kingston and Brendan Farrell
About this document
Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
Irish North American and World Sports Archive
Last Updated: 23 December 2018
(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and INAWSA 2018
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