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Dublin, March 18th 2010

Powerade hydrates future rugby stars in the 2010 Leinster Schools Rugby Final

Dublin, March 18th 2010. Clongowes Wood College defeated St. Michael's College 38-20 in the 2010 Powerade Leinster Schools Senior Cup final on St. Patrick's Day in the RDS. It was the Kildare school’s 7th victory in the Senior Cup competition, and their first title since 2000.

The Senior Cup competition is one of the country's most prestigious second level competitions. Coca-Cola HBC Ireland has sponsored the competition since the early 1990’s, most recently with brand Powerade.

Powerade is strongly associated with Irish rugby at all levels. In addition to sponsoring the schools rugby competitions in Leinster, Powerade is also Official Sports Drink to the 2009 Grand Slam winning Irish Rugby team, the 2009 European Cup Champions Leinster, and the Ulster and Connacht Senior representative rugby teams.

In the Powerade Junior Cup final competition held in Donnybrook, Terenure College defeated St. Michael's College 31-9.

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