Ormond Season Plan confirmed ahead of AIL Fixtures announcement

The IRFU have announced the men’s Energia AIL competition season plan for the 2025/26 season.

As with any season plan the November internationals, Six Nations clashes and stadia availability all had to be taken into account when finalising the competitions dates for the season.

The wider season plan was also agreed at the most recent meeting of the IRFU Rugby Committee following the series of engagements and consultations with participating Clubs.

The Men’s Divisions of Energia AIL will start a week later than last season on September 27th, and will feature two ‘No Rugby Weekends’.

These weekends are separate to reserve weekends in the calendar to allow players, coaches, and volunteers to manage their time away from rugby. The first No Rugby Weekend will coincide with the men’s final Autumn Nations Series game, against South Africa on 22 November.

Provision has also been made for the Club International Series, for the Energia All-Ireland League Men’s Division players, to continue this season with the intention to play the fixture in March 2026.

The All-Ireland League Men’s division will kick off on the weekend of 27 September, with 18 rounds of the competition ahead of the semi-final and playoff promotion/relegation rounds on the weekend of 18 April 2026 and the Energia AIL Final is set for the following weekend on the weekend of 25 April, in the Aviva Stadium.

The semi-finals of the Energia Bateman Cup, which Nenagh Ormond will be involved for the first time having won the Munster Senior Challenge Cup for the first time last season will be played on Sunday, 9th November, with the final scheduled for January 3rd.

Energia All-Ireland League

Men’s Divisions

Round 1: Saturday, September 27

Round 2: Saturday, October 4

Round 3: Saturday, October 11

Round 4: Saturday, October 25

Round 5: Saturday, November 1

Round 6: Saturday, November 15

NO RUGBY WEEKEND –November 22

Round 7: Saturday, November 29

Round 8: Saturday, December 6

Round 9: Saturday, December 13

Round 10: Saturday, January 10

Round 11: Saturday, January 24

Round 12: Saturday, January 31

Round 13: Saturday, February 7

Round 14: Saturday, February 28

Round 15: Saturday, March 7

NO RUGBY WEEKEND –March 14

Round 16: Saturday, March 21

Round 17: Saturday, March 28

Round 18: Saturday April 4

Play-Off Semi-Finals: Saturday, April 18

Energia All-Ireland League Men’s Division and Play-Off Finals: Saturday, April 25.