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| Full name | Queen's University Belfast Rugby Football Club | |
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| Union | IRFU | |
| Founded | 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) | All-Ireland D2A | |
| 2022–23 | 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.
- ^ www.irishrugby.ie[permanent dead link]
- ^ League Tables 2022–23 at irishrugby.ie
- ^ The Ireland Rugby Miscellany (2007): Ciaran Cronin