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ULSTER BANK LEAGUE
CLUB RUGBY UPDATE
DIVISION 2B
All-Ireland League champions:
Highfield
Four clubs qualifying for Division 2B
next season:
Highfield,
Armagh
, Greystones,
Sunday’s Well
Ten Division 2B clubs for next season:
NUIM Barnhall,
City of Derry, Rainey Old
Boys, Dungannon,
Seapoint, Bective Rangers,
Highfield,
Armagh
, Greystones, Sunday’s Well
Relegated from Ulster Bank League
(two automatic)
:
Richmond and
Ards
DIVISION 2C
Next season will see the Ulster Bank League
restructured into five divisions of 10 teams
each, including the new Division 2C
Ten Division 2C clubs for next season:
Tullamore, Midleton, Bruff, Sligo, Wanderers,
Old Crescent, Navan, Kanturk, Boyne, plus
the winners of play-off game between De La
Salle Palmerston (14th-ranked Division 2B
club) and the Provincial Qualifying League
Championship table toppers (Dundalk)
Division 2C play-off:
De La Salle Palmerston (14th-ranked Division
2B club) v Provincial Qualifying League
Championship table toppers (Dundalk)
DIVISION 1A
All-Ireland League champions:
To be confirmed
Final, Aviva Stadium, 1pm, Saturday 9th May
Semi-finals:
Lansdowne (1st) v Young Munster (4th),
Aviva Stadium back pitch;
Terenure College (2nd) v Clontarf (3rd),
Lakelands Park 2.30pm, Saturday, April 25
Division 1A promotion/relegation play-off:
St. Mary’s College
(second-from-bottom in
Division 1A)
v Garryowen
(Division 1B runners-up)
St. Mary’s College with home advantage
Relegated
(one automatic)
:
Dolphin
Ten Division 1A clubs for next season:
Lansdowne, Terenure College, Clontarf, Young
Munster, Old Belvedere, UCD,
Ballynahinch
,
Cork Constitution, Galwegians, St. Mary’s
College or Garryowen
DIVISION 1B
All-Ireland League champions:
Galwegians
Promoted
(one automatic)
:
Galwegians
Division 1A promotion/relegation play-off:
Garryowen (Division 1B runners-up)
v St. Mary’s College (second-from-bottom
in Division 1A)
St. Mary’s College with home
advantage
Relegated
(two automatic)
:
Malone
and Corinthians
Ten Division 1B clubs for next season:
St. Mary’s College or Garryowen, Dolphin,
Dublin University,
Ballymena, Belfast
Harlequins
, Shannon, Buccaneers, UL
Bohemians, Old Wesley, Blackrock College
DIVISION 2A
Champions:
Old Wesley
Promoted (two automatic):
Old Wesley and Blackrock College
Ten Division 2A clubs for next season:
Malone
, Corinthians, Skerries,
Banbridge
,
Cashel,
Queen’s University
, Naas, Thomond,
Nenagh Ormond, UCC
Six clubs dropping down to Division 2B for
next season:
NUIM Barnhall,
City of Derry
,
Rainey Old Boys, Dungannon
, Seapoint,
Bective Rangers