Connacht Schools Senior Cup
| Sport | Rugby Union |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1913 |
| No. of teams | 8 (season 2016–17) |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Colaiste Iognaid "The Jes" (2017) |
| Most titles |
Garbally College 45 |
The Connacht School's Rugby Senior Cup is an annual rugby union competition for Secondary Schools affiliated to the Connacht Rugby Branch of the IRFU. Boys, usually of seventeen or eighteen years of age, compete for the Cup with rival schools from within the province of Connacht. The competition was first held in 1913, with Garbally College, Ballinasloe the first Champions..
The first round matches are typically played towards the end of January, with the final being played in the Galway Sportsgrounds the week before Saint Patrick's Day.
Historically Garbally College have been the most successful school in the competition lifting the cup 45 times, while Coláiste Iognáid have been the most successful team since the turn of the millennium winning eight titles in years 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016 and 2017.
The current holders (2017) are Coláiste Iognáid from Galway who beat Summerhill College, Sligo by 13-7 on 15 March 2017 in the Galway Sportsgrounds.
From 2014-15 onward the league competition winner is determined as the team finishing top after all rounds are completed.
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