Nickname(s) Bann Coach(es) Daniel Soper Founded 1926 | President John Ewart Captain(s) Adam Ervine Ground Banbridge | |
 | ||
Full name Banbridge Rugby Football Club Unions Irish Rugby Football Union, Ulster Rugby | ||
Banbridge rfc sports persons dinner paul o connell tribute 17th nov2016
Banbridge RFC (Banbridge Rugby Football Club) is a rugby union club based in Banbridge, County Down, in the province of Ulster. It currently plays in Division 2A of the All-Ireland League. In addition to the senior team, the club fields another three adult junior-standard teams, and youth U18, U16 and U14 teams, as well as a large mini rugby section and a Ladies Committee which is the envy of the country.
Contents
Banbridge rfc u13s v lurgan 9th november 2013
Formation
Late in 1925, a group of former Banbridge Academy pupils interested in the game of rugby, got together to form a team to play Newry. The date of that historic first game was 2 January 1926. One of the players in that first game was F. E. McWilliam; later the well known Irish surrealist sculptor.
Banbridge spent the next 72 years in the ranks of Ulster junior rugby, with mixed fortunes.
Honours
Senior status
At the end of the 1997-98 season, Banbridge won the round-robin play-offs against the other provincial qualifying champions Naas, Monivea and Midleton. Their victory secured promotion to Division Four of the All Ireland League for the 1998-99 season. They have remained as an AIL senior club since then.