Leinster Schools Senior Challenge Cup final matchday programme 1999: Blackrock College v Cistercian College Roscrea, Lansdowne Road, 17 March 1999 – St Patrick's Day schools rugby final

Official matchday programme for the Leinster Schools Senior Challenge Cup final, Blackrock College v Cistercian College Roscrea, Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Wednesday 17 March 1999 (St Patrick's Day), kick-off 3.30 p.m., sponsored by Coca-Cola. The cover shows the famous Leinster Schools Senior Cup trophy between the crests of the two schools. Inside, the welcome from John Hussey, President of the Leinster Branch IRFU 1998/99, sets the scene: the last Leinster Senior Schools final of the twentieth century; Blackrock College, the most successful school in the history of the competition with 62 wins, back in their familiar Lansdowne Road setting; and Roscrea in their first final since 1941, when they lost to Newbridge in a replay, having beaten Newbridge again in that year's semi-final. He pays tribute to the Honorary Schools Secretary, Kevin Kelleher, after 40 years of service, to the Leinster Schools Committee and to the referee and touch judges. Also the Schools Committee 1998/99 and its officers, the Section 'A' Schools Sub-Committee, a record of past finals, and advertising. The match was broadcast that evening in an hour-long TG4 sports programme. About 36 pages, 21 x 29.7 cm, stapled. The Leinster Schools Senior Cup, first played in 1887, is the oldest schools rugby competition in Ireland, and the St Patrick's Day final at Lansdowne Road was for generations one of the great days of the Irish sporting calendar; Blackrock College and Roscrea are two of the country's best-known rugby nurseries, between them producing many provincial and international players. A collectable programme for followers of Irish schools rugby, Blackrock College past pupils and Cistercian College Roscrea alumni. THEMES: Leinster Schools Senior Cup, Irish schools rugby, Blackrock College, Cistercian College Roscrea, Lansdowne Road, Leinster rugby history, 1999.

Author: Leinster Branch IRFU

Publisher: Leinster Branch IRFU

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Used - Very Good