The Metropolitan Cup is a rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 competition for junior clubs in Dublin, Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

History

In the season 1921-22, the Leinster Branch established a knockout competition for teams then competing in the Junior League. The “knockout” competition is confined for the teams competing in the Junior League, which also includes a “Senior” Club’s 2nd XV team. The Branch presented the trophy - called the Metropolitan Cup which reflect the fact that all the participating teams are based in the Dublin metropolitan area .

To season 2006-07 there have been 86 finals played, with 14 different winning clubs. Of the 14 winners only two Junior clubs have won the competition Suttonians RFC

Suttonians RFC

Suttonians Rugby Football Club, now in its 85th year of existence, is affiliated to the Irish Rugby Football Union. The first team play in Division 3 of the All Ireland League....

 (now a senior club) in 1946-47 and Seapoint RFC, who won in back to back seasons 2004-05 & 2005-06 and also in season 2007-08. The remainder are second XV's of Senior clubs.

Winners

The list of winners so far of the cup according to the Leinster Rugby

Leinster Rugby

Leinster Rugby, usually referred to simply as Leinster, is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Dublin, representing the Irish province of Leinster, that competes in the RaboDirect Pro 12 and also competes in the Heineken Cup...

 official website is:

1920s

• 1922 University College Dublin beat Blackrock College
  Blackrock College RFC
  Blackrock College Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club located in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 by former pupils of Blackrock College...
  
  
• 1923 Dublin University
• 1924 Wanderers
• 1925 University College Dublin
• 1926 Bective Rangers
  Bective Rangers
  Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
  
  
• 1927 Lansdowne
• 1928 Dublin University
• 1929 Blackrock College
  Blackrock College RFC
  Blackrock College Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club located in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 by former pupils of Blackrock College...
  
  

1930s

• 1930 Bective Rangers
  Bective Rangers
  Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
  
  
• 1931 Bective Rangers
  Bective Rangers
  Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
  
  
• 1932 University College Dublin
• 1933 University College Dublin
• 1934 Dublin University
• 1935 University College Dublin
• 1936 Old Belvedere
  Old Belvedere
  Old Belvedere is a senior rugby club in Dublin, Ireland, based at Anglesea Road. Old Belvedere R.F.C. was founded in 1930. Originally an exclusive club for past pupils of Belvedere College the club became 'open' to all players on 22 April 1976....
  
  
• 1937 Old Belvedere
  Old Belvedere
  Old Belvedere is a senior rugby club in Dublin, Ireland, based at Anglesea Road. Old Belvedere R.F.C. was founded in 1930. Originally an exclusive club for past pupils of Belvedere College the club became 'open' to all players on 22 April 1976....
  
  
• 1938 Blackrock College
  Blackrock College RFC
  Blackrock College Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club located in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 by former pupils of Blackrock College...
  
  
• 1939 Bective Rangers
  Bective Rangers
  Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
  
  

1940s

• 1940 St. Mary's College
• 1941 St. Mary's College
• 1942 University College Dublin
• 1943 Clontarf
  Clontarf RFC
  Clontarf Football Club. Having played firstly in a field at the bottom of Vernon Avenue, then on a site currently used by Dublin Bus as a Depot., the club moved to its present location in 1896 and celebrated 100 years at Castle Avenue in 1996. The Bull Emblem used in the logo is that of the...
  
  
• 1944 Bective Rangers
  Bective Rangers
  Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
  
  
• 1945 Old Belvedere
  Old Belvedere
  Old Belvedere is a senior rugby club in Dublin, Ireland, based at Anglesea Road. Old Belvedere R.F.C. was founded in 1930. Originally an exclusive club for past pupils of Belvedere College the club became 'open' to all players on 22 April 1976....
  
  
• 1946 Old Belvedere
  Old Belvedere
  Old Belvedere is a senior rugby club in Dublin, Ireland, based at Anglesea Road. Old Belvedere R.F.C. was founded in 1930. Originally an exclusive club for past pupils of Belvedere College the club became 'open' to all players on 22 April 1976....
  
  
• 1947 Suttonians
• 1948 Lansdowne
• 1949 Terenure College
  Terenure College RFC
  Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. It is a senior rugby club in Dublin, Ireland.-History:Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. With a great love for the game and concerned that past pupils were not playing rugby union after leaving school, Rev...
  
  

1950s

• 1950 Terenure College
  Terenure College RFC
  Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. It is a senior rugby club in Dublin, Ireland.-History:Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. With a great love for the game and concerned that past pupils were not playing rugby union after leaving school, Rev...
  
  
• 1951 Clontarf
  Clontarf RFC
  Clontarf Football Club. Having played firstly in a field at the bottom of Vernon Avenue, then on a site currently used by Dublin Bus as a Depot., the club moved to its present location in 1896 and celebrated 100 years at Castle Avenue in 1996. The Bull Emblem used in the logo is that of the...
  
