Queens University Belfast Rugby Football Club (QUBRFC)

Looking back on a fantastic night at Ulster Rugby

We were delighted to bring together our valued sponsors and proud alumni, alongside colleagues including our Head of Sport, Business Development Manager, and staff from the AEP Office, for an evening of top-class rugby, great conversation, and even better company!

Opportunities like this are hugely important for strengthening the connections that continue to drive our club forward—on and off the pitch.

A big thank you to everyone who joined us and for your continued support of QUB Rugby. We’re excited for what lies ahead!

“It's been tough, we've been a bit unlucky with a lot of injuries in key positions, but the young lads who have come in haven't broken stride and this has been a very, very valuable experience for them going into next year." Queen's captain James McKillop optimistic for next season!

James McKillop: 'This has been a very, very valuable experience for them' ​Queen’s finished their AIL Division 1B campaign with a 31-19 victory over Highfield at the Dub.

Not the season hoped for on the pitch at Queen's but has been fantastic off it, massive thanks to all the guess speakers at the pre-match lunches and to everyone that attended, massive thanks to me co commentators Ally Mac and Andrew Kirkpatrick for their insight and banter and to everyone that tuned in!

fantastic to do a Q & A with Queen's EAP and Ulster players Jack Murphy and Scott Wilson at the Armagh pre-match lunch, a decent front row but not sure of Jack's credentials as a ho**er!

𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝟓 𝐉𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐘𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍.

Our inaugural Jack Kyle Jersey Patron campaign is almost fully subscribed — with just five jerseys left for the 2026/27 season.

See a preview below,

This is your opportunity to align your name or business with a jersey number of your choice while supporting the ongoing development of our Men’s and Women’s rugby programmes through the Jack Kyle Foundation.

For more information, visit: https://www.qubrugby.com/club-news/2026/2/16/the-jack-kyle-foundation-jersey-patrons

To reserve a jersey, please contact:
📧 [email protected]

URC Origin round, Queen's Peter Martin will take charge of Edinburgh v the Scarlets at the Hive Stadium on Friday night!

Well done to all involved from QUBRFC

Go well men!

Ethan McIlroy captains Ulster 'A' tomorrow afternoon against Munster 'A' at Affidea Stadium 🏟️

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𝗙𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

Queen's Sport have been inviting school DORs to nominate three Year 12 players who compete at a high standard within senior school rugby to attend a trial day on Wednesday 11th March 2026, from 11.30am-2pm at The Dub (Queen’s Sport, Upper Malone).

Deadline for these will be Monday 2nd March

The top 15 athletes who excel during the trials will be invited alongside their parents to the Future Stars Awards Evening on Wednesday 15th April, at the prestigious Whitla Hall at Queen’s University.

During this awards evening, players will be presented with the 2026 Future Stars jerseys in recognition of their achievements.

For more information contact :
[email protected]

Please note: The QUB 2026 Girls Rugby Future Stars will be selected during the Ulster Girls Pathway Trials.

“For any of us who have grown up in Irish rugby over the last 50 years, Jack Kyle will go down as probably the greatest player to have played the game from Ireland, but it's not just his impact within Ulster, within Ireland – it's his impact throughout the world." one great Queen's out half on another, David Humphreys on Jack Kyle's legacy!

A plaque was unveiled recently at Ravenhill to commemorate the centenary of Jack Kyle's birth. Ulster’s record points scorer David Humphreys admitted rugby legend Jack Kyle was the player he always wanted to emulate.

THE JACK KYLE FOUNDATION – JERSEY PATRONS
𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱 — 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲

Queen’s University Belfast Rugby Football Club is proud to launch the Jack Kyle Foundation Jersey Patrons initiative.

This premium supporter programme offers alumni, supporters, and businesses the opportunity to connect directly with the Club while funding key development areas including:

• Rugby Academy Scholarships
• Performance Coaching & Analysis
• Strength & Conditioning
• Player Welfare & Academic Support

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁!
𝟭-𝟭𝟱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆.

For all the details :
https://www.qubrugby.com/club-news/2026/2/16/the-jack-kyle-foundation-jersey-patrons

Become an Inaugural Jersey Patron:
📧 [email protected]

The Jack Kyle Foundation – Jersey Patrons — QUBRFC Honouring a legend - Supporting the Future We invite you to become a Jersey Patron in memory of Jack Kyle — one of the greatest players ever to wear the Queen’s jersey.

The weekend's results are in.

“He's just dad to me, he always will be, that's his public life, that's his public persona, and we are very, very proud of that of course we are but to me, he was dad wise and gentle and kind, that's who he was to me,” Jack Kyle's daughter Justine remembering her father!

'Dad would be overwhelmed by all this' says daughter as rugby legend Jack Kyle gets own plaque at Ravenhill Rugby legend Jack Kyle would be “a little overwhelmed” by the fuss being made in his honour, his daughter has declared.