Queen's University RFC

Rugby team
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Queen's University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union team of Queen's University Belfast. Founded in 1869, it is the second oldest rugby union club in Northern Ireland ["The Ireland Rugby Miscellany" (2007): Ciaran Cronin] . They originally played as "Queen's College, Belfast" and have won the Ulster Senior Cup a record 21 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 2008-09 season in Division Three [ [http://www.irishrugby.ie/6855_11127.php www.irishrugby.ie] ] .

Notable players

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The following Queen's players have represented Ireland at full international level [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/1660001.stm news.bbc.co.uk] ] .

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The following Queen's players have also represented the British and Irish Lions ["The Ireland Rugby Miscellany" (2007): Ciaran Cronin] .

"See also cat|Queen's University R.F.C. players"

Honours

*Ulster Senior League
**"Winners": 1891, 1900, 1912, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1964, 1967, 1980 : 16
* Ulster Senior Cup
**"Winners": 1886, 1887, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1900, 1903, 1909, 1912, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1947, 1951, 1959, 1960, 1981: 21
**"Runners Up" : 1889, 1893, 1897, 1898, 1904, 1910, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1930, 1935, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1966 : 17
* Ulster Junior Cup
**"Winners": 1889, 1890, 1921, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1959, 1969, 1970 : 14
**"Runners Up" : 1903, 1907, 1908, 1928, 1935, 1936, 1950, 1971 : 8

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