Queen's University RFC

Queen's University Belfast RFC

Full name	Queen's University Belfast Rugby Football Club
Union	IRFU Ulster
Founded	1869; 152 years ago (1869)
Region	Ulster
Ground(s)	Upper Malone Belfast[1] (Capacity: 1000)
President	Ian McAvoy
Coach(es)	Derek Suffern, David Creighton, Ben Thompson (video)
Captain(s)	David Whitten
League(s)	Ulster Bank All-Ireland League Ulster Senior League
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.qubrfc.co.uk

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.^[2] 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 Category:Queen's University R.F.C. players

Ireland[]

The following Queen's players have represented Ireland at full international level.^[3]

British & Irish Lions[]

The following Queen's players have also represented the British & Irish Lions.^[2]

Honours[]

• All-Ireland League
  • 1923-24, 1931–32, 1936–37
• Ulster Senior Cup: 23
  • 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
• 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
• • Winners: 2013, 2015
• • 2017–18

† Won by 2nd XV † Won by Freshers

Teams[]

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

References[]