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Hernan represented Ireland at U20 level in the Our results for the year were
six nations and Cillian Redmond was a member Played 14 - Won 4 - Lost 10
of the Ireland U20 training squad. 3 Bonus Points
Lansdowne would like to acknowledge the PF 235 PA 339 (DIFF-104)
contribution Mike Ruddock has made to the club Finished 7th of 8.
both on and off the field. Under Mike’s reign the
club has had one of its most successful periods in With a new management team and many new
the clubs history managing to win the All Ireland playing members, the season took a while to
League for the first time ever in 2013 and again get going. We welcomed Reg White and Dave
in 2015 and 2018. The 2018 team also won the Tunney onto our management team with the
Bateman Cup, The Leinster Senior League Cup responsibility of invigorating the J3 squad. Both
and the Leinster Senior Cup making it only the Dave and Reg have been around Junior rugby
Leinster club to achieve this feat. in the club for a number of years and they both
The playing record for Lansdowne for the 2019 / quickly understood what was needed to get the
2020 season is as follows: playing groups to come together. A welcome
Played 18 - Won 10 - Lost 8 addition to the existing team of Philip Donnellan
and Brian Whelan.
J1s We finished on 19 points and beat Old Belvedere
Competing in Metro Division 1. (60-7) in a relegation playoff with one of the
greatest performances of any Junior squad I
Regular League : Played 14, Won 11, Lost 3. have been involved in over the past 15 years.
Finished 2nd in the league 1 point behind UCD. This proved to me that the talent is there and
League Final : Lost 15-14 to UCD on March 7th when the drive is there they can beat anyone.
There was huge optimism for the O’Connell
Cup run and a serious opportunity to win some
silverware.
J3s
Competing in Metro Division 5 with 2 senior
teams (CYM & Stillorgan-Rathfarnham), 1 J2
team, 2 other J3 teams and 1 J4 team.
The division is of a good standard and is a very
competitive league and this is shown by there
being 2 points between 2nd and last place.
The winners of the league were Stillorgan-
Rathfarnham. Playing games on a Friday evening
with post game socialising in the club went a
huge way to building the team spirit.
No Metro Cup due to premature end of season. Results in Div 5 for the year were:
Played 12 - Won 5 - Lost 7
J2s PF 225 PA 347 (-122)
Competing in Metro Division 2.
This league contains 5 J1 teams and 2 other J2 Lansdowne U20s
teams (Clontarf & Old Wesley). JP Fanagan Premier League 1 - Winners
Played 14
The league is very competitive and there is little Won 13
difference between Metro Div 1 and Div 2. The Lost 1
league is very competitive overall but there are Points For 389
2 strong contenders (Old Wesley J2 and St Mary’s Points Against 180
J1). The winners of the league (for a 2nd year in a Players Used 37
row) were Wesley J2s.

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