The day is usually great fun with teams from all over the province playing each other in the Cup, Plate, Bowl and Conference.

Each of the 5 areas usually holds a qualifying blitz in March with the Cup itself usually in April.

Regulations

This competition is organised by the Youth Section of the Leinster Branch and is subject to the Youths Regulations.

This is a Mini competition and all matches are played in accordance with Team Ireland Mini Rugby Regulations Stage 3.

This competition is open to all affiliated clubs with an 'Active Youth Section'.

All players must be the correct age (under 12 years of age before the 1st July directly preceding the competition).

All players must be registered.

Clubs should have a valid ID card for each player.

History

In the early 1970's the concept of Mini Rugby was progressively adopted by various Leinster clubs and the O'Daly Under-11 cup was started in 1974 (the Cup was put up by Dave O 'Daly from Navan).

The first winners were Athy. Initially, this Under-11 Mini O'Daly Cup was run at 15-a-side on a full pitch and on a 'Towns Cup' basis.

It merged with the Pepsi Cola Invitational Blitz and has since been run on a Blitz basis. It changed to Under-12 in the 1983/'84 season.

The winners and runners up over the years were: