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Queen's University RFC

Irish rugby union club, based in Belfast

Irish rugby union club, based in Belfast

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countryflagNorthern Ireland
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regionBelfast
groundUpper Malone
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captainDavid Whitten
presidentIan McAvoy
coachDerek Suffern, David Creighton, Ben Thompson (video)
leagueAll-Ireland Div. 1B
season2024–25
position6th.
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Belfast

Queen's University Belfast Rugby Football Club is the rugby union team of Queen's University Belfast, currently playing in Division 1B of the All-Ireland League. Founded in 1869, it is the most successful and oldest continuous rugby union club in Northern Ireland. They originally played as Queen's College, Belfast and have won the Ulster Senior Cup a record 23 times.

In 1993, when the AIB League was expanded to four divisions with forty-six senior clubs, five university clubs, including Queen's, joined the league. Queen's entered Division Four. Since then they played regularly in Division Three and Division Four.

In 2000, they were relegated to the Ulster Senior League but returned to the AIB League two years later.

Their senior team will play in Division 1 of the SONI Ulster Rugby Premiership.

Notable players

*See also *

Ireland

The following Queen's players have represented Ireland at full international level.

  • James Allison
  • Tommy Bowe
  • Nigel Carr
  • George Cromey
  • Alexander Foster
  • Noel Henderson
  • David Hewitt
  • Kenny Hooks
  • David Humphreys
  • David Irwin
  • Jack Kyle
  • Gary Longwell
  • Bill McKay
  • Rob Saunders
  • Harry McKibbin
  • Iain Henderson
  • Paddy Mayne
  • Henry O'Neill
  • Cecil Pedlow
  • Philip Rainey
  • Harry Steele
  • Robin Thompson
  • William Tyrrell
  • Roger Young

British & Irish Lions

The following Queen's players have also represented the British & Irish Lions.

Honours

  • All-Ireland League
    • 1923-24, 1931–32, 1936–37
  • Ulster Senior Cup: 24
    • 1885–86, 1886–87, 1889–90, 1890–91, 1891–92, 1899–1900, 1902–03, 1908–09, 1911–12, 1920–21, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1946–47, 1950–51, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1980–81, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2021–22
  • Ulster Senior League: 17 (3 shared)
    • 1890–91, 1899–1900, 1911–12, 1919–20, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1952–53 (shared), 1953–54 (shared), 1956–57 (shared), 1963–64, 1966–67, 1979–80
  • Ulster Junior Cup: 15
    • †1888-89, †1889-90, †1920-21, †1932-33, †1933-34, †1937-38, †1946-47, †1947-48, †1948-49, †1950-51, †1951-52, †1958-59, †1963-64, †1968-69, †1969–70
  • Irish Universities Dudley Cup
    • Winners: 2013, 2015
  • SONI Ulster Rugby Premiership Division 2
    • 2017–18 † Won by 2nd XV † Won by Freshers

Teams

  • 1st XV
  • 2nd XV
  • 3rd XV (Pirates)
  • 4th XV (Raiders)
  • Ladies 1st XV

References

References

  1. (July 2016)
  2. [https://www.irishrugby.ie/all-ireland-leagues-old/men/league-tables/ A.I.L. Tables 2024–25]
  3. ''The Ireland Rugby Miscellany'' (2007): Ciaran Cronin
  4. [https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/1660001.stm news.bbc.co.uk]
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