- Queen's University RFC
Rugby team
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Ulster
fullname = Queen's University Rugby Football Club
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shortname = Queen's
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founded = 1869
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ground = Dub Lane
Upper Malone RoadBelfast [ [http://www.irishrugby.ie/23_8937.php?team=1598&includeref=dynamic www.irishrugby.ie] ]
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league =AIB League
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position = |Queen's University Rugby Football Club is the
rugby union team ofQueen's University Belfast . Founded in 1869, it is the second oldest rugby union club inNorthern Ireland ["The Ireland Rugby Miscellany" (2007): Ciaran Cronin] . They originally played as "Queen's College, Belfast" and have won theUlster Senior Cup a record 21 times. In 1993 when theAIB 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 theUlster 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
ru|IRE
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] ] .
BILru|British Lions
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
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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 : 8References
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