Double Dreamland For DCU In 2022 Student Sport Ireland/IRFU Cup Finals
17/1/2020 Pictured (back row L-R) Garda College's Cormac Ryan, DCU's Oisin McCormack, IT Carlow's Aiden McDonald, TUD's Martin Murphy, AIT's Alex Porter, LIT's Alan Fitzgerald, Queens' Andy Walker, GMIT's Andrew Paton and UUL's Tonall Boomer (Middle row L-R) DCU's Emma Lacky, IT Carlow's Katie Ann O'Neill, UCD's Alix Cuneen, UL's Meabh Lewis and NUI Galway's Ella Sinnott (front row L-R) Chairperson IRFU Third Level Rugby Committee Kevin Dineen, Chairperson of SSI Carmel Lynch and SSI Hon. Member Brendan Johnston Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne
Wednesday 16th March 2022 was one of the marquee days in the student rugby season with the Student Sport Ireland/IRFU Cup Finals culminating at IT Carlow.
It was an historic day for DCU also as they secured both the Men’s and Women’s Tier 1 Cups.
Student Sport Ireland/IRFU Women’s Tier 1 Cup Final – March 16th 2022
DCU 17 UCD 15, IT Carlow
DCU: Tries: Caoimhe Guinan, Kate Jordan, Emily Jo White
UCD: Tries: Daphne Raoult; Con: Christine Coffey, Pen: Christine Coffey
HT: DCU 10 UCD 12
UCD: Alais Diebold, Alaanah Boyle, Daphne Raoult, Katie Hogan, Aoife O’Shaughnessy; Emma Kelly, Christine Coffey; Alix Cunneen, Eibhlinn Laffan Downes, Eimear Douglas, Aine Keogh, Aine Nangle, Rachel Murphy, Emma Costello, Ruth Sherlock.
DCU: Abbie Keely, Andrea McGlyn, Lily Onilenla, Aileen Nagle, Clara Corrie; Bevin Moore, Kate Jordan; Aoife Guinan, Aoife Brennan, Emily Jo White, Saoirse Creighton, Caoimhe Guinan, Maeve Cole, Emily Whittle, Kate Jordan.
Partial Stream: https://youtu.be/S1xRCZW0mYM
Additional Stream: https://media.heanet.ie/live/e921f2a80aa340d4a7638d8c79618099
Student Sport Ireland/IRFU Men’s Tier 1 Brendan Johnston Cup Final – March 16th 2022
DCU 18 IT CARLOW 15
Scorers: DCU: Try: Sean Rock; Con: Ciaran Hennessy; Pen: Ciaran Fennessy 2
IT Carlow: Try: Griffin Kennedy, Jack Hanlon; Con: Adam Johnson; Pen: Adam Johnson
HT: DCU 8 IT Carlow 10
DCU: Ciaran Hennessy, Gareth O’Brien, Stefan Bors, Mark Power, Matthew Maguire; Shane McGuiness, Sean Rock; Jakub Tarnawski, Darragh Walsh, Zak Coan, Jamęs Byrne, James Horgan, Sean Casey, Aidan O’Kane, Ed Brennan.
IT Carlow: Sam Cullen, Jack Hanlon, Sean Quinlan, Corey Hughes, Callum Murphy; Adam Johnson, Griffin Kennedy; Rhys Roberts, William Ganely, Cian Clarke, Euan Mac Gabhann, Oisín Cullen, Philip Lonergan, Michael O’Brien, Sam Dunne.
Women’s Tier 2 Cup Final – March 16th 2022
UCC 35 TÚS Midlands 19
Men’s Tier 2 Cup Final – March 16th 2022
UCC 18 Maynooth University 17
Men’s Tier 3 Cup Final – March 16th 2022
MTU Cork 36 UU Coleraine 17
Previous Results:
WOMEN’S TIER 1 CUP
R1: DCU 41 UL 15
R2: UL 24 UCD 0
R3: UCD 31 DCU 5
WOMEN’S TIER 2 CUP
Round Robin Group A: R1: IT Carlow 10 UCC 25; UL B 20 TU Dublin 0; R2: UCC 20 UL B 0; TU Dublin 20 IT Carlow 0; R3: UCC 20 TU Dublin 0; UL B 20 IT Carlow 0
Round Robin Group B: R1: TUS Midlands 31 NUI Galway 29; UCD B 20 MTU Kerry 0; R2: NUI Galway 20 UCD B 0; MTU Kerry 0 TUS Midlands 20; R3: NUI Galway 20 MTU Kerry 0; UCD B v TUS Midlands
Semi-Finals: UCC 31 NUI Galway 5; TUS Midlands 40 UL B 10
BRENDAN JOHNSTON CUP (MEN’S TIER 1)
Round Robin Group A: R1: DCU 34 TUS Midlands 34-17; R2: TUS Midlands 36 TUS Midwest 19; R3: TUS Midwest 17 DCU 60.
Round Robin Group B:
R1: Queen’s University 0 IT Carlow 20; R2: TU Dublin 20 Queen’s University 0; R3: IT Carlow 38 TU Dublin 20.
MEN’S TIER 2 & MEN’S TIER 3 CUP
Qualifiers/Round of 16: UU Jordanstown 33 UU Coleraine 24; TU Dublin B 0 Dundalk IT 54; DCU B 10; Maynooth University 55; QUB Stranmillis v BYE; IT Sligo 20 TUS Midlands B 0; MTU Kerry 10 GMIT 20; MTU Cork 7 UCC 26; WIT 6 UL 27.
Men’s Tier 2 Cup Quarter-Finals: UU Jordanstown 7 Dundalk IT 27; Maynooth University 17 QUB Stranmillis 12; IT Sligo v GMIT; UCC 8 UL 0.
Men’s Tier 2 Cup Semi-Finals: Dundalk IT v Maynooth University; GMIT 5 UCC 28
Men’s Tier 3 Cup Quarter-Finals: UU Coleraine 20 TU Dublin B 0; DCU B v BYE; TUS Midlands B 20 MTU Kerry 0; MTU Cork 26 WIT 15.
Men’s Tier 3 Cup Semi-Finals: UU Coleraine v DCU B; TUS Midlands B 17 MTU Cork 39.