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Leinster League Division Three

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Leinster League Division Three
Founded
1994
Nation
Ireland
Promotion To
Leinster League Division Two
Number of Teams
14
Current Champions (2007–08)
Rathdrum RFC

Leinster League Division Three is the third division of the Leinster League and started in the 1994/95 season.

The number of teams was reduced from 14 to 13 in 2007/2008, and again from 13 to 9 in 2008/2009.

History

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Ashbourne, Barnhall, Birr, Coolmine, CYM, Delvin, New Ross, Old Kilcullen, Railway Union, Tullow and Wicklow entered the division through the qualifying matches in the 1993/1994 season.

Old Kilcullen later amalgamated with Curragh RFC to form Newbridge and Delvin with Drogheda RFC to form Boyne.

2008/2009 Season

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2008/2009 Table

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2008-2009 Leinster League Division Two League Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points difference Bonus Points Points
North Kildare 6 6 0 0 143 39 104 3 27
Athy 6 6 0 0 121 58 63 0 24
Railway Union 6 4 0 2 139 68 71 2 18
Balbriggan 6 4 0 2 144 98 46 2 18
Wexford Wanderers 6 3 0 3 96 104 −8 1 13
CYM 7 2 0 5 83 133 −50 2 10
Malahide 7 1 1 5 71 135 −64 3 9
Birr 6 1 0 5 39 72 −33 1 5
Swords 6 0 1 5 26 155 −129 0 2
Correct as of 16 November 2008

2007/2008 Season

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At the end of the season, Arklow, Clane, Clondalkin and Gorey were promoted to Division Two, with Railway Union being relegated from Division Two.

2007/2008 Table

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2007-2008 Leinster League Division Three League Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points difference Bonus Points Points
Rathdrum 12 11 1 0 321 97 224 8 54
Clane 12 9 1 2 341 80 261 10 48
Gorey 12 9 0 3 205 90 115 5 41
Arklow 12 8 1 3 209 120 89 6 40
Clondalkin 12 8 0 4 308 134 174 6 38
Athy 12 7 1 4 235 82 153 7 37
North Kildare 12 7 0 5 237 193 44 5 33
Swords 12 6 0 6 158 199 −41 3 27
Balbriggan 12 5 0 7 124 251 −127 0 20
Birr 12 3 0 9 110 258 −148 2 14
Wexford Wanderers 12 2 0 10 106 307 −201 1 9
Malahide 12 1 0 11 93 264 −171 2 6
CYM 12 0 0 12 48 420 −372 2 '2
Correct as of 10 March 2008

2006/2007 Season

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At the end of the season, Tullow and Longford were promoted to Division Two. Athboy went to play in the Magee Cup (North East Junior 3).

2006/2007 Table

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2006-2007 Leinster League Division Three League Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points difference Bonus Points Points
Tullow 13 12 1 337 67 270 8 56
Longford 13 12 0 1 331 124 207 6 54
Rathdrum 13 11 0 2 301 100 201 7 51
Clondalkin 13 9 1 3 215 132 83 4 42
Clane 13 7 0 6 325 151 174 8 36
Malahide 13 7 1 5 247 207 40 5 35
Balbriggan 13 6 1 6 220 183 37 6 32
Birr 13 6 0 7 126 157 −31 3 27
Arklow 11 5 0 6 135 184 −49 4 24
Swords 12 4 1 7 193 190 3 5 23
CYM 13 3 1 9 184 305 −121 3 17
Gorey 13 2 1 10 118 244 −126 2 12
Wexford Wanderers 12 1 0 11 90 314 −224 3 7
Athboy 11 0 0 11 27 491 −464 0 0
Correct as of 21 November 2007

Past winners

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1994/1995 CYM

1995/1996 Railway Union

1996/1997 Malahide

1997/1998 Wicklow

1998/1999 Aer Lingus

1999/2000 Portarlington

2000/2001 Seapoint

2001/2002 New Ross

2002/2003 Cill Dara

2003/2004 Rathdrum

2004/2005 Newbridge

2005/2006 North Kildare

2006/2007 Tullow

2007/2008 Rathdrum

Wins by club

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  • Rathdrum (twice)
  • CYM (once)
  • Railway Union (once)
  • Malahide (once)
  • Wicklow (once)
  • Aer Lingus - now Swords (once)
  • Portarlington (once)
  • Seapoint (once)
  • New Ross (once)
  • Cill Dara (once)
  • Newbridge (once)
  • North Kildare (once)
  • Tullow (once)
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