Ulster_Junior_Cup

Ulster Junior Cup (rugby union)

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The Ulster Junior Cup is a rugby union competition for clubs in the Irish province of Ulster that are not considered strong enough to play in the Ulster Senior Cup. It also includes the second teams of the senior clubs. The perpetual trophy that is awarded to the winners is called The Balmoral Cup

The most successful club is Queen's University with 15 wins. The current holder is Ballyclare^[1]

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Club	Winners	Runners-Up	Total Finals	Last Title
Queen's University RFC	15	8	23	1969–70
Dungannon	9	8	17	2002–03
North of Ireland Football Club	9	8	17	1984–85
Ballynahinch	9	2	11	2017–18
City of Armagh	8	7	15	2009–10
Ballymena	8	2	10	2004–05
Collegians	7	6	13	1961–62
Donaghadee	7	2	9	2011–12
Malone	5	4	9	1980–81
Omagh	4	7	11	2016–17
Instonians	5	3	9	2014–15
Coleraine	3	6	9	1985–86
City of Derry	3	2	5	2008–09
Larne	3	0	3	1922–23
King's Scholars	2	4	6	1970–71
Lurgan	2	3	5	1955–56
Cooke	2	2	4	2006–07
Ballyclare	3	2	5	2022–23
Dromore	3	1	4	2023–24
Rainey Old Boys	2	1	3	1978–79
Ards	1	4	5	1976–77
Banbridge	1	4	5	1989–90
C.I.Y.M.S.	1	3	4	1952–53
Clogher Valley	2	3	5	2021–22
Carrickfergus	1	2	3	1913–14
Knock	1	2	3	1910–11
Sydenham	1	2	3	1904–05
Albion	1	1	2	1890–91
Fortwilliam	1	1	2	1903–04
Holywood	1	1	2	1990–91
Windsor	1	1	2	1892–93
Belfast Harlequins	1	0	1	2003–04
Bangor	1	7	8	2015–16
BRA FP	0	2	2	-
Enniskillen	0	3	3	-
Portadown	0	2	2	-
RUC	0	2	2	-
Belmont	0	1	1	-
Civil Service	0	1	1	-
Limavady	0	1	1	-
Queen's Island	0	1	1	-

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1888–89	Queen's College II	15	0	Bangor
1889–90	Queen's College II	6	0	Albion II
1890–91	Albion II	6	0	Collegians
1891–92	Collegians	5	0	Windsor
1892–93	Windsor	3	0	Collegians
1893–94	Collegians II	13	0	City of Derry
1894–95	NIFC II	5	0	Collegians II
1895–96	Dungannon	6	3	NIFC II
1896–97	Dungannon II	23	0	Belmont	^[2]
1897–98	City of Derry	11	0	Holywood	^[3]
1898–99	Dungannon	8	0	NIFC II	^[4]

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1899–1900	Dungannon II	6	0	Collegians II	Replay – Game 1: 0–0)^[5]
1900–01	Collegians II	19	0	Fortwilliam II	^[6]
1901–02	Collegians II	3	0	NIFC II	^[7]
1902–03	Collegians II	3	0	Queen's College II	^[8]
1903–04	Fortwilliam	5	3	Collegians II
1904–05	Sydenham	9	3	Bangor
1905–06	Donaghadee	13	5	Malone II
1906–07	NIFC II	8	0	Queen's College II
1907–08	NIFC II	22	3	Queen's University II
1908–09	NIFC II	13	3	Sydenham	^[9]

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1909–10	Armagh	8	0	Knock II
1910–11	Knock II	5	4	Bangor
1911–12	Dungannon	13	6	Sydenham
1912–13	Armagh	8	0	Knock II	^[10]
1913–14	Carrickfergus	w/o	-	Dungannon	Replay awarded to Carrickfergus when Dungannon withdrew – Game 1: 3–3
1914–15	Not played due to World War I
1915–16	Not played due to World War I
1916–17	Not played due to World War I
1917–18	Not played due to World War I
1918–19	Not played due to World War I

