Action from the Goldsborough Trophy match between Instonians and Belfast Harlequins on Monday 21 April 2025. Photo: John McMurtry. © FRU SPORTS 2025.

Goldsborough Trophy: 2025 U21 Club Rugby Competition

John McMurtry
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We caught up with the Goldsborough Trophy, the oldest U21 Club Rugby competition in Ireland, for our fourth sucessive year at Instonians RFC on Easter Monday.

This years competition featured six teams who played round robin matches in two pools of three, the top two teams from each pool progressing to the knockout semi finals.

Pool Standings

Pool A

TEAMPTSInstonians6City of Armagh3Academy0

Pool B

TEAMPTSBelfast Harlequins6Queen’s University3Enniskillen0

We caught up with a couple of pool games, inbetween the rain showers, on the main pitch.

M3 Instonians 12 City of Armagh 10 Pool A

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