• Source: Civil Service Rugby Club

      • 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.


      Club Captains


      2024 - J. Mooney
      2022 - 24 - C. Stone
      2020 - 22 - J. Duffin
      2019 - 20 - P. Hoskins
      2018 - 19 - H. Matheson
      2016 - 18 - B. Morgan
      2014 - 16 - C. Burns
      2012 - 14 - M. Murray
      2011 - 12 - B. Scott
      2009 - 11 - D. Cartland
      2007 - 09 - J. P. Cartwright
      2006 - 07 - S. Gray
      2004 - 06 - M. McLaughlin
      2003 - 04 - A. Millar
      2002 - 03 - A. P. Neeson
      2001 - 02 - M. Goldsborough
      2000 - 01 - E. Williamson
      1999 - 00 - G. Ellis
      1997 - 99 - M. McGuigan
      1996 - 97 - M. Curran
      1995 - 96 - B. McMillan
      1994 - 95 - I. T. Millar
      1993 - 94 - P. Foy
      1991 - 93 - B. McMillan
      1989 - 91 - C. G. H. O'Connor
      1988 - 89 - R. J. Millar
      1986 - 88 - S. McMorran
      1985 - 86 - K. McCollum
      1984 - 85 - E. J. H. Weir
      1982 - 84 - J. P. Bill
      1981 - 82 - S. Robinson
      1980 - 81 - E. J. H. Weir
      1979 - 80 - M. S. R. McLean
      1978 - 79 - W. J. McKinney
      1976 - 78 - J. G. Rodgers
      1975 - 76 - W. J. McKinney
      1974 - 75 - J. W. Ferris
      1973 - 74 - D. M. Crothers
      1972 - 73 - W. F. Rodgers
      1971 - 72 - T. F. Dunlop
      1969 - 71 - L. M. Hunter
      1966 - 69 - T. Johnston
      1965 - 66 - D. H.Bell
      1964 - 65 - J. Hanna
      1963 - 64 - J. J. Kyle
      1962 - 63 - S. W. Lindsay
      1961 - 62 - T. Johnston
      1960 - 61 - R. J. Anderson
      1958 - 60 - D. E. K Boyd
      1957 - 58 - S. W. Lindsay
      1956 - 57 - W. Neagle
      1955 - 56 - K. H. Clarke
      1953 - 55 - J. F. Davidson
      1951 - 52 - J. D. W. Mills
      1949 - 51 - J. B. Mills
      1947 - 49 - J. A. D. Higgins
      1946 - 47 - R. J. Christie
      1945 - 46 - S. J. Edgar
      1944 - 45 - J. A. Young
      1943 - 44 - S. J. Edgar
      1942 - 43 - J. A. D. Higgins
      1941 - 42 - J. A. Young
      1940 - 41 - W. D O'Neill
      1939 - 40 - S. J. Edgar
      1938 - 39 - R. Shaw
      1937 - 38 - S. M. Morgan
      1935 - 37 - R. M. Greeves
      1934 - 35 - H. O. H. O'Neill
      1932 - 34 - G. C. H. Siggins
      1931 - 32 - S. M. Morgan
      1930 - 31 - H. O. H. O'Neill
      1929 - 30 - G. C. H. Siggins
      1928 - 29 - L. B. Jago
      1927 - 28 - R. R. Butler
      1926 - 27 - G. C. H. Siggins
      1924 - 26 - T. Shanks
      1923 - 24 - W. Jebb
      1922 - 23 - H. Frame


