Banbridge RFC
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Banbridge Rugby Football Club, is based in Banbridge, County Down, in the province of Ulster. They currently play in Division 3 of the All Ireland League.
Late in 1925 a group of former Banbridge Academy pupils interested in the game of rugby union, got together to form a team to play Newry.The date of that historic first game was 2nd January 1926.
Banbridge Rugby Football Club spent the next 72 years in the ranks of Ulster junior rugby, with mixed fortunes. However, Bann were not to be denied and after round robin wins over the other provincial qualifying champions Naas, Monivea and Midleton, they earned their place in Division four of the AIL for the 1998-99 season. They have remained as an AIL senior club since then.
