Leinster League Division One

First rugby division of the Leinster League

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Leinster League Division One

Founded
1994
Nation
Ireland
Relegation To
Leinster League Division Two
Number of Teams

Current Champions (2007–08)
Cill Dara RFC

Leinster League Division One, as the name implies, is the first division of the Leinster League and started in the 1994/95 season.

Suttonians, Co. Carlow, Arklow, Mullingar, Garda, Navan, Naas, Wexford Wanderers, Portlaoise, Dundalk and Enniscorthy entered the division through the qualifying matches in the 1993/1994 season.

The number of teams in the division was reduced from 14 to 12 in the 2007/08 season, but this was reversed in the 2008/09 season.

## 2008/2009 Season

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* Boyne
* Cill Dara
* Dundalk
* Enniscorthy
* Garda
* Monkstown
* Navan
* Newbridge
* Portlaoise
* Seapoint
* Skerries
* Tullamore
* Tullow
* Wicklow

### 2008/2009 Table

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2008–2009 Leinster League Division One League Table

Club  | Played  | Won  | Drawn  | Lost  | Points for  | Points against  | Points difference  | Bonus Points  | Points
Navan | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 219 | 31 | 188 | 3 | 31
Seapoint | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 141 | 71 | 70 | 2 | 26
Monkstown | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 148 | 52 | 96 | 2 | 26
Skerries | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 203 | 88 | 115 | 5 | 25
Boyne | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 134 | 98 | 36 | 2 | 22
Dundalk | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 121 | 87 | 34 | 2 | 22
Cill Dara | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 196 | 85 | 4 | 22
Tullamore | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 152 | 72 | 80 | 4 | 20
Portlaoise | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 106 | 109 | −3 | 4 | 12
Garda | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 71 | 171 | −101 | 0 | 8
Tullow | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 76 | 160 | −84 | 2 | 8
Enniscorthy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 83 | 158 | −75 | 3 | 3
Newbridge | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 71 | 238 | −167 | 1 | 1
Wicklow | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 305 | −274 | 1 | 1
Correct as of 19 November 2008

## 2007/2008 Season

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* Ashbourne
* Boyne
* Cill Dara
* Dundalk
* Garda
* Monkstown
* Navan
* Portlaoise
* Seapoint
* Skerries
* Tullamore
* Wicklow

At the end of the season, Ashbourne were relegated to Division Two and Enniscorthy, Newbridge and Tullow were promoted, making it 14 teams once again for 2008/2009.

### 2007/2008 Table

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2008–2009 Leinster League Division One League Table

Club  | Played  | Won  | Drawn  | Lost  | Points for  | Points against  | Points difference  | Bonus Points  | Points
Cill Dara | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 279 | 183 | 96 | 4 | 46
Seapoint | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 329 | 97 | 232 | 4 | 44
Navan | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 247 | 111 | 136 | 4 | 38
Tullamore | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 202 | 177 | 25 | 3 | 29
Dundalk | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 186 | 164 | 26 | 5 | 25
Portlaoise | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 184 | 248 | −64 | 5 | 23
Monkstown | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 136 | 221 | −85 | 2 | 20
Boyne | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 175 | 255 | −80 | 4 | 20
Garda | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 163 | 230 | −67 | 1 | 19
Skerries | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 127 | 170 | −43 | 5 | 17
Wicklow | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 121 | 223 | −102 | 3 | 17
Ashbourne | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 110 | 180 | −70 | 4 | 10
Correct as of 3 March 2008

## 2006/2007 Season

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* Boyne
* Cill Dara
* Dundalk
* Enniscorthy
* Garda
* Kilkenny
* Monkstown
* Mullingar
* Naas
* Navan
* Portlaoise
* Seapoint
* Skerries
* Tullamore

At the end of the season, Mullingar, Enniscorthy and Kilkenny were relegated to Division Two and Ashbourne and Wicklow were promoted. Naas won promotion to AIB Division Three.

### 2006/2007 Table

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2006–2007 Leinster League Division One League Table

Club  | Played  | Won  | Drawn  | Lost  | Points for  | Points against  | Points difference  | Bonus Points  | Points
Naas | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 364 | 141 | 223 | 9 | 57
Seapoint | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 335 | 156 | 179 | 8 | 48
Navan | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 357 | 266 | 91 | 7 | 47
Tullamore | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 209 | 206 | 3 | 3 | 37
Boyne | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 238 | 207 | 31 | 5 | 35
Cill Dara | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 187 | 194 | −7 | 5 | 33
Skerries | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 191 | 286 | −95 | 5 | 29
Garda | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 191 | 215 | −24 | 5 | 25
Portlaoise | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 184 | 196 | −12 | 6 | 24
Monkstown | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 220 | 228 | −8 | 7 | 23
Dundalk | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 215 | 234 | −19 | 6 | 22
Mullingar | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 189 | 326 | −137 | −1 | 19
Enniscorthy | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 154 | 243 | −89 | 3 | 19
Kilkenny | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 129 | 165 | −136 | 1 | 15
Correct as of 21 November 2007

## Past winners

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* 1994/1995 Dundalk
* 1995/1996 Suttonians
* 1996/1997 Co Carlow
* 1997/1998 Naas
* 1998/1999 Barnhall
* 1999/2000 Naas
* 2000/2001 Navan
* 2001/2002 Kilkenny
* 2002/2003 Kilkenny
* 2003/2004 Seapoint RFC
* 2004/2005 Naas
* 2005/2006 Monkstown
* 2006/2007 Naas
* 2007/2008 Cill Dara
* 2008/2009 Navan
* 2009/2010 Seapoint RFC

## Wins by club

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* Naas (4 times)
* Kilkenny (twice)
* Navan (Twice)
* Seapoint RFC (Twice)
* Barnhall (once)
* Cill Dara (once)
* Co Carlow (once)
* Dundalk (once)
* Monkstown (once)
* Suttonians (once)

## References

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## External links

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* Leinster Rugby : Leinster League History: Division One
* "Leinster League Division One 2008/2009".
* "Leinster League Division One 2007/2008".
* "Leinster League Division One 2006/2007".