2024 Rugby League Ireland season

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The 2024 Rugby League Ireland (RLI) season is the current season of rugby league competitions played on the island of Ireland administered by Rugby League Ireland.

In 2024, Rugby League Ireland ran two domestic competitions, RLI Men's Premiership and RLI Women's Premiership.

Club	City/County	Province	Country
Dublin City Exiles	Dublin	Leinster	Republic of Ireland
Banbridge Broncos	Banbridge, County Down	Ulster	Northern Ireland
Galway Tribesmen	Galway, County Galway	Connacht	Republic of Ireland
Longhorns RL	Dublin	Leinster	Republic of Ireland
Cork Bulls	Cork City, County Cork	Munster	Republic of Ireland

After round 4 (includes walkovers from Blitz round)

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Cork Bulls and Dublin City Exiles fielded no team so all other teams get a 30-0 walkover against them. Regular matches get 4 points for a win. Blitz matches get 2 points. ^{[16] [17]}

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Club	City/County	Country
Dublin City Exiles	Dublin	Republic of Ireland
Galway Tribesmen	Galway	Republic of Ireland
Banbridge Broncos	Banbridge	Northern Ireland

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The men's national team as of June have no scheduled matches for 2024.

The men's U16 national team opened their international campaign for 2024 with a 12-44 loss to Wales in Terenure,^[24][25] followed by a 44-10 defeat to England. They concluded their 2024 season with an away double-header fixture against Scotland. Two fixtures were played by the U16 panel, recording 34-12 and 24-4 wins. ^[26]

01 June 2024 15:00

Ireland U16	12–44	Wales U16
Try: Crawford 8' Twomey 60' Con: Rhodes (2) 8' 60'	Report[27]	Try: Marozzelli 16' Johnson 24' 51' Roberts 28' 38' E. Williams 48' Con: Clatworthy (6) 16' 24' 28' 42' 44' 48' 51'

Lakelands, Dublin, Ireland Attendance: Unknown Referee: Jason Le Lievre

29 June 2024 12:00

England Community Lions U16	44-10	Ireland U16
Try: Storr 3' Morris 12' Campbell 20' Jeffers 33' 64' Bowes 45' 62' 71' Con: Dickinson 12' 33' Bowes 62' 64' 71' Pen: Dickinson 15'	Report[28]	Try: Gorman 7' Ireland 67' Con: Gorman 67'

Ince Rose Bridge ARLFC, Ince-in-Makerfield, England Attendance: Unknown Referee: Shea Harrison

03 August 2024 12:00

Scotland U16	12-34	Ireland U16

Cambuslang Rugby Club, Glasgow, Scotland Attendance: Unknown

03 August 2024 13:30

Scotland U16	4-24	Ireland U16

Cambuslang Rugby Club, Glasgow, Scotland Attendance: Unknown

The women's national team began their World Cup qualifying campaign in April beating The Netherlands but losing to Wales. They finished in second place in RLWC European Qualifying Tournament Group A, which left their qualification hopes alive via the World Series repechage. Entry to the repechage was secured in October by a single leg playoff win against RLWC European Qualifying Tournament Group B runners-up Greece.

28 April 2024 14:45

Wales	28–10	Ireland
Try: Dainton 10' 54' Taylor 22' Salter 33' Parker 79' Con: Salter (4)	Report[29]	Try: Tutty 19' Molloy 78' Con: Cobain

Cardiff University Sports Park, Cardiff Attendance: 500 Referee: Sam Jenkinson

19 May 2024 15:00

Ireland	16–12	Netherlands
Try: Preston 12' Cobain 43' 72' Con: Cobain (2)	Report[30]	Try: Van Der Zwan 18' N. Kennedy 33' J. Kennedy 59' Con: Cobain

Energia Park, Dublin Attendance: Unknown Referee: Fabien Nicaud

12 October 2024 15:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)

Greece	6–42	Ireland
Tries: Lamprou 62' Goals: Pappa (1/1)	Report[31]	Tries: Doyle 15' Fitzegerald 23' Molloy 27' O'Dwyer 33' Lambert 41', 56' McGuinness 48' Tutty 70' Goals: Cobain (5/8)

Gkorytsa Stadium, Athens Referee: T. Jones

The wheelchair national team begin their Celtic Cup campaign in June. They won both of their matches to take the title for the first time since 2015.^{[32] [33]}

8 June 2024 10:30 IST (UTC+01:00)

Ireland	68–34	Scotland
Tries: Burton-Carter 1', 7' Johnston 10', 13', 34', 39' Calcott 26', 31', 41' Spain 52' McCarthy 55' Roberts 72' Goals: Johnston (8/9) Calcott (2/3)	Report[34]	Tries: Davidson 20', 79 Willans 22' Grant 47' Hill 59', 76', 77 Goals: Willans (3/4) Grant (0/2)

Kingfisher Club, University of Galway, Ireland Referees: Jake Brook (England), David Roig (France)

8 June 2024 14:30 IST (UTC+01:00)

Ireland	68–32	Wales
Tries: Roberts 1' McCarthy 5' Calcott 9', 41' Johnston 14', 25', 37' Horgan 35', 43' Spain 47', 50', 63' Goals: Johnston (9/11) Joe Calcott (1/1)	Report[35]	Tries: Williams 29' 67' Davies 31' Turner 52', 58 Trigg-Turner 60' Goals: Trigg-Turner (3/4) Turner (1/2)

Kingfisher Club, University of Galway, Ireland Referees: David Roig (France), David Butler (England)