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Saint Patrick's Day Rugby League Test match
SportRugby league
Instituted1995
Number of teams2
RegionInternational (RLIF)
Most titles United States (5 titles)
Related competitionColonial 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

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DateHomeScoreAwayVenueAttendanceRef.
16 March 1995 United States22–24 IrelandUnited States RFK Stadium, Washington D.C.[3][4]
16 March 1996 United States12–14 IrelandUnited States RFK Stadium, Washington D.C.2,500[5][6]
18 March 2000 United States19–6Ireland Ireland AUnited States Glen Mills Schools, Glen Mills, PA
16 March 2002 United States24–22Ireland Ireland AUnited States Glen Mills Schools, Glen Mills, PA
15 March 2003 United States20–16Ireland Ireland AUnited States Glen Mills Schools, Glen Mills, PA
24 March 2004 United States41–10Ireland Ireland AMemorial Stadium, Savannah, Georgia[7]
22 March 2011 United States8–26Ireland Ireland AUnited States Charles Martin Memorial Stadium, Philadelphia1,000[8][9]
18 March 2012 United States38–20Ireland Ireland AUnited States Widener University, Philadelphiac. 2000[10]

References

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  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. ↑ "Ireland vs USA - Rugby League 1995". youtube. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Other Internationals 1995". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Test Matches 1996". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  6. ↑ marcusm15 (15 December 2013). "USA vs Ireland Rugby League Full Match 1996". youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 4 March 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "United States of America vs. Ireland A". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "United States of America vs. Ireland A". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  9. ↑ Report
  10. ↑ "Tomahawks Win Back the Donnybrook Cup". Rugby League International Scores. Retrieved 21 August 2022.


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