  
• 1952 Old Belvedere
  Old Belvedere
  Old Belvedere is a senior rugby club in Dublin, Ireland, based at Anglesea Road. Old Belvedere R.F.C. was founded in 1930. Originally an exclusive club for past pupils of Belvedere College the club became 'open' to all players on 22 April 1976....
  
  
• 1953 St. Mary's College
• 1954 Wanderers
• 1955 University College Dublin
• 1956 Old Belvedere
  Old Belvedere
  Old Belvedere is a senior rugby club in Dublin, Ireland, based at Anglesea Road. Old Belvedere R.F.C. was founded in 1930. Originally an exclusive club for past pupils of Belvedere College the club became 'open' to all players on 22 April 1976....
  
   beat Terenure College
  Terenure College RFC
  Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. It is a senior rugby club in Dublin, Ireland.-History:Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. With a great love for the game and concerned that past pupils were not playing rugby union after leaving school, Rev...
  
  
• 1957 University College Dublin
• 1958 Bective Rangers
  Bective Rangers
  Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
  
  
• 1959 Lansdowne beat Terenure College
  Terenure College RFC
  Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. It is a senior rugby club in Dublin, Ireland.-History:Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. With a great love for the game and concerned that past pupils were not playing rugby union after leaving school, Rev...
  
  

1960s

• 1960 Terenure College
  Terenure College RFC
  Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. It is a senior rugby club in Dublin, Ireland.-History:Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. With a great love for the game and concerned that past pupils were not playing rugby union after leaving school, Rev...
  
  
• 1961 Bective Rangers
  Bective Rangers
  Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
  
  
• 1962 Blackrock College
  Blackrock College RFC
  Blackrock College Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club located in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 by former pupils of Blackrock College...
  
  
• 1963 University College Dublin
• 1964 University College Dublin
• 1965 Lansdowne
• 1966 University College Dublin
• 1967 Dublin University
• 1968 Lansdowne
• 1969 University College Dublin

1970s

• 1970 St. Mary's College
• 1971 St. Mary's College
• 1972 University College Dublin
• 1973 Clontarf
  Clontarf RFC
  Clontarf Football Club. Having played firstly in a field at the bottom of Vernon Avenue, then on a site currently used by Dublin Bus as a Depot., the club moved to its present location in 1896 and celebrated 100 years at Castle Avenue in 1996. The Bull Emblem used in the logo is that of the...
  
  
• 1974 University College Dublin
• 1975 Blackrock College
  Blackrock College RFC
  Blackrock College Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club located in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 by former pupils of Blackrock College...
  
  
• 1976 Blackrock College
  Blackrock College RFC
  Blackrock College Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club located in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 by former pupils of Blackrock College...
  
  
• 1977 Blackrock College
  Blackrock College RFC
  Blackrock College Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club located in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 by former pupils of Blackrock College...
  
  
• 1978 St. Mary's College beat Old Wesley
  Old Wesley
  Old Wesley Rugby Football Club was founded in 1891 from the past pupils of Wesley College, Dublin. Since then it has become one of Leinster's most famous clubs. The club won the Leinster Senior Cup in 1909 and 1985 as well as winning the AIL Division 2 title in 1989...
  
  
• 1979 Terenure College
  Terenure College RFC
  Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. It is a senior rugby club in Dublin, Ireland.-History:Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. With a great love for the game and concerned that past pupils were not playing rugby union after leaving school, Rev...
  
  

1980s

• 1980 Bective Rangers
  Bective Rangers
  Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
  
  
• 1981 Lansdowne beat Old Wesley
  Old Wesley
  Old Wesley Rugby Football Club was founded in 1891 from the past pupils of Wesley College, Dublin. Since then it has become one of Leinster's most famous clubs. The club won the Leinster Senior Cup in 1909 and 1985 as well as winning the AIL Division 2 title in 1989...
  
  
• 1982 Lansdowne beat Palmerston
  De La Salle Palmerston
  De La Salle Palmerston FC is an Irish rugby team. The senior team currently play in Division 2 of the All-Ireland League. The senior side had a short spell in Division 1 starting in the 1998-99 season...
  
  
• 1983 Lansdowne beat Palmerston
  De La Salle Palmerston
  De La Salle Palmerston FC is an Irish rugby team. The senior team currently play in Division 2 of the All-Ireland League. The senior side had a short spell in Division 1 starting in the 1998-99 season...
  
  
• 1984 Blackrock College
  Blackrock College RFC
  Blackrock College Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club located in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 by former pupils of Blackrock College...
  
  
• 1985 St. Mary's College beat Wanderers
• 1986 Wanderers beat Dublin University
• 1987 Wanderers beat University College Dublin
• 1988 Terenure College
  Terenure College RFC
  Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. It is a senior rugby club in Dublin, Ireland.-History:Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. With a great love for the game and concerned that past pupils were not playing rugby union after leaving school, Rev...
  
  
• 1989 Lansdowne

1990s

• 1990 Old Wesley
  Old Wesley
  Old Wesley Rugby Football Club was founded in 1891 from the past pupils of Wesley College, Dublin. Since then it has become one of Leinster's most famous clubs. The club won the Leinster Senior Cup in 1909 and 1985 as well as winning the AIL Division 2 title in 1989...
  
