All Major Euopean Rugby Trophies are now currently in Ireland !

Diamondmaker

Nice thought to wake up to:

Magners league
Heineken Cup
Triple Crown
6 Nations
Grand Slam

Be well worth a trip to get pics of the Paddy Slam while they are all here !

With leinster and Munster both in the hunt to retain both club trophies it could be a nice year of polishing ahead.

Incidentally where will all the 6N titles be kept ? Given lansdowne is not opne for business, nice to travel the around the provinces...

hussey

Just curious

but is there a trophy for the grand slam? I always thought it was just a title

Diamondmaker

hussey wrote: »

Just curious

but is there a trophy for the grand slam? I always thought it was just a title

Probably not Im pretty sure, I have only noticed the 6N trophy and the dish ( the 3C ) being bandied around.

As an irish man Im no expert on what a Grand Slam trophy cabinet looks like !

Up until recently there was not even a 3C trophy. Ireland have won this 3 out of 4 occasions since its 1st appearnce in 2006 !

pucan

There is no Grand Slam trophy.

RATM

Actually good question OP, where will the trophies be kept ? Would it normally be Lansdowne ? Or IRFU HQ ? Do they go on public display at any stage ?

They should take a leaf outa the GAA's book and ensure they tour every primary school in the country over the next year in an effort to get more kids playing rugby.

Pshan

RATM wrote: »

Actually good question OP, where will the trophies be kept ? Would it normally be Lansdowne ? Or IRFU HQ ? Do they go on public display at any stage ?

They should take a leaf outa the GAA's book and ensure they tour every primary school in the country over the next year in an effort to get more kids playing rugby.

Wouldn't it be nice to see the four of them on display in Thomond Park on the night of the Munster V Leinster game.

ScholesyIsGod

Somehow i dont see Munster putting Leinsters Magners League trophy in the Thomond Park cabinet, and i doubt Leinster would want to do that either.

MikeHoncho

I hadnt thought of that but its a massive massive achievment and the IRFU should be very proud of themselves. The set up we have is really starting to pay off.

Serenity Now!

hussey wrote: »

Just curious

but is there a trophy for the grand slam? I always thought it was just a title

You were correct. It is a title.
Did you know that the 6N trophy body remains the same but the sculpted top of lid is crafted to suit each winners (the Welsh feathers, English rose, Scottish Thistle, Irish shamrocks etc).

Diamondmaker

ScholesyIsGod wrote: »

Somehow i dont see Munster putting Leinsters Magners League trophy in the Thomond Park cabinet, and i doubt Leinster would want to do that either.

Its half a good idea !! It would be great to see the 6N trophies tour to every derby match. Guarnteed to boost attendances to bursting and would instill a great sense of pride at the matches also..

The other cups will stay where they are you would think, but would be awsome to see the whole lot at a neutral venue somewhere for a display or underage recruitment drive as suggested,....!

Our cupboards are burstin !

ScholesyIsGod

Ya they should definitely bring the trophys around the grounds and give people the opportunity to get thier photo taken with the cups a couple of hours before kick off.

Pshan

ScholesyIsGod wrote: »

Somehow i dont see Munster putting Leinsters Magners League trophy in the Thomond Park cabinet, and i doubt Leinster would want to do that either.

Not talking about having them in a trophy cabinet, more like available for a photoshoot oportunity at some spot around the ground for a few hours before and after the game.

IRFU owns the ground and the three teams that have acheived this feat.

Hazys

ScholesyIsGod wrote: »

Somehow i dont see Munster putting Leinsters Magners League trophy in the Thomond Park cabinet, and i doubt Leinster would want to do that either.

They should just leave it there cos it'll be Munsters in a month or so anyway. Think of the hassle after taking it down to Thomond, then back up to Leinster then back down to Thomond again...seems like a lot of effort imo

donnchadhc

Pshan wrote: »

IRFU owns the ground and the three teams that have acheived this feat.

At the risk of sounding pedantic, Thomand is owned by the Munster Branch, not the IRFU. For instance, when the Leinster schools finals was played in Lansdowne, the Leinster branch had to rent it off the IRFU and vice versa when it came to Ireland A matches.

sickpuppy

Last year in Limerick ata tag rugby festival in Crescent rfc the heineken cup was doing the rounds.
A few lads spent a couple of hours letting people take photos with the cup which was cool.
Lovely trophy it is was supposed t be on display but most popel got to hold it and get a few pics nice touch.

