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2023 Rugby League Ireland season
League	RLI Premiership RLI Women's Premiership
RLI Premiership	Banbridge Broncos
RLI Women's Premiership	Dublin City Exiles
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Rugby League Ireland (RLI) season was a suite of rugby league competitions played on the island of Ireland administered by Rugby League Ireland. Unlike the previous year, there was no championship due to a shortage of teams in both divisions so there was only a men's Premiership along with, as last year, a Women's Premiership^[1]. The season saw the previous year's Championship winners the Banbridge Broncos win the Premiership for the first ever time.

Six teams contested the RLI Premiership,

Club	City/County	Country
Dublin City Exiles	Dublin	Republic of Ireland
Dublin City Exiles II	Dublin	Republic of Ireland
Galway Tribesmen	Galway	Republic of Ireland
Longhorns RL	Dublin	Republic of Ireland
Banbridge Broncos	Banbridge, County Down	Northern Ireland
Cork Bulls	Cork	Republic of Ireland

Home	Score	Away	Date	Venue
Cork Bulls	18–48	Galway Tribesmen	3/06/2023	Douglas RFC
Banbridge Broncos	24-20	Dublin City Exiles II	3/06/2023	Lisburn Rugby Club

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Home	Score	Away	Date	Venue
Dublin City Exiles	4-24	Longhorns RL	10/6/2023	St Catherines Park Dublin
Dublin City Exiles II	16-52	Cork Bulls	10/6/2023	Terenure College RFC
Banbridge Broncos	36-24	Galway Tribesmen	17/6/2023	Lisburn RFC

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Home	Score	Away	Date	Venue
Cork Bulls	18-32	Dublin City Exiles	24/6/2023	Douglas RFC
Banbridge Broncos	30-18	Longhorns RL	24/6/2023	?
Galway Tribesmen	?-?	Dublin City Exiles II	????	?

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Home	Score	Away	Date	Venue
Banbridge Broncos	34-22	Dublin City Exiles	3/7/2023	?

Home	Score	Away	Date	Venue
Banbridge Broncos	46-6	Cork Bulls	8/7/2023	Coolmine RFC Ashtown Dublin
Longhorns RL	40-30	Galway Tribesmen	8/7/2023	Coolmine RFC Ashtown Dublin
Dublin City Exiles	?-?	Dublin City Exiles II	8/7/2023	Coolmine RFC Ashtown Dublin

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Home	Score	Away	Date	Venue
Longhorns RL	50-0	Cork Bulls	?	?
Longhorns RL	50-0	Dublin City Exiles II	?	?

Note forfeited games are marked as a 50-Nil loss per RLI rules.

Home	Score	Away	Date	Venue
Dublin City Exiles	26-52	Banbridge Broncos	22/07/2023	Lisburn Rugby Club
Galway Tribesmen	18-26	Longhorns RL	22/07/2023	?

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Longhorns had their semi-final victory overturned by RLI for fielding ineligible players. Tribesmen were given their spot and deducted one point from next year's competition. Longhorns appealed the decision but the appeal was not upheld. ^{[11] [12]}

Home	Score	Away	Date	Venue
Galway Tribesmen	22-30	Banbridge Broncos	29/7/2023	Beech Park, Kildare

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Pos	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Banbridge Broncos	5	5	0	0	???	???	???	10
2	Longhorn RL	5	4	1	0	??	??	??	8
3	Galways Tribesmen	4	2	1	0	???	???	???	4
4	Dublin City Exiles	5	0	5	0	??	???	-???	4
5	Cork Bulls	5	0	1	0	??	???	-???	2
6	Dublin City Exiles II	5	0	5	0	??	??	-???	0

The RLI Women's Premiership was held as a one day round robin with the top two having a grand final later. Three teams entered Galway and Dublin City Exiles and Banbridge Broncos

Club	City/County	Country
Dublin City Exiles	Dublin	Republic of Ireland
Galway Tribeswomen	Galway	Republic of Ireland
Banbridge Broncos	Banbridge	Northern Ireland

Home	Score	Away	Date
Banbridge Broncos	?-?	Galway Tribeswomen	17/6/2023
Banbridge Broncos	?–?	Dublin City Exiles	8/6/2023
Galway Tribeswomen	?-?	Dublin City Exiles	24/6/2023

Home	Score	Away	Date
Galway Tribeswomen	10–12	Dublin City Exiles	8/7/2023
Dublin City Exiles	?–?	Banbridge Broncos	8/7/2023
Galway Tribeswomen	36–10	Banbridge Broncos	8/7/2023

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Home	Score	Away	Date	Veneu
Galway Tribeswomen	4–54	Dublin City Exiles	29/07/2023	Beech Park Kildare

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Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Central Dabaris		Mt. Hagen Eagles	14 July 2024, 12:30	National Football Stadium
Rabaul Gurias		Mendi Muruks	14 July 2024, 15:00	National Football Stadium
Goroka Lahanis		Gulf Isou	14 July 2024, 12:30	Lae Rugby League Oval
Hela Wigmen		Kimbe Cutters	14 July 2024, 12:30	National Football Stadium
Lae Snax Tigers		Waghi Tumbe	14 July 2024, 15:00	Lae Rugby League Grounds
Port Moresby Vipers		Enga Mioks	14 July 2024, 15:00	National Football Stadium
Source:

