2024–25 Celtic Challenge

The 2024–25 Celtic Challenge was the third season of the Celtic Challenge, a cross-border women's rugby union competition with teams from Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. The six team tournament featured a full double round robin fixture series, with each team playing the others both home and away. Each team therefore played a ten match season, three more than the previous edition.

2024–25 Celtic Challenge
Countries	Ireland Wales Scotland
Number of teams	6
Champions	Wolfhounds (2nd title)
Runners-up	Clovers
Matches played	30
Official website
celticrugbycomp.com
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Teams and locations

The coaches for this season have been announced. Lindsey Smith was promoted to Head Coach of Glasgow Warriors, the only change from last season.^[1]

Team	Country	Coach / Director of Rugby	Stadium	Location	Capacity
Brython Thunder	Wales	Ashley Beck[2]	Parc y Scarlets	Llanelli	14,870
			Eirias Stadium	Colwyn Bay	6,080
Clovers	Ireland	Denis Fogarty[3]	Donnybrook Stadium	Dublin	6,000
			Musgrave Park	Cork	8,008
Edinburgh Rugby	Scotland	Claire Cruikshank[4]	Edinburgh Rugby Stadium	Edinburgh	7,800
Glasgow Warriors	Scotland	Lindsey Smith[5]	Scotstoun Stadium	Glasgow	9,708
Gwalia Lightning	Wales	Catrina Nicholas-McLaughlin[2]	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	12,125
Wolfhounds	Ireland	Neil Alcorn[3]	Musgrave Park	Cork	8,008
			Ravenhill Stadium	Belfast	18,196
			Donnybrook Stadium	Dublin	6,000

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Wolfhounds (C)	10	9	0	1	462	125	+337	74	20	8	0	44	Champions
2	Clovers	10	8	1	1	415	146	+269	69	23	8	0	42
3	Gwalia Lightning	10	6	0	4	241	252	−11	36	40	6	1	31
4	Brython Thunder	10	3	0	7	154	402	−248	26	66	4	1	17
5	Edinburgh Rugby	10	2	0	8	225	392	−167	38	64	5	2	15
6	Glasgow Warriors	10	1	1	8	182	362	−180	29	59	3	1	10

Source: celticrugbycomp.com
Rules for classification: Four points for a win, two points for a draw. One bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match; one bonus point for losing by a margin of seven or less.

Regular season

The fixtures were announced on 20 November 2024.^[6]

Round 1

20 December 2024 7.35pm

(1 BP) Edinburgh Rugby	63–15	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Edinburgh Rugby Stadium, Edinburgh Referee: Ruairidh Campbell

21 December 2024 2.30pm

(1 BP) Gwalia Lightning	42–22	Brython Thunder (1 BP)
	Report

CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence, Ystrad Mynach

22 December 2024 4pm

(1 BP) Wolfhounds	33–7	Clovers
	Report

Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin Referee: Paul Haycock

Round 2

28 December 2024 12pm

(1 BP) Clovers	31–10	Wolfhounds
	Report

UCD Bowl, Dublin

28 December 2024 2.30pm

Brython Thunder	0–10	Gwalia Lightning
	Report

Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli

Round 3

4 January 2025 11:30am

(1 BP) Clovers	29–7	Gwalia Lightning
	Report

Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast

4 January 2025 2pm

(1 BP) Edinburgh Rugby	22–15	Brython Thunder (1 BP)
	Report

Edinburgh Rugby Stadium, Edinburgh

4 January 2025 2:30pm

(1 BP) Wolfhounds	48–7	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast

Round 4

11 January 2025 12pm

Brython Thunder	0–48	Wolfhounds (1 BP)
	Report

Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli Referee: Jack Davies

11 January 2025 3pm

(1 BP) Clovers	40–19	Edinburgh Rugby
	Report

Musgrave Park, Cork Referee: Shane Tuohy

12 January 2025 1pm

(1 BP) Gwalia Lightning	31–26	Glasgow Warriors (2 BP)
	Report

CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence, Ystrad Mynach

Round 5

18 January 2025 1:30pm

(1 BP) Wolfhounds	57–5	Brython Thunder
	Report

UCD Bowl, Dublin Referee: Oisin Quinn

26 January 2025 11:30am

(2 BP) Edinburgh Rugby	27–29	Gwalia Lightning (1 BP)
	Report

Edinburgh Rugby Stadium, Edinburgh

26 January 2025

Glasgow Warriors	0–0	Clovers
	Cancelled

Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow

Round 6

1 February 2025 11:30am

Glasgow Warriors	21–64	Wolfhounds (1 BP)
	Report

Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow

1 February 2025 12pm

(1 BP) Clovers	58–0	Brython Thunder
	Report

Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast Referee: Peter Martin

1 February 2025 2pm

(1 BP) Gwalia Lightning	26–5	Edinburgh Rugby
	Report

CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence, Ystrad Mynach Referee: David Sutherland

Round 7

8 February 2025 12:30pm

(1 BP) Brython Thunder	38–32	Edinburgh Rugby (2 BP)
	Report

Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli

9 February 2025 12:30pm

Wolfhounds	21–15	Gwalia Lightning (1 BP)
	Report

Musgrave Park, Cork Referee: Paudie Sheehan

9 February 2025 3:30pm

(1 BP) Clovers	41–19	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Musgrave Park, Cork Referee: Tomás O’Sullivan

Round 2 (postponed fixture)

15 February 2025 2pm

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	36–17	Edinburgh Rugby
	Report

Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow Referee: Jonny Perriam

Round 8

22 February 2025 11:30am

Brython Thunder	7–94	Clovers (1 BP)
	Report

Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli Referee: Jess Kavanagh

22 February 2025 1pm

Glasgow Warriors	19–31	Gwalia Lightning (1 BP)
	Report

Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow

22 February 2025 2pm

(1 BP) Edinburgh Rugby	22–31	Wolfhounds (1 BP)
	Report

Edinburgh Rugby Stadium, Edinburgh Referee: Sam O’Neil

Round 9

1 March 2025 12pm

Gwalia Lightning	17–48	Wolfhounds (1 BP)
	Report

CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence, Ystrad Mynach Referee: Will Goodwin

1 March 2025 1pm

Edinburgh Rugby	18–60	Clovers (1 BP)
	Report

Edinburgh Rugby Stadium, Edinburgh Referee: Daniel Evans

1 March 2025 3:45pm

Glasgow Warriors	17–33	Brython Thunder (1 BP)
	Report

Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow

Round 10

8 March 2025 12pm

(1 BP) Gwalia Lightning	33–55	Clovers (1 BP)
	Report

CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence, Ystrad Mynach Referee: Jess Kavanagh

8 March 2025 12:15pm

(1 BP) Wolfhounds	102–0	Edinburgh Rugby
	Report

Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin Referee: Paul O’Connor

9 March 2025 12pm

(1 BP) Brython Thunder	34–22	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
	Report

Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli

Notes