Ulster Towns Cup

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The Ulster Towns Cup is a rugby union competition organized by the Ulster branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union.

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It is confined to teams outside of Belfast. Since the resumption of play after World War II, where a town is represented by a senior club, their second team is the one that competes.

The Final is traditionally played on Easter Monday at Ravenhill.

The most successful club is Dungannon with 20 wins (19 outright wins and 1 shared win).

The current holders are Ballyclare RFC, following a record 71–14 victory over Clogher Valley in 2023.

FINALS

(Records are incomplete)

1880s

1890s

1900s

(1907 - Bangor successfully protested the result of the original final, as Dungannon fielded an ineligible player and a replay was ordered. The original game finished as a 19–3 victory for Dungannon)

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

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