Sport | Rugby Union |
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Founded | 1881 |
First season | 1881 |
No. of teams | 5 (season 2022–23) |
Venue(s) | Anglesea Road Donnybrook Stadium |
Most recent champion(s) | St. Vincent's University Hospital (31) |
Most titles | St. Vincent's University Hospital (31) |
The Dublin Hospitals Rugby Cup is a rugby union competition contested by the teaching hospitals in Dublin since 1881. The competition has a claim to the oldest rugby union competition in the world. The United Hospitals Cup in London was started 6 years earlier, but 12 years were not played during the periods of World War I and World War II.