Munster Senior League (rugby union)
# Munster Senior League (rugby union)

The Munster Senior League was a Rugby union competition for senior clubs in Munster.

## History

It was first competed for in 1902–03.

## Format

Unlike the Munster Senior Cup which is knock-out, the league format means that teams play a number of different games, with the most successful qualifying for the play-offs.

## Decline

With the establishment of the All-Ireland League in 1991 the competition declined rapidly, and no longer was contested with the same intensity as previously existed.

## List of champions

* 1902-03 Garryowen
* 1903-04 Garryowen
* 1904-05 Garryowen
* 1905-06 Garryowen
* 1906-07 Garryowen
* 1907-08 Garryowen
* 1908-09 Garryowen
* 1909-10 Garryowen
* 1910-11 Garryowen/Cork Constitution
* 1911-12 Garryowen/Cork Constitution
* 1912-13 UCC
* 1913-14 UCC/Cork Constitution
* 1914-21 no competition
* 1921-22 Cork Constitution
* 1922-23 Cork Constitution
* 1923-24 Dolphin
* 1924-25 Garryowen
* 1925-26 Dolphin
* 1927 Cork Constitution
* 1928 Sundays Well
* 1929 Dolphin
* 1930 Young Munster
* 1931 Bohemians/UCC
* 1932 Young Munster
* 1933 UCC
* 1934 UCC
* 1935 Sundays Well
* 1936 Garryowen/UCC
* 1936-37 unfinished
* 1937-38 unfinished
* 1938-39 Cork Constitution
* 1939-40 unfinished
* 1940-41 unfinished
* 1941-42 UCC
* 1943 UCC
* 1944 Young Munster
* 1945 UCC ? beat Cork Constitution
* 1946 Garryowen
* 1947 Garryowen ? beat Dolphin
* 1948 Sundays Well beat Garryowen
* 1949 Dolphin
* 1950 UCC beat Cork Constitution
* 1951 Sundays Well beat Young Munster
* 1952 Young Munster beat Dolphin
* 1953 Cork Constitution beat Bohemians
* 1954 Garryowen
* 1955 Dolphin beat UCC
* 1956 Dolphin
* 1957 Cork Constitution beat UCC
* 1959 Bohemians beat UCC
* 1960 Sundays Well
* 1961 UCC beat Dolphin
* 1962 UCC beat Bohemians
* 1963 UCC beat Highfield
* 1964 Cork Constitution beat Shannon
* 1965 Cork Constitution beat UCC
* 1966 Cork Constitution beat UCC
* 1967 Cork Constitution
* 1968 Cork Constitution
* 1969 Cork Constitution
* 1970 Cork Constitution beat Garryowen
* 1971 Cork Constitution beat Garryowen
* 1972 Cork Constitution beat Garryowen
* 1973 Dolphin beat Cork Constitution
* 1974 UCC beat Highfield
* 1975 Cork Constitution beat Garryowen
* 1976 Cork Constitution beat Dolphin
* 1977 Cork Constitution beat Bohemians
* 1978 UCC beat Garryowen
* 1979 Cork Constitution beat Dolphin
* 1980 Shannon beat Young Munster
* 1981 UCC beat Young Munster
* 1982 Garryowen beat UCC
* 1983 Garryowen beat Shannon
* 1984 Cork Constitution beat Highfield
* 1985 UCC beat Cork Constitution
* 1986 Shannon beat Cork Constitution
* 1987 Cork Constitution beat Young Munster
* 1988 Cork Constitution beat Shannon
* 1989 Shannon beat Cork Constitution
* 1990 Highfield beat Sundays Well
* 1991 Dolphin beat Highfield
* 1992 Old Crescent beat UCC
* 1993 Sundays Well beat Highfield
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996 Young Munster
* 1997 Old Crescent
* 1998 Cork Constitution
* 1998-99 Old Crescent/Sundays Well
* 1999-2000 Old Crescent/Sundays Well
* 2000-01 Garryowen beat Thomond
* 2001-02 Shannon beat Garryowen
* 2002-03 Shannon beat Garryowen
* 2003-04 Cork Constitution beat Garryowen
* 2004-05 Shannon beat UL Bohemians
* 2005-06
