The Saint Patrick's Day Test also known as the Donnybrook Cup was an international rugby league football match played between the United States and Ireland from 1995 to 2012. The game was usually held on or around March 17 to coincide with Saint Patrick's Day.
There have been eight matches, with five won by the USA and three won by Ireland. Ireland competed as a full test side for the first two matches, winning both. In 2020 the first two fixtures were regarded to full international status as the Ireland A teams for those two games were upgraded to senior national status, due to the similarity of the squads involved in those games.Tomahawks To Host Ireland | We Are Rugby In 2021 USARL and RLI were in talks to re-establish back the fixture in 2023. However, the match never took place.
Matches Date Home Score Away Venue Attendance Ref. 16 March 1995 22–24 RFK Stadium, Washington D.C. 16 March 1996 12–14 RFK Stadium, Washington D.C. 2,500 18 March 2000 19–6 Ireland A Glen Mills Schools, Glen Mills, PA 16 March 2002 24–22 Ireland A Glen Mills Schools, Glen Mills, PA 15 March 2003 20–16 Ireland A Glen Mills Schools, Glen Mills, PA 24 March 2004 41–10 Ireland A Memorial Stadium, Savannah, Georgia 22 March 2011 8–26 Ireland A Charles Martin Memorial Stadium, Philadelphia 1,000 Report 18 March 2012 38–20 Ireland A Widener University, Philadelphia c. 2000
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