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| Full name | Civil Service NI Rugby Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | Service | |
| Founded | 1922 | |
| Location | Maynard Sinclair Pavillion
Stormont Estate Belfast Northern Ireland BT4 3TA | |
| Ground(s) | Stormont Pavilion | |
| Chairman | P. Anderson | |
| President | M. Magill | |
| Captain(s) | J. Mooney | |
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| Official website | ||
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Civil Service NI Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Maynard Sinclair Pavilion of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The club was formed in the autumn of 1922 by staff of the newly established Northern Ireland Civil Service. After some years of success playing at a junior level, the club was given senior status by the Ulster Branch in the 1928/29 season and celebrated by winning the senior league at its first attempt. Up until World War II, Civil Service teams enjoyed high placings in the league tables but struggled to convert good performances into trophies.
Playing performances however improved steadily throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Service junior teams won league and cup competitions and the 1st XV won the Ulster Senior League in 1969-70. They also enjoyed something of a tradition in sevens winning a number of the premier competitions in Ulster at that time. In more recent times Civil Service has competed at more modest levels as it no longer has senior status. However, the Club also enjoyed successes in league and cup competitions in the 1990s. The 1st XV won the McCrea Cup in 1998, followed by triumphs in Qualifying League 3 and the North Down Cup.