Editing Limerick (section)

===Rugby===
[[File:Munster rugby 2006.jpg|thumb|left|Munster fans in Limerick during the 2006 Heineken Cup]]
[[Rugby union]] is popular in the city and is widely played at all levels, with Limerick sometimes referred to as the "spiritual home of Irish rugby".<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/munster-rugby/disconnected-clubs-academy-issues-and-a-dominant-neighbour-how-munster-fell-behind-their-rivals-40271576.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | website = independent.ie | title = Disconnected clubs, academy issues and a dominant neighbour - how Munster fell behind their rivals | date = 4 April 2021 | accessdate = 11 July 2021 | archive-date = 11 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210711185710/https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/munster-rugby/disconnected-clubs-academy-issues-and-a-dominant-neighbour-how-munster-fell-behind-their-rivals-40271576.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/limerick-ready-to-create-legends-636544.html Limerick Ready To Create Legends]{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''The Independent'', 27 May 2000. Retrieved 8 March 2011.</ref> Two-time European champions [[Munster Rugby|Munster]] play most home matches at [[Thomond Park]], where they held a record of being unbeaten in the [[Heineken Cup]] for 26 consecutive games until the 16–9 defeat by Leicester in January 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/jan/21/rugbyunion.heinekencup2006071|last=Butler|first=Eddie|access-date=1 October 2023|date=21 January 2007|work=The Guardian|title=Leicester leave Munster stunned}}</ref> Munster recorded a famous 12–0 victory against the New Zealand [[New Zealand national rugby union team|All Blacks]] in 1978 at Thomond Park and came close a second time when the teams met in 2008, losing 18–16.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/nov/19/newzealand-munster|title=Munster come within minutes of a miracle| last=Averis| first=Michael| access-date=1 October 2023| date=18 November 2008| work=The Guardian}}</ref> Munster also defeated an Australian touring side at Thomond Park in 2010<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/my_club/munster/9196601.stm| title=Munster 15-6 Australia| access-date=1 October 2023| date=16 November 2010| publisher=BBC}}</ref> and the [[Maori All Blacks]] 27-14 in 2016.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.the42.ie/munster-maori-all-blacks-match-report-3077791-Nov2016/| date=9 November 2016| access-date=1 October 2023| title=Another special night in Thomond Park as Maori All Blacks overawed by Munster| publisher=The 42}}</ref>

Since its inception in 1991 the [[AIB League|All-Ireland League]] has been dominated by Limerick City teams, with three clubs winning the competition 13 times between them: [[Shannon RFC|Shannon]] (9); [[Garryowen Football Club|Garryowen]] (3) and [[Young Munster]] (1). Other senior rugby clubs in the city include [[Old Crescent]], [[Thomond RFC|Thomond]], and [[UL Bohemians]]. Richmond and St. Mary's are city clubs playing in the junior leagues.

The city's secondary schools compete in the [[Munster Schools Senior Cup|Munster Senior]] and [[Munster Schools Junior Cup|Junior]] Cups and a number of schools have had notable success at both levels. The most successful rugby school in the city is [[Crescent College]], eleven-time Senior Cup and five-time Junior Cup winners. The school is affiliated with Old Crescent RFC. [[St Munchin's College|St. Munchin's]] has won the Senior Cup five times since 1968 and the Junior Cup three times. [[CBS Sexton Street|Limerick CBS]] won the Senior Cup on four occasions in the 1920s and 1930s and the Junior Cup in 1932. [[Ardscoil Rís, Limerick|Ardscoil Rís]] has won the Junior Cup twice, in 2003 and 2005 and [[Castletroy College]] won both senior and junior competitions in 2008.

[[File:Thomond Park.jpg|thumb|right|[[Thomond Park]] is the home grounds of [[Munster Rugby]]]]

In 2013, [[Thomond Park]] hosted [[rugby league]] in the [[2013 Rugby League World Cup]],<ref>{{cite web| url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1843887-rugby-league-world-cup-australia-vs-ireland-result-and-post-match-reaction| date=9 November 2013|last=Walker|first=Lee|title=Rugby League World Cup: Australia vs. Ireland Result and Post-Match Reaction
|access-date=1 October 2023|publisher=Bleacher Report}}</ref> and an academy was briefly set up in 2011 to identify Irish players to play for [[Super League]] clubs.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/11/05/01/RUGBYL_Ireland.html&BID=480 |title=IRELAND AIM FOR SUPER LEAGUE SIDE |work=Sporting Life |date=1 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118064107/http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague%2F11%2F05%2F01%2FRUGBYL_Ireland.html&BID=480 |archive-date=18 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thescore.ie/limerick-launches-bid-for-rugby-league-world-cup-games-175112-Jul2011/ |title=Limerick launches bid for Rugby League World Cup games |publisher=Thescore.ie |date=9 May 2013 |access-date=27 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729091918/http://www.thescore.ie/limerick-launches-bid-for-rugby-league-world-cup-games-175112-Jul2011/ |archive-date=29 July 2013 }}</ref> Domestic rugby league was formerly played in Limerick, with the [[Treaty City Titans]] representing the city in the [[All-Ireland Rugby League Championship]]. The Titans were Irish champions eight times between 2005 and 2015, but as of 2023 the team is defunct.