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| Full name | Young Munster Rugby Football Club | |
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| Union |  IRFU | |
| Branch | Munster | |
| Nickname | The Cookies | |
| Founded | 1895; 130 years ago (1895) | |
| Ground(s) | Tom Clifford Park, Limerick[1] | |
| President | Declan Deegan[1] | |
| League | All-Ireland Div. 1A | |
| 2024–25 | 7th.[2] | |
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| Official website | ||
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Young Munster is arugby union club based in Limerick, Ireland, playing inDivision 1A of theAll-Ireland League. It was founded in 1895 and plays its games at Tom Clifford Park in Rosbrien, Limerick.
The club has won theMunster Senior Rugby Cup ten times, in 1928, 1930, 1938, 1980, 1984, 1990, 2010, 2021, 2022 and 2023. They won theMunster Junior Cup in 1911, 1922, 1927, 1959, 1960, 1984 and 1999 and 2022.
The club is known by its nickname "The Cookies".[3]
Young Munster was founded in 1895. In 1928, they became the first Limerick rugby club to win theBateman Cup. The club song, "Beautiful Munsters", remembers this victory. They also won theAll Ireland League in 1993, beatingSt Mary's College atLansdowne Road in front of a record attendance for a club game of 17,000.[4]
In 1985, the club was one of the first Irish teams to tour North America, when they played five games inNew York City,Vancouver,Langley,Los Angeles andSan Diego.[citation needed]
After a decade in the All-Ireland League Division 1, the club was relegated to Division 2 in 2002. They returned to Division 1 in 2008–2009. In 2009–2010, due to the League's new format, they played in Division 1B; they won promotion to Division 1A by finishing in second place behindOld Belvedere R.F.C. Young Munster finished the 2010–2011 regular season in third place in Division 1A, thereby earning a place in the All-Ireland League semi-finals, away toCork Constitution F.C.
