Provincial Towns Cup 2nd Round_09Mar25

PROVINCIAL TOWNS CUP 2025 ND 2 ROUND

VS WEXFORD WANDERERS RFC

NAAS RFC

Sunday 09 March 2025 Park Lane, Wexford Kick-Off: 15:00 Match Referee: Ciarán O’Flynn

Photo thanks to Michael Linehan Photography

PROVINCIAL TOWNS CUP HISTORY | PRIDE | PASSION The Provincial Towns Cup is one of the oldest trophies in existence in Irish rugby union. The competition has a rich history and has been played for over a century. First established in 1888, the trophy itself bears the title of the Leinster Junior Challenge Cup. In 1925, the Leinster branch of the IRFU reorganised its junior competitions and the Leinster Junior Challenge Cup became the Provincial Towns Cup. It was changed to a knock-out competition for junior clubs from outside Dublin and remains so to this day.

The Provincial Towns Cup is regarded as a prestigious and competitive tournament, traditionally attracting large crowds and media attention. The cup is a source of great pride and passion in local communities. This year is the 98th Provincial Towns Cup, played every year since 1926 except for 2020 & 2021 due to the pandemic.

Today’s hosts have appeared in five cup finals, with one win way back in 1930, beating Athy 6-3 to lift the trophy. Their last appearance in the final was in 1966, losing out to Navan on that occasion on a scoreline of 8-3.

Naas have done battle in 10 finals and have won the famous trophy on three occasions in 1995, 1998 & 2005. In their last appearance 20 years ago this year, they defeated Boyne by 23 points to 16.

The specially commissioned Towns Cup jerseys, kindly sponsored by Haydens Bar, mark the 30th anniversary of our first cup win in 1995.

NAAS RFC SQUAD FORWARDS 2

1

Francisco Bartorelli

Stephen Lackey

4

5 Captain

John King

3

Cillian Dempsey

Andrew Sweeney

6

7

8 Muiris Cleary

Mikkel Andresen

Darragh Murphy

NAAS RFC SQUAD BACKS 9

10

Derry Lenehan

Ethan Travers

12

13

Mattias Giannetti

Colm Stapleton

11

14 15

Ross Cleary

James O’Kane

David O’Sullivan

NAAS RFC SQUAD GAME CHANGERS 16 17 Patrick Stapleton

18 Jack Mallon

19

David Benn

20 Lochlann Cawley

Ruairi Cleary Ethan Lyons

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Tristan Groenewald Reserves

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