Podge_irl

donnchadhc wrote: »

At the risk of sounding pedantic, Thomand is owned by the Munster Branch, not the IRFU. For instance, when the Leinster schools finals was played in Lansdowne, the Leinster branch had to rent it off the IRFU and vice versa when it came to Ireland A matches.

Thomond Park is owned by the IRFU, not the Munster Branch. Though I believe it's possibly part-owned by the MB now that they helped fund the development, not really sure. The intricacies of ownership when we're talking of a parent organisation and its branches are not really clear anyway.
Donnybrook actually is owned by the LB (though obviously the RDS is not!).

Pshan

donnchadhc wrote: »

At the risk of sounding pedantic, Thomand is owned by the Munster Branch, not the IRFU. For instance, when the Leinster schools finals was played in Lansdowne, the Leinster branch had to rent it off the IRFU and vice versa when it came to Ireland A matches.

You can be pedantic all you like but Thomond Park is owned by the IRFU.

Serenity Now!

Podge_irl wrote: »

Thomond Park is owned by the IRFU, not the Munster Branch. Though I believe it's possibly part-owned by the MB now that they helped fund the development, not really sure. The intricacies of ownership when we're talking of a parent organisation and its branches are not really clear anyway.
Donnybrook actually is owned by the LB (though obviously the RDS is not!).

Thomond Park is owned by the IRFU.

Munster are a branch of the IRFU and are funded by the IRFU both in domestic games and European/provincial.

mountain

RATM wrote: »

Actually good question OP, where will the trophies be kept ? Would it normally be Lansdowne ? Or IRFU HQ ? Do they go on public display at any stage ?

They should take a leaf outa the GAA's book and ensure they tour every primary school in the country over the next year in an effort to get more kids playing rugby.

Local primary school in Clonakilty, had a visit from the Heinekin cup in the past few weeks, dont know if it was going all over the provenice or not.

donnchadhc

While Thomand was bought by the IRFU in 1998 and then re-furbished to be used in the '99 World Cup, it is currently owned by the Thomand Park Stadium Company. I was under the impression that the Munster Branch was a major shareholder in this company, but I could be wrong as this opinion was due to appointments being made through the Munster Branch. My bad otherwise.

Serenity Now!

donnchadhc wrote: »

it is currently owned by the Thomand Park Stadium Company

An IRFU company trading as 'Thomond Park'.

Johnnyjump

You're right. What an achievement for this little island of ours!!!! Hope somebody gets photos of this one off occasion and that it's publicised in the media.

Johnnyjump

Diamondmaker wrote: »

Nice thought to wake up to:

Magners league
Heineken Cup
Triple Crown
6 Nations
Grand Slam

Be well worth a trip to get pics of the Paddy Slam while they are all here !

With leinster and Munster both in the hunt to retain both club trophies it could be a nice year of polishing ahead.

Incidentally where will all the 6N titles be kept ? Given lansdowne is not opne for business, nice to travel the around the provinces...

Sorry there. This is what I was referring to in my last post! Proud to be an Irishman.

chupacabra

Never know, maybe they will put all trophies on display for next weeks munster v leinster derby. Would be sweet.

Honey-ec

chupacabra wrote: »

Never know, maybe they will put all trophies on display for next weeks munster v leinster derby. Would be sweet.

They'll need to give the Magner's League cup a good scrub first. It still smells like Bulmers...

[Jackass]

It's a good time in Irish rugby alright!! Oh - and let's not forget the likes of Earls, Healy, Keatley, O'Donoghue, Cave, Pollock etc. etc. etc. who have already won a grand slam and are only coming through to the provincial fold now and will soon open a new generation of grand slam champions!!

Honey-ec

Oh Good Lord. I just got this on another forum (while discussing the Grand Slam).

"im a massive munster fan but i have to say i was delighted for BOD - outstanding and deserved MOTM. it must be even more special for the non munster players as they havent celebrated for a long time (not meant to be condescending, just saying how elated they must feel)

Words fail me.

Diamondmaker

This was the most innocent of feel good threads but pedantic debate over IRFU shelf compnaies has started to rot it.

Agent Smith

You also forgot the Cenrenary Quaich

And the Millennium Trophy