Leinster League Division Three

Leinster League Division Three
	Founded
	1994
	Nation
	Ireland
	Promotion To
	Leinster League Division Two
	Number of Teams
	14
	Current Champions (2007–08)
	Rathdrum RFC

Leinster League Division Three is the third division of the Leinster League and started in the 1994/95 season.

The number of teams was reduced from 14 to 13 in 2007/2008, and again from 13 to 9 in 2008/2009.

History

Ashbourne, Barnhall, Birr, Coolmine, CYM, Delvin, New Ross, Old Kilcullen, Railway Union, Tullow and Wicklow entered the division through the qualifying matches in the 1993/1994 season.

Old Kilcullen later amalgamated with Curragh RFC to form Newbridge and Delvin with Drogheda RFC to form Boyne.

Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points difference	Bonus Points	Points
2008-2009 Leinster League Division Two League Table
North Kildare	6	6	0	0	143	39	104	3	27
Athy	6	6	0	0	121	58	63	0	24
Railway Union	6	4	0	2	139	68	71	2	18
Balbriggan	6	4	0	2	144	98	46	2	18
Wexford Wanderers	6	3	0	3	96	104	−8	1	13
CYM	7	2	0	5	83	133	−50	2	10
Malahide	7	1	1	5	71	135	−64	3	9
Birr	6	1	0	5	39	72	−33	1	5
Swords	6	0	1	5	26	155	−129	0	2
Correct as of 16 November 2008

At the end of the season, Arklow, Clane, Clondalkin and Gorey were promoted to Division Two, with Railway Union being relegated from Division Two.

Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points difference	Bonus Points	Points
2007-2008 Leinster League Division Three League Table
Rathdrum	12	11	1	0	321	97	224	8	54
Clane	12	9	1	2	341	80	261	10	48
Gorey	12	9	0	3	205	90	115	5	41
Arklow	12	8	1	3	209	120	89	6	40
Clondalkin	12	8	0	4	308	134	174	6	38
Athy	12	7	1	4	235	82	153	7	37
North Kildare	12	7	0	5	237	193	44	5	33
Swords	12	6	0	6	158	199	−41	3	27
Balbriggan	12	5	0	7	124	251	−127	0	20
Birr	12	3	0	9	110	258	−148	2	14
Wexford Wanderers	12	2	0	10	106	307	−201	1	9
Malahide	12	1	0	11	93	264	−171	2	6
CYM	12	0	0	12	48	420	−372	2	'2
Correct as of 10 March 2008

At the end of the season, Tullow and Longford were promoted to Division Two. Athboy went to play in the Magee Cup (North East Junior 3).

Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points difference	Bonus Points	Points
2006-2007 Leinster League Division Three League Table
Tullow	13	12	1	337	67	270	8	56
Longford	13	12	0	1	331	124	207	6	54
Rathdrum	13	11	0	2	301	100	201	7	51
Clondalkin	13	9	1	3	215	132	83	4	42
Clane	13	7	0	6	325	151	174	8	36
Malahide	13	7	1	5	247	207	40	5	35
Balbriggan	13	6	1	6	220	183	37	6	32
Birr	13	6	0	7	126	157	−31	3	27
Arklow	11	5	0	6	135	184	−49	4	24
Swords	12	4	1	7	193	190	3	5	23
CYM	13	3	1	9	184	305	−121	3	17
Gorey	13	2	1	10	118	244	−126	2	12
Wexford Wanderers	12	1	0	11	90	314	−224	3	7
Athboy	11	0	0	11	27	491	−464	0	0
Correct as of 21 November 2007

1994/1995 CYM

1996/1997 Malahide

1997/1998 Wicklow

2000/2001 Seapoint

2001/2002 New Ross

2002/2003 Cill Dara

2003/2004 Rathdrum

2004/2005 Newbridge

2006/2007 Tullow

2007/2008 Rathdrum

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