      Club Presidents


      2024 - M. Magill
      2021 - 24 - S. McMorran
      2019 - 21 - N. Palmer
      2016 - 19 - M. Heath
      2014 - 16 - B. McCreight
      2013 - 14 - G. Rodgers
      2008 - 13 - S. McMorran
      2006 - 08 - D. Fusco
      2004 - 06 - J. G. Rodgers
      2002 - 04 - S. B. Mercer
      2000 - 02 - W. L. McDowell
      1998 - 00 - W. D. McKeeman
      1996 - 98 - J. L. Townson
      1994 - 96 - E. R. Wilkie
      1991 - 94 - S. W. Lindsay, U.D.
      1989 - 91 - J. N. Campbell
      1988 - 89 - Sir K. Bloomfield, K.C.B.
      1987 - 88 - D. Fusco
      1985 - 87 - L. E. Arneill
      1983 - 85 - K. R. Boyd
      1982 - 83 - H. C. Lucas
      1981 - 82 - D. D. Owens
      1980 - 81 - J. A. Lewis
      1979 - 80 - R. S. MacElhinney
      1978 - 79 - R. J. Anderson
      1977 - 78 - R. J. Simms
      1976 - 77 - T. Mc. Nesbitt
      1975 - 76 - S. W. Lindsay, U.D.
      1974 - 75 - C. J. Platt
      1973 - 74 - J. A. Lewis
      1972 - 73 - J. A. D. Higgins
      1970 - 72 - L. E. Arneill
      1969 - 70 - S. J. Edgar
      1967 - 69 - L. C. Dennis, M.B.E.
      1964 - 67 - R. R. Butler, O.B.E.
      1962 - 64 - Sir R. Dunbar, K.B.E., C.B.
      1960 - 62 - W. A. Leitch, C.B.
      1959 - 60 - L. B. Lagoe
      1955 - 59 - Prof. H. G. Lamont, C.B.E.
      1953 - 55 - E. A. F. Johnston, C.B.E.
      1951 - 53 - J. F. Caldwell, Q.C., C.B.
      1949 - 51 - R. S. Brownell, C.B.E.
      1947 - 49 - W. H. Smyth, M.B.E.
      1946 - 47 - J. A. McKeown, C.B.E.
      1945 - 46 - H. V. V. Thompson, O.B.E.
      1943 - 45 - E. S. Scales, C.B.E.
      1939 - 43 - J. Taylor, O.B.E.
      1938 - 39 - G. S. Robertson
      1937 - 38 - J. I. Cook, C.B., O.B.E.
      1935 - 37 - Capt. C. H. Petherick, C.B.E.
      1934 - 35 - S. Sloan, O.B.E.
      1933 - 34 - Brig. Gen. H. G. Young, C.I.E. D.S.O.
      1932 - 33 - G. C. Duggan, C.B., O.B.E.
      1931 - 32 - R. E. Thornley, C.B.
      1928 - 31 - Lt. Col. Sir. W. B. Spender, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C.
      1925 - 28 - F. H. Kerr
      1922 - 25 - Major G. A. Harris, C.B.E., D.S.O.


      Adult Rugby


      The health of the current club is built on the foundations put in place by the likes of former 2nd XV Manager Aaron Thompson and Welsh flanker Bryn Sturgeon who helped bring in a raft of new players over a decade ago. Indeed this group of players became the spine of the senior sides over the past decade and led to a resurgence in form and fortune in 2012 the 2nd XV got promotion to the Junior rugby section of Ulster rugby. The Club went on to reclaim both the Wolfhound Cup and the Old Campbellian's Boxing Day Cup after years without their hands on the respective cups.


      = Historic 1st XV League Performance

      =

      The club had its most successful league campaign in almost a decade under then Captain Michael Murray 2012-13.


      Honours


      Ulster Senior Cup: Runner up 1933-34
      Ulster Senior League: Winners 1928/29, 1969/70
      Ulster Junior Cup: Runner up 1967-68
      McCrea Cup: Winners 1997-98


      Distinguished Players


      The Club has a long tradition of producing players, referees and officials who gained international and representative recognition. Several players were capped by Ulster and Ireland, while others who passed through the ranks of Service teams achieved similar honours, including British Lions status. The Club has provided 4 Presidents of the Ulster Branch and others who served on various committees.
      The Club's most distinguished son was perhaps Dudley Higgins, an accomplished full back, who gained caps during the 1948 Five Nations Championship, and in doing so became one of the elite band of players who have won a Grand Slam for Ireland. Dudley went on to become President of the Ulster Branch in 1960/61 and of the IRFU in 1976-77.


      References




      External links


      Official website

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