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Rabaul Gurias		Kimbe Cutters	29 July 2024, 12:30	PNG Football Stadium
Enga Mioks		Waghi Tumbe	29 July 2024, 15:00	PNG Football Stadium
Hela Wigmen		Mt. Hagen Eagles	30 July 2024, 12:30	Lae Rugby League Ground, Lae
Lae Snax Tigers		Gulf Isou	30 July 2024, 12:30	National Football Stadium
Mendi Muruks		Central Dabaris	30 July 2024, 15:00	Lae Rugby League Ground, Lae
Port Moresby Vipers		Goroka Lahanis	30 July 2024, 15:00	National Football Stadium
Source:

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Central Dabaris		Kimbe Cutters	5 August 2023, 12:30	National Football Stadium
Rabaul Gurias		Mt. Hagen Eagles	6 August 2024, 11:00	National Football Stadium
Lae Snax Tigers		Port Moresby Vipers	6 August 2024, 12:30	Lae
Goroka Lahanis		Waghi Tumbe	6 August 2024, 13:20	National Football Stadium
Enga Mioks		Gulf Isou	6 August 2024, 15:00	Lae
Hela Wigmen		Mendi Muruks	6 August 2024, 15:00	National Football Stadium
Source:

Rank	Team	Men football	Men Hurling	Men total	Ladies Football	Camogie	Ladies Total	Grand total
13	Antrim	0	0	0	0	6	6	6
27	Carlow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Cavan	5	0	5	1	0	1	6
16	Clare	0	4	4	0	0	0	4
1	Cork	7	30	37	11	29	40	77
24	Derry	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
21	Donegal	2	0	2	0	0	0	2
15	Down	5	0	5	0	0	0	5
2	Dublin	31	6	37	6	26	32	69
6	Galway	9	5	14	1	4	5	19
4	Kerry	38	1	39	11	0	11	50
16	Kildare	4	0	4	0	0	0	4
3	Kilkenny	0	36	36	0	15	15	51
21	Laois	0	1	1	1	0	1	2
8	Limerick	2	12	14	0	0	0	14
24	London	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
11	Mayo	3	0	3	4	0	4	7
9	Meath	7	0	7	2	0	2	9
9	Offaly	3	4	7	2	0	2	9
19	Roscommon	2	0	2	1	0	1	3
5	Tipperary	4	28	32	3	5	8	40
11	Waterford	0	2	2	5	0	5	7
27	Westmeath	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Wexford	5	6	11	0	7	7	18
24	Armagh	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
27	Fermanagh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Leitrim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Longford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Louth	3	0	3	0	0	0	3
21	Monaghan	0	0	0	2	0	2	2
27	Sligo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Tyrone	4	0	4	0	0	0	4
27	Wicklow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	New York	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Sonki purports to beleive that the state should be pluralistic while upholding a vision of the common good of all informed by Christian tradition and acknowledging the primacy of religion in each person’s life.

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For Skonski Human life is sacred, from conception until natural death,life is a gift, and its protection is the preeminent right of every human being. The ASP thus opposes abortion seeing it as " the direct killing of human life", euthanasia " the abandonment of human life" and hold that the death penalty is an unnecessary measure to protect human life. On the whole the ASP sees these practices as things which "have served only to devalue people"

Sonski affirms that people and thus government has a special collective responsibility to the most vulnerable members of society and call for societal structures that uphold the equal value and dignity of each person, regardless of any personal characteristics.

The ASP holds that Humans are created to live in communities, and the proper organization of our communities is necessary for the flourishing of our societies. Society consists of various institutions and communities, like families, governments, and religious groups, whose primary authority over their own affairs should be respected and defended. Higher levels of government should serve to empower and support lower levels of authority, rather than replace them. Furthermore the ASP promotes the principles of subsidiarity and sphere sovereignty, holding that what families and small communities can initiate and manage should not be usurped but protected and supported by higher social structures.

Natural marriage and the family are the central institutions of society and must be supported and strengthened, not undermined. As the family provides for the nurturing of children, it is the imperative of the state to advance the wellbeing of all families, while respecting the duty of family members to fulfill their roles freely.

The ASP upholds the biblical precept of marriage as the union of husband and wife. I endorse that position, often called traditional marriage. Science and faith both give understanding to the complementarity of the sexes. Parents are the nurturers and principal formators of their children. The children of a conjugal bond, grow in community and become the building blocks of society – and civilization. Government must uphold and support the natural institution of marriage for the welfare of individuals and society at large.

The state and subsidiary organizations must act to remedy economic injustice by creating conditions for widespread ownership of property and production. Personal, cooperative, and social ownership are all valid in a just society. Workers’ rights and a family wage must be ensured, and those who cannot work should receive income adequate for full participation in society. 

Sonski holds that capitalist industrialization in America, and rising Marxist ideology in europe had one failure in common "limiting workers and, consequently, families from the just outcomes of labor" .Sonski supports "the fundamental role of government to protect and provide for its citizens’ interests, including the right to productive work, to just wages, to participation in labor unions, to private property ownership, and to economic initiative".

Cultivation and good stewardship ought to characterize the relationship between humanity and creation. The earth and its fruits are universally destined for the benefit of all people. Both government and civil society have a responsibility to protect natural resources. 

Clean water and air are needed by all for basic survival, and renewable sources of energy are a benefit to all. Sonksi sees it as "both a moral and ethical obligation to sustain a healthy living environment".

Aid and trade policies must advance justice, sustainability, and human flourishing. Diplomatic and nonviolent means of resolution must be exhausted before violent means can be considered. Military action must strictly adhere to just-war principles. 

American foreign policy is inconsistent, and can favor interests other than advancing international harmony. Solidarity, at its core, is the pursuit of peace and justice. Sonski believes that if "America is to use persuasion or action in this international quest, it must first address ideological differences and eradicate racial, ethnic and economic injustice within its own borders."