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The '''Saint Patrick's Day Test''' (also known as the Donnybrook Cup) is an international [[rugby league]] football match played between the [[United States national rugby league team|United States]] and [[Ireland national rugby league A team|Ireland A]]. The game is usually held on or around March 17 to coincide with [[Saint Patrick's Day]]. In 2020 the first two fixtures were regraded to full international status when the Ireland A teams for those two games were upgraded to senior national status, due to the similarity of the squads involved in those games, the Scotland fixture of 1995 and the Emerging Nations World Cup of 1995 (with the Scotland game also afforded full international status).<ref>[http://www.wearerugby.com/news/articles/tomahawks-host-ireland Tomahawks To Host Ireland | We Are Rugby<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718010215/http://www.wearerugby.com/news/articles/tomahawks-host-ireland |date=July 18, 2011 }}</ref>
The '''Saint Patrick's Day Test''' (also known as the Donnybrook Cup) is an international [[rugby league]] football match played between the [[United States national rugby league team|United States]] and [[Ireland A national rugby league team|Ireland ]]. The game is usually held on or around March 17 to coincide with [[Saint Patrick's Day]]. In 2020 the first two fixtures were regarded to full international status as the Ireland A teams for those two games were upgraded to senior national status, due to the similarity of the squads involved in those games.<ref>[http://www.wearerugby.com/news/articles/tomahawks-host-ireland Tomahawks To Host Ireland | We Are Rugby<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718010215/http://www.wearerugby.com/news/articles/tomahawks-host-ireland |date=July 18, 2011 }}</ref>
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Revision as of 17:51, 26 January 2021

Saint Patrick's Day Rugby League Test match
SportRugby league
Instituted1995
Number of teams2
RegionInternational (RLIF)
Most titles United States (4 titles)
Related competitionColonial Cup

The Saint Patrick's Day Test (also known as the Donnybrook Cup) is an international rugby league football match played between the United States and Ireland . The game is usually held on or around March 17 to coincide with Saint Patrick's Day. In 2020 the first two fixtures were regarded to full international status as the Ireland A teams for those two games were upgraded to senior national status, due to the similarity of the squads involved in those games.[1]

Matches

Date Home Score Away Venue Attendance
16 March 1995  United States 22–24 Ireland Ireland United States RFK Stadium, Washington D.C.
16 March 1996  United States 6–26 Ireland Ireland United States RFK Stadium, Washington D.C.
18 March 2000  United States 19–6 Ireland Ireland A
16 March 2002  United States 24–22 Ireland Ireland A
15 March 2003  United States 20–16 Ireland Ireland A
24 March 2004  United States 41–10 Ireland Ireland A
22 March 2011  United States 8–26 Ireland Ireland A United States Garthwaite Stadium, Philadelphia [2]
18 March 2012  United States 38–20 Ireland Ireland A United States Widener University, Philadelphia [3]

References

  1. ^ Tomahawks To Host Ireland | We Are Rugby Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Report
  3. ^ Report


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