Previous Winners
The Women’s All-Ireland League was first contested in 1992/93 under the auspices of the Irish Women’s Rugby Football Union. Blackrock College RFC won the inaugural title and dominated the early seasons of the league winning three in a row from 94/95 to 96/97.
Creggs, Old Crescent, Cooke, Corinthians and Shannon also put their name on the cup up to 2001. Thereafter the tournament was dominated by UL Bohemian with the Limerick club winning a total of 11 titles in 12 seasons. More recently the league has seen the remergence of Blackrock as well as other Leinster clubs such as Old Belvedere and Railway Union.
The information on this page is correct to the best of our knowledge. Should you have any links or news relating to the early years of the Women’s AIL please contact us by email here.
All Time Winners
UL Bohemian (13), Blackrock College RFC (6), Old Belvedere (3), Railway Union (2)
1992/93 – Blackrock College
1993/94 – Creggs
1994/95 – Blackrock College
1995/96 – Blackrock College
1996/97 – Blackrock College
1997/98 – Old Crescent
1998/99 – Cooke
1999/00 – Corinthians
2000/01 – Shannon
2001/02 – UL Bohemian 10 Shannon 8
2002/03 – UL Bohemian 12 Shannon 3
2003/04 – UL Bohemian Shannon (score?)
2004/05 – UL Bohemian 24 Blackrock College 15
2005/06 – UL Bohemian 21 Blackrock College 6
2006/07 – UL Bohemian 10 Highfield 8
2007/08 – Blackrock College 10 UL Bohemian 10 (Blackrock won on drop-goal shootout)
2008/09 – UL Bohemian 33 Blackrock College 7
2009/10 – UL Bohemian 17 Blackrock College 0
2010/11 – UL Bohemian (No playoff final, 11 wins in 11 games)
2011/12 – UL Bohemian (No playoff final, 10 wins in 10 games
2012/13 – UL Bohemian (No playoff final, 7 wins in 7 games)
2013/14 – Old Belvedere 39 Highfield 5
2014/15 – Old Belvedere 19 UL Bohemian 17
2015/16 – Old Belvedere UL Bohemian
2016/17 – UL Bohemian 10 Old Belvedere 0
2017/18 – UL Bohemian Old Belvedere
2018/19 – Railway Union 13 UL Bohemian 8
2019/20 – Covid
2020/21 – Covid
2021/22 – Railway 24 Blackrock 18
2022/23 – Blackrock 27 Railway Union 7
