Donnybrook Stadium, known for sponsorship reasons as Energia Park, is a rugby union stadium in Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland. The stadium has a capacity of 6,000, including a 2,500 seat covered grandstand which was completed in early 2008.
History The stadium, also sometimes known as Donnybrook Rugby Ground, is located on the former fair green used for the Donnybrook Fair until the mid-1850s. Used for games by Bective Rangers and Old Wesley since at least the early 20th century, the ground was also the home stadium of Leinster Rugby - until they moved competitive games to the nearby RDS Arena in 2007.
In March 2018 Energia began a sponsorship deal, to rename the stadium as Energia Park for 10 years.
Rugby union Primarily used for rugby union, Old Wesley and Bective Rangers are two local clubs who play their home games in Donnybrook.
Leinster Rugby also still play some friendly games in Donnybrook, with Ireland A, Ireland Women's Team and Leinster underage sides playing home games in the stadium. Between 2015 and 2018, it hosted the Ireland under-20s home matches in the Six Nations Under 20s Championship. Since 2016, it has hosted the Ireland women's team's home matches in the Women's Six Nations Championship.
The stadium is also the principal venue for competitions organised by the Leinster Branch and competitions at all levels from under 13 to junior and senior adult level are played at the ground. This includes games in the Leinster Schools Senior and Junior Cups, and it hosts several games in each competition each year.
Ireland Uncapped International Matches Date Home Score Opponent Competition Attendance 19 March 1993 18–22 Six Nations "A" Rugby Championship 4 February 1994 10–20 Six Nations "A" Rugby Championship 20 January 1995 20–21 Six Nations "A" Rugby Championship 19 January 1996 26–19 Six Nations "A" Rugby Championship 1 March 1996 25–11 Six Nations "A" Rugby Championship 13 November 1996 28–25 South Africa A tour of Great Britain and Ireland 17 January 1997 23–44 Six Nations "A" Rugby Championship 14 February 1997 30–44 Six Nations "A" Rugby Championship 6 February 1998 9–11 Six Nations "A" Rugby Championship 5 February 1999 26–25 Six Nations "A" Rugby Championship 5 March 1999 21–28 Six Nations "A" Rugby Championship 9 April 1999 73–17 Six Nations "A" Rugby Championship 18 February 2000 23–21 Six Nations "A" Rugby Championship 3 March 2000 31–3 Six Nations "A" Rugby Championship 31 March 2000 28–26 Six Nations "A" Rugby Championship 8 November 2001 23–18 2001 Samoa tour of Europe 22 March 2002 59–5 Six Nations "A" Rugby Championship 28 March 2003 24–21 Six Nations "A" Rugby Championship 6,000 11 March 2005 15–9 Six Nations "A" Rugby Championship Up to date as of 19 November 2022.
Leinster Results versus Representative Sides Date Home Score Opponent Competition Attendance 30 December 1979 Leinster 26–10 8 October 1980 Leinster 24–10 12 November 1994 Leinster 9–6 1994 United States rugby union tour of Ireland 24 August 1999 Leinster 22–51 18 November 2022 Leinster 40–3 2022 end-of-year internationals Up to date as of 19 November 2022.
Other uses In August 2012 the stadium played host to two US high school American football teams, Jesuit Dallas and Loyola Academy of Wilmette, Illinois. Jesuit defeated Loyola 30–29 with a last minute game-winning field goal.
The stadium has also hosted music events. For example, it hosted a Michael Bublé concert in July 2008, and gigs headlined by The National and Future Islands in June 2018.
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