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1919–20	Larne	3	0	Armagh
1920–21	Queen's University II	9	0	Lurgan	^[11]
1921–22	Larne	5	3	Cooke	^[12]
1922–23	Larne	23	0	Bangor	^[13]
1923–24	Donaghadee	10	3	NIFC II	^[14]
1924–25	Lurgan	8	0	Donaghadee	after extra time^[15]
1925–26	Donaghadee	4	3	Dungannon	^[16]
1926–27	Donaghadee	3	0	NIFC II	after extra time^[17]
1927–28	Donaghadee	5	0	Queen's University II	^[18]
1928–29	Ballymena	3	0	Instonians II	^[19]

Ulster_Junior_Cup

Ulster Junior Cup (rugby union)

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Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1929–30	Ballymena	3	0	Enniskillen	after extra time)^[20]
1930–31	Armagh	4	3	Instonians II	^[21]
1931–32	Malone II	3	0	Queen's Island	^[22]
1932–33	Queen's University II	6	4	Armagh	^[23]
1933–34	Queen's University II	24	0	Portadown	^[24]
1934–35	Coleraine	18	6	Queen's University II	^[25]
1935–36	NIFC II	5	3	Queen's University II	^[26]
1936–37	Instonians II	3	0	C.I.Y.M.S.	after extra time^[27]
1937–38	Queen's University II	6	0	Collegians II	^[28]
1938–39	Dromore	3	0	Coleraine	^[29]

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1939–40	Not played due to World War II
1940–41	Not played due to World War II
1941–42	Not played due to World War II
1942–43	Not played due to World War II
1943–44	Not played due to World War II
1944–45	Not played due to World War II
1945–46	City of Derry	5	0	C.I.Y.M.S.
1946–47	Queen's University II	16	3	Carrickfergus
1947–48	Queen's University II	13	6	King's Scholars	^[30]
1948–49	Queen's University II	9	8	Dungannon	after extra time^[31]

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1949–50	Coleraine	11	8	Queen's University II	^[32]
1950–51	Queens University II	8	6	Instonians II	^[33]
1951–52	Queens University II	14	3	NIFC II
1952–53	C.I.Y.M.S. II	12	0	King's Scholars
1953–54	NIFC II	3	0	Lurgan	^[34]
1954–55	King's Scholars	14	0	BRA FP
1955–56	Lurgan	8	3	Ballyclare
1956–57	NIFC II	9	3	Portadown
1957–58	Donaghadee	5	3	BRA FP
1958–59	Queens University II	3	0	Malone II

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1959–60	Instonians II	17	3	RUC
1960–61	Collegians II	8	6	Ballymena II	^[35]
1961–62	Collegians II	6	0	NIFC II	^[36]
1962–63	NIFC II	6	0	Lurgan	^[37]
1963–64	Queen's Freshers	3	0	Omagh	^[38]
1964–65	Armagh	3	0	Dungannon II	^[39]
1965–66	Ballynahinch	5	3	Dungannon II	^[40]
1966–67	Ballynahinch	15	0	King's Scholars
1967–68	Malone II	3	0	Civil Service II
1968–69	Queens University II	6	5	Bangor

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1979–80	Armagh	17	3	Coleraine
1980–81	Malone II	15	9	Coleraine
1981–82	Omagh	22	9	Bangor II	^[45]
1982–83	Omagh	6	4	Coleraine
1983–84	Omagh	3	0	Banbridge
1984–85	NIFC II	9	6	Omagh
1985–86	Coleraine	6	3	Rainey Old Boys
1986–87	Cooke	15	12	Enniskillen
1987–88	Ballynahinch	9	3	Ards II
1988–89	Ballyclare	18	12	Omagh

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1999–2000	Ballymena II	60	8	Armagh
2000–01	Ballymena II	24	22	Dungannon II
2001–02	Ballyclare	31	10	Carrick
2002–03	Dungannon II	24	5	Clogher Valley
2003–04	Belfast Harlequins II	27	14	Dungannon II
2004–05	Ballymena II	33	18	Dromore
2005–06	Armagh	17	15	Dungannon II
2006–07	Cooke	20	3	Clogher Valley	^[46]^[47]
2007–08	Armagh	19	12	Clogher Valley	^[48]
2008–09	City of Derry	36	13	Cooke	^[49]

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
2019–20	Enniskillen	18	17	Armagh II	^[60]
2020–21	not played due to Covid-19 pandemic			width=200
2021–22	Clogher Valley	43	12	Armagh II	^[61]
2022–23	Ballyclare	43	42	Enniskillen	^[62]
2023–24	Dromore	30	17	City of Derry	^[63]