Young Munster

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Young Munster is a rugby union club based in Limerick, Ireland, playing in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League. It was founded in 1895 and plays its games at Tom Clifford Park in Rosbrien, Limerick.

The club has won the Munster Senior Rugby Cup ten times, in 1928, 1930, 1938, 1980, 1984, 1990, 2010, 2021, 2022 and 2023. They won the Munster Junior Cup in 1911, 1922, 1927, 1959, 1960, 1984 and 1999 and 2022.

The club is known by its nickname "The Cookies".

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History Young Munster was founded in 1895. In 1928, they became the first Limerick rugby club to win the Bateman Cup. The club song, "Beautiful Munsters", remembers this victory. They also won the All Ireland League in 1993, beating St Mary's College at Lansdowne Road in front of a record attendance for a club game of 20,000.

In 1985, the club was one of the first Irish teams to tour North America, when they played five games in New York City, Vancouver, Langley, Los Angeles and San Diego.

After a decade in the All-Ireland League Division 1, the club was relegated to Division 2 in 2002. They returned to Division 1 in 2008–2009. In 2009–2010, due to the League's new format, they played in Division 1B; they won promotion to Division 1A by finishing in second place behind Old Belvedere R.F.C. Young Munster finished the 2010–2011 regular season in third place in Division 1A, thereby earning a place in the All-Ireland League semi-finals, away to Cork Constitution F.C.

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Tournament wins

• All-Ireland League (1): 1992–93
• All-Ireland Cup (1): 1927–28
• Munster Senior Cup (10): 1927–28, 1929–30, 1937–38, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1989–90, 2009–10, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Munster Senior League (5): 1929–30, 1931–32, 1943–44, 1951–52, 1995–96
• Munster Junior Cup (9): 1911, 1922, 1927, 1959, 1960, 1984, 1999, 2016, 2022

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Notable players

• Tom Clifford
• Peter Clohessy
• Mike Mullins
• Rob Henderson
• Paul O'Connell

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External links

• Limerick Rugby

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