Rugby

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The High School has made a distinguished contribution to the development of rugby football in Ireland since its foundation in 1870.  The first recorded match against another school was played in 1876; by 1877 the 1st and 2nd XVs were playing a full season of fixtures against a wide range of opposition.  The High School participated in the first match of the Leinster Schools Cup competition in 1887.  It succeeded in progressing to the final round in 1897, 1898, 1915, and 1963 before defeating Belvedere College to win the Leinster Senior Cup in 1973.  In 2024, The High School won the Leinster Metropolitan Girl's Schools Senior Cup.  It also contested the final rounds of the Leinster Rugby Schools Vinnie Murray Senior Plate and Cup competitions in 2023 and 2024, respectively.  The High School Junior Cup Team defeated Newbridge College to win the Leinster Junior Cup in 1938.  It also won the Leinster Girls Schools Junior Cup in 2023 as well as the Leinster Metropolitan Girl's Schools Junior Cup in both 2023 and 2024.

The High School provides a structured, progressive, and enjoyable rugby programme which is taught in a safe and inclusive learning environment.  It gives pupils the skills and opportunity to enable them to achieve to the best of their ability both individually and as part of a team.  You can learn more about rugby at The High School here.

The following individuals have represented The High School on the Leinster Schools XV:

Name
G E Larkin
J Bell
R H C Walshe
D J Fitzpatrick
R W C Hall
J D Ridgeway
A T Shaw
D A Jackson
D M Bowie
B D Lewis
P A Orr
D R Gault
M H Gault
J C Robbie
I G Burns
P J M Gault

 HSD
1905-15
1909-15
1946-53
1945-55
1948-56
1949-58
1957-63
1956-63
1952-63
1956-68
1961-69
1964-68
1964-71
1963-73
1967-74
1964-73

 Leinster Schools XV
1915
1915
1951-53
1954
1956
1957 (Captain)
1963
1963
1963
1968 (Captain)
1968
1968
1971
1973
1973
1973

 
The following individuals have represented The High School on the Ireland U18 team:

Name
A C Blair
M W P Foley
P M Allen
D E Cole
R Baird

HSD
1970-78
1986-87
1984-89
1978-89
2011-14

Ireland U18
1977, 1978
1987
1988
1989
2017

 

The following individuals have represented The High School on the Ireland U20 team:

Name
D Aspil
R Baird
B Howard

HSD
2008-14
2011-14
2016-21

Ireland U20
2016
2019
2024

 

The following past pupils of The High School have played rugby for Ireland:

Name
E F Doran
A K Wallis
F E Davies
A A Brunker
J Sealy
G P Doran
B R W Doran
H Thrift
H J Knox

F N B Smartt
G W Holmes
E C Ridgeway
M E Bardon
C V Boyle
WW Bornemann
P A Orr
J C Robbie
I G Burns
R Baird

HSD
1881-84
1883-84
1883-84
1885-89
1886-94
1887-89
1888-91
1891-1901
1893-96

1900-03
1907-09
1921-25
1916-24
1926-33
1948-54
1961-69
1963-73
1967-74
2011-14

Club
Lansdowne
Wanderers
Lansdowne
Lansdowne
Dublin University
Lansdowne
Lansdowne
Dublin University
Dublin University and Lansdowne
Dublin University
Dublin University
Wanderers
Bohemians
Dublin University
Wanderers
Old Wesley
Dublin University
Wanderers
Dublin University and Leinster

Ireland
1890
1892-93
1892-93
1895
1896-1900
1899-1904
1900-02
1904-08
1904-08

1908-09
1912-13
1932, 1935
1934
1935-39
1960
1976-87
1976-81
1980
2021-present

 

The following past pupils of The High School have played for the British and Irish Lions:

HSD
1887-89
1926-33
1961-69
1963-73

Ireland
1899-1904
1935-39
1976-87
1976-81

 Lions
1899
1936
1977, 1980
1980