Bective Rangers is a rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 club in Dublin, Ireland

Ireland

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 founded in 1881.
The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch

Leinster Rugby

Leinster Rugby, usually referred to simply as Leinster, is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Dublin, representing the Irish province of Leinster, that competes in the RaboDirect Pro 12 and also competes in the Heineken Cup...

 of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League

AIB League

The Ulster Bank All-Ireland League is the national league system for the 48 senior rugby union clubs in Ireland, covering both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It is not, however, the highest level of rugby union in Ireland, as teams representing the four provinces of Ireland play...

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The club plays its games at the Donnybrook Rugby Ground in Donnybrook

Donnybrook, Dublin

Donnybrook is a district of Dublin, Ireland. It is situated on the southside of the city, in the Dublin 4 postal district, and is home to the Irish state broadcaster RTÉ. It was once part of the Pembroke Township...

 with a second grounds at Glenamuck.
The Club fields teams from Mini's to Vets.

Honours

• Leinster Club Senior Cup
  Leinster Club Senior Cup
  The Leinster Senior Cup is a major rugby competition in Ireland.The Leinster Senior Cup has been competed for by the strongest clubs in the province of Leinster since 1882...
  
   Winners (12) 1889, 1892, 1910, 1914, 1923, 1925, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1955, 1956, 1962
• Metropolitan Cup
  Metropolitan Cup
  The Metropolitan Cup is a rugby union competition for junior clubs in Dublin, Ireland-History:In the season 1921-22, the Leinster Branch established a knockout competition for teams then competing in the Junior League. The “knockout” competition is confined for the teams competing in the Junior...
  
   Winners (9) 1926, 1930, 1931, 1939, 1944, 1958, 1961, 1980, 1994

Current Coaching Team

Head Coach: Kevin Lewis

Forwards Coach: Philip Doyle

Backs Coach: Wayne Mitchell

Notable former players

Brian Cusack Trevor Brennan

Trevor Brennan

Trevor Brennan is a former rugby union player for Barnhall, Bective Rangers, St Marys College RFC, Leinster Rugby, Stade Toulousain and Ireland; being capped 13 times. He played either in the second row or as a flanker.Trevor captained St Mary's College RFC to their only AIB League title in 2000...

 James Leo Farrell

James Leo Farrell

James "Jimmy" Leo Farrell was an Irish rugby player. He played for Ireland and the British Lions on the 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina and the 1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia-References:* * * *...

 Paul Hatton Phil Lawlