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Rainey Old Boys Rugby Football Club is situated in the market town of Magherafelt, County Londonderry, playing in Division 2B of the All-Ireland League. At present, they field 4 senior teams and 3 youth teams (the Rhinos) under-18s, under-16s and under-14s. ==History== Magherafelt R.F.C. was founded in 1928. Some success was gained up until the Second World War. A few games were played during the war years and from 1947, the club became known as Rainey Old Boys R.F.C., in recognition of its connection with the local Rainey Endowed School. After initial success, a barren period followed and it was not until the mid-1960s that the club began to go places. In 1983 they won the Towns Cup for the first time. On that team were twelve times capped Harry Steele and brother-in-law, Alan McLean, an Ulster regular who toured Australia with Ireland in 1979. The President from 1984-1990 was Dr. A.A. McConnell, who was a member of Ireland’s Grand Slam side in 1948. Rainey proved to be a good cup side but were relegated to Section 2 in 1986. They won Section 2 the following year but slipped back down again in 1994 despite reaching the Towns Cup final for the sixth time in twenty years. With former Ulster lock Charlie Simpson as player/coach, they won the Towns Cup in 2001 and were promoted as champions the following season. Former Ballymena RFC No. 8, John Andrews, took over as player/coach when Charlie moved on to Dungannon RFC, and led the side to the Qualifying League 1 title in 2005. In the play-offs they beat Monivea 21-8 at home before losing 14-13 at Naas and 18-17 at Nenagh Ormond. Having added some strength in depth to the squad, they started last season by beating Ballymena 2XV in the Past Players’ Cup Final. After twelve straight wins in the league, they came unstuck at Armagh on New Year’s Eve but regrouped to beat second placed Limavady 53-3 and retain the title. In the inaugural All-Ireland Junior Cup the luck of the draw helped them to beat Cork side Kanturk 47-9 and south Dublin outfit, Seapoint 31-12 at home. A big crowd travelled south to see them beat Youghal 27-5 at Lansdowne Road in the final. Then on successive Saturdays, they beat Westport 36-0 away, Youghal 34-0 and Monkstown 32-16 at home to win the round robin play-offs and clinch their place in the All-Ireland League. At the end of the 2006/07 season John Andrews left to join Dungannon RFC as their new Head Coach.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dugannon RFC website announcement of John Andrew's appointment )〕 In his 5 years at the club he guided them to 2 Ulster Qualifying titles, the Past Players' Cup, the All-Ireland Junior Cup, runners-up in the Towns Cup and qualification into the All-Ireland League. The 2006-07 season featured Rainey's first appearance in the AIB League. Rainey finished in a mid-table seventh place in Division Three.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RTE Rugby Tables - AIB League Division 3 2006-07 )〕 In addition Rainey finished in sixth place in their first year in the Ulster Senior League. On 17 July 2007 it was announced that Willie Anderson had been appointed as club coach. Willie Anderson left at the end of 2007-08 season and Rainey appointed Rhys Botha from Ballymena as coach for the 2008-2010 seasons.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Northern Constitution article about Rhys Botha appointment )〕 A young player (Phelim Trainor) who has had his fair share of misfortunes in recent months succumbed to the pressures of the "rugby lifestyle". (Saturday 14th November 2015) Inspiring weeks of training set up the young sportsman with the chance to play for the illustrious 2nd XV vs Armagh only to be dealt a bad hand the morning of the match and was asked not to play in favour of a superior player. When this news broke it was widely rumoured his decline to the 3rd XV and then 4th XV has yet again broken the young man's spirit. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rainey Old Boys R.F.C.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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