Queen's University RFC explained

Teamname:	Queen's University
Fullname:	Queen's University Belfast Rugby Football Club
Region:	Ulster
Ground:	Upper Malone Belfast^[1]
Capacity:	1000
Captain:	David Whitten
President:	Ian McAvoy
Coach:	Derek Suffern, David Creighton, Ben Thompson (video)
League:	All-Ireland D2A
Season:	2022–23
Position:	1st. (promoted)^[2]
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Queen's University Belfast Rugby Football Club is the rugby union team of Queen's University Belfast, currently playing in Division 2A of the All-Ireland League. Founded in 1869, it is the most successful and oldest continuous rugby union club in Northern Ireland.^[3] 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 the 2018–19 season in Division 2A of the AIL and 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.^[4]

• 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.

• Alexander Foster: 1910
• William Tyrrell: 1910
• Henry O'Neill: 1930
• George Cromey: 1938
• Harry McKibbin: 1938
• Paddy Mayne: 1938
• Noel Henderson: 1950
• Jack Kyle: 1950
• Bill McKay: 1950
• Cecil Pedlow: 1955
• Robin Thompson: 1955
• David Hewitt: 1959, 1962
• Roger Young: 1966, 1968
• Richard Milliken: 1974
• David Irwin: 1983
• Trevor Ringland: 1983, 1986
• Nigel Carr: 1986
• Phillip Matthews: 1989
• Tommy Bowe: 2009, 2013

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.irishrugby.ie/23_8937.php?team=1598&includeref=dynamic www.irishrugby.ie
2. https://www.irishrugby.ie/all-ireland-leagues-old/men/league-tables/ League Tables 2022–23
3. The Ireland Rugby Miscellany (2007): Ciaran Cronin
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/1660001.stm news.bbc.co.uk