Leinster Rugby Referees

Congratulations to Robbie Jenkinson who has been named in the 12 match officials team for the World Junior Rugby Championship 2026 taking place in Tbilisi and Kutaisi in Georgia from June 27 to July 18.

It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of our past President, David MacDonald (2016/17). On behalf of everyone, we extend our heartfelt sympathies and sincere condolences to the MacDonald family at this sad time.

Details on Davids arrangements can be found at: https://rip.ie/death-notice/david-macdonald-dublin-blackrock-631131

Some photos from our recent golf outing at Killeen Golf Club, Co. Kildare on Friday, May 15th , 2026. Thanks to Pat Dempsey for the photos and Padraig Hearns for organising.

Great write up from on in today’s Referees Corner - a great read.

Congrats Padraic Reidy. AIL Referee of the Season. Well done.

Great 3 days of Youth Rugby over the May Bank Holiday weekend - 18 games and 54 LRR appointments - great display by all our referees - Thank you to everybody involved park

Our referees in action for the girls youths finals today in park.

https://leinsterrugbyreferees.ie/jenkinson-joins-high-performance-referee-panel/

Congratulations to our referee Robbie Jenkinson. Robbie has been rewarded for his excellent refereeing performances over the last couple of years with an IRFU Professional Referee Contract.

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Metro and Winters Finals teams. Well done on two great games.

Great to see so many Leinster Rugby Referees involved in the final weekend of the AIL and some other important fixtures.

Robbie Jenkinson will referee Italy v Scotland in the W6N at 4:30pm on Saturday
Jack MacNeice will referee the Womens AIL Final at 1:30pm on Sunday

Padraic Reidy will referee UCC v Shannon in the AIL 1B/2A Playoff
Max Weston will referee UL Bohemian v Sligo in the 2A/2B Playoff

We have plenty of others in AR and official roles this weekend. Go out and enjoy it.

There were two outstanding awards from our annual dinner – the Alain Rolland Award for High Performance Referee of the Year and the Denis Collins Award for Referee Progression of the Year. These were awarded last night at the AGM.

Alain Rolland Award – High Performance Referee of the Year – Kevin Beakey
Denis Collins Referee Progression Award – Euan O’Riordan (UCD RFC)
Well done to Kevin and Euan on two very successful seasons.