Saint Patrick's Day Test

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Saint Patrick's Day Rugby League Test match

Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	1995
Number of teams	2
Region	International (RLIF)
Most titles	United States (5 titles)
Related competition	Colonial Cup

The Saint Patrick's Day Test also known as the Donnybrook Cup was an international rugby league football match played between the United States and Ireland from 1995 to 2012. The game was usually held on or around March 17 to coincide with Saint Patrick's Day. There have been eight matches, with five won by the USA and three won by Ireland. Ireland competed as a full test side for the first two matches, winning both. In 2020 the first two fixtures were regarded to full international status as the Ireland A teams for those two games were upgraded to senior national status, due to the similarity of the squads involved in those games.^[1] In 2021 USARL and RLI were in talks to re-establish back the fixture in 2023.^[2]

Matches[edit]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Attendance
16 March 1995	United States	22–24	Ireland	RFK Stadium, Washington D.C.
16 March 1996	United States	12–14	Ireland	RFK Stadium, Washington D.C.
18 March 2000	United States	19–6	Ireland A
16 March 2002	United States	24–22	Ireland A
15 March 2003	United States	20–16	Ireland A
24 March 2004	United States	41–10	Ireland A	Memorial Stadium, Savannah, Georgia	[3]
22 March 2011	United States	8–26	Ireland A	Garthwaite Stadium, Philadelphia	1,000[4][5]
18 March 2012	United States	38–20	Ireland A	Widener University, Philadelphia	c. 2000[6]

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