  
• 1991 Old Wesley
  Old Wesley
  Old Wesley Rugby Football Club was founded in 1891 from the past pupils of Wesley College, Dublin. Since then it has become one of Leinster's most famous clubs. The club won the Leinster Senior Cup in 1909 and 1985 as well as winning the AIL Division 2 title in 1989...
  
  
• 1992 Wanderers
• 1993 Old Wesley
  Old Wesley
  Old Wesley Rugby Football Club was founded in 1891 from the past pupils of Wesley College, Dublin. Since then it has become one of Leinster's most famous clubs. The club won the Leinster Senior Cup in 1909 and 1985 as well as winning the AIL Division 2 title in 1989...
  
  
• 1994 Bective Rangers
  Bective Rangers
  Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
  
  
• 1995 St. Mary's College
• 1996 Greystones RFC
  Greystones RFC
  Greystones Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team based in Greystones, County Wicklow in the Republic of Ireland. The club was formed in 1937. They won their first trophy in1944 when they won the Metropolitan League...
  
  
• 1997 Terenure College
  Terenure College RFC
  Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. It is a senior rugby club in Dublin, Ireland.-History:Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. With a great love for the game and concerned that past pupils were not playing rugby union after leaving school, Rev...
  
  
• 1998 St. Mary's College
• 1999 Terenure College
  Terenure College RFC
  Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. It is a senior rugby club in Dublin, Ireland.-History:Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. With a great love for the game and concerned that past pupils were not playing rugby union after leaving school, Rev...
  
   beat Blackrock College
  Blackrock College RFC
  Blackrock College Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club located in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 by former pupils of Blackrock College...
  
  

2010s

• 2000 Lansdowne beat Blackrock College
  Blackrock College RFC
  Blackrock College Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club located in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 by former pupils of Blackrock College...
  
  
• 2001 Blackrock College
  Blackrock College RFC
  Blackrock College Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club located in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 by former pupils of Blackrock College...
  
   beat Clontarf
  Clontarf RFC
  Clontarf Football Club. Having played firstly in a field at the bottom of Vernon Avenue, then on a site currently used by Dublin Bus as a Depot., the club moved to its present location in 1896 and celebrated 100 years at Castle Avenue in 1996. The Bull Emblem used in the logo is that of the...
  
  
• 2002 Clontarf
  Clontarf RFC
  Clontarf Football Club. Having played firstly in a field at the bottom of Vernon Avenue, then on a site currently used by Dublin Bus as a Depot., the club moved to its present location in 1896 and celebrated 100 years at Castle Avenue in 1996. The Bull Emblem used in the logo is that of the...
  
   beat Terenure College
  Terenure College RFC
  Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. It is a senior rugby club in Dublin, Ireland.-History:Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14th 1940. With a great love for the game and concerned that past pupils were not playing rugby union after leaving school, Rev...
  
  
• 2003 Lansdowne beat St. Mary's College
• 2004 Old Belvedere
  Old Belvedere
  Old Belvedere is a senior rugby club in Dublin, Ireland, based at Anglesea Road. Old Belvedere R.F.C. was founded in 1930. Originally an exclusive club for past pupils of Belvedere College the club became 'open' to all players on 22 April 1976....
  
   beat St. Mary's College
• 2005 Seapoint
  Seapoint RFC
  Seapoint RFC is acommunity based Irish rugby club located in Killiney, County Dublin. The club also provides a key focal point for players attending rugby schools who live in the Cabinteely/Killiney/Ballybrack and greater Dun Laoghaire area....
  
   beat Monkstown
• 2006 Seapoint
  Seapoint RFC
  Seapoint RFC is acommunity based Irish rugby club located in Killiney, County Dublin. The club also provides a key focal point for players attending rugby schools who live in the Cabinteely/Killiney/Ballybrack and greater Dun Laoghaire area....
  
    beat Lansdowne
• 2007 Lansdowne beat Clontarf
  Clontarf RFC
  Clontarf Football Club. Having played firstly in a field at the bottom of Vernon Avenue, then on a site currently used by Dublin Bus as a Depot., the club moved to its present location in 1896 and celebrated 100 years at Castle Avenue in 1996. The Bull Emblem used in the logo is that of the...
  
  
• 2008 Seapoint
  Seapoint RFC
  Seapoint RFC is acommunity based Irish rugby club located in Killiney, County Dublin. The club also provides a key focal point for players attending rugby schools who live in the Cabinteely/Killiney/Ballybrack and greater Dun Laoghaire area....
  
    beat Lansdowne by 19 -10
• 2009 Lansdowne beat Monkstown
  Monkstown Football Club
  Monkstown Football Club is an Irish rugby club based in Dublin. They currently play in Division One of the Leinster League.In addition to the First XV, they also have Second , Third and Fourth XV's, a mini rugby section and a Golden Oldies team.-History:The club was founded in 1883 in Monkstown...