• †2000–01, †2004–05 † Won by 2nd XV See also Category:Ballymena R.F.C. players The following Ballymena players have represented Ireland at full international...
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    clubs in the area include Ballymena United F.C., Coaching For Christ, Southside Rangers F.C. and Wakehurst F.C. Ballymena RFC is a local rugby union club...
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    national rugby union, Barbarian F.C, Ulster Rugby & Ballymena RFC rugby player Steve Smith lives in Broughshane, Ballymena Darts player Josh Rock Broughshane...
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    David Humphreys (rugby union) (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    played for Queen's University RFC, with whom he won the Dudley Cup in 1994, Ballymena R.F.C., and Oxford University RFC, for whom he scored all 19 points...
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  • Willie John McBride (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    was 17. He was educated at Ballymena Academy and played for the school's First XV. After he left he joined Ballymena R.F.C. In 1962 McBride was selected...
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    Andrew Trimble (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    new three-year deal with Ulster. Trimble also played club rugby for Ballymena RFC in the AIB League and has represented Ireland Schools and the Ireland...
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  • Syd Millar (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    December 2023) was a Northern Irish rugby union prop who played for Ballymena RFC and Ulster and international rugby for Ireland and the British Lions...
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  • Wallace McMaster (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    player. Born in Ballymena, McMaster was a defensively-minded three-quarter, fast on the break, who played his club rugby with Ballymena RFC. He most often...
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  • Angus Kernohan (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    play at centre. Born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, Kernohan attended Ballymena Academy and first began playing rugby for Ballymena minis. Kernohan joined...
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  • Harry Steele (rugby union) (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    playing in both wins. Steele, who became a food technologist, competed for Ballymena, Queen's University, Ulster and Rainey Old Boys. List of Ireland national...
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  • Ian Dick (rugby union) (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    against the 1957–58 Wallabies at Ravenhill. Dick, a forward, played for Ballymena RFC and Queen's University. Between 1961 and 1963, Dick was capped eight...
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  • Trevor Ringland (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    represented Ulster and Ballymena. In 1983 he toured New Zealand with the British & Irish Lions. Since retirement, he has coached at Ballymena and been a committee...
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  • Neil Doak (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    Irish clubs, all based in Ulster. These were North of Ireland FC, Ballymena RFC, Malone RFC and Belfast Harlequins. In addition to these clubs, Doak also...
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  • Ian McIlrath (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    union international from Northern Ireland. Educated at Ballymena Academy, McIlrath was a Ballymena RFC centre who gained five caps for Ireland, making his...
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  • Clinton van Rensburg (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    1998 he linked up with South African coach Andre Bester at Irish club Ballymena, making him available to play for Ulster. He played inside centre for...
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    Isaac Boss (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    Wolfhounds 16 (15) 2006–2015 Ireland 22 (15) Correct as of 31 January 2020 Coaching career Years Team 2018 Southern United RFC 2020– King Country Rams...
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  • Rab Brady (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    Northern Ireland A scrum-half, Brady played his club rugby for Ballyclare, Ballymena and Queen's University, and provincial rugby for Ulster. He was the man-of-the-match...
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  • Davy Tweed (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    Unionist Voice (TUV). As a politician, Tweed served as a Ballymena Borough Councillor for the Ballymena South DEA from 1997 to 2013. Tweed won four caps for...
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  • Gary Longwell (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    Hayes Longwell Miller O'Callaghan O'Connell O'Kelly Quinlan Sheahan Wood (c) Backs Dempsey Doak G.Easterby Hickie A.Horgan S.Horgan Humphreys Kelly Maggs...
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  • Jonathan Moffett (rugby union) (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    with the University of Aberdeen in Scotland He played scrum-half for Ballymena and won an Ireland call up in the 1961 Five Nations as a replacement for...
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  • Andrew Warwick (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    who plays loosehead prop for Ulster Rugby. He started out playing for Ballymena in the All-Ireland League, while working as a lorry driver for his father's...
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  • John Birch (rugby union) (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    union player from Northern Ireland. Birch played his rugby for Coleraine, Ballymena, Instonians, Queen's University and Ulster. A CAI schoolteacher, Birch...
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  • Rugby World Cup in South Africa from 25 May to 24 June 1995. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. All details, such as number...
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  • Derek McAleese (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    in the Northern Ireland town of Limavady, played his senior rugby for Ballymena and Ulster. A fly-half, McAleese made his only international Test appearance...
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    Paddy Wallace (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    remainder of the season. He would return in time though to help his club, Ballymena, win the AIB All Ireland League Title, defeating Clontarf in the final...
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  • member of Ireland's 1948 Grand Slam-winning side. Coached by former Ballymena RFC number eight John Andrews, they were champions of the Ulster Qualifying...
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  • Barton McCallan (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    varsity player. In 1958, McCallan moved to Ballymena to work at a tobacco manufacturer and joined Ballymena RFC. McCallan was a hooker for Ireland in two...
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  • from the tournament due to issues surrounding Apartheid. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. All details, such as number...
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    Timothy Eaton (category People from Ballymena)
    most important retail businesses in Canada's history. He was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern Ireland). His parents were Scottish...
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  • Mark Blair (rugby union) (category Ballymena R.F.C. players)
    offers from Edinburgh and Ulster, and chose to sign for Ulster, joining Ballymena R.F.C. However, he sustained an ankle ligament injury playing five-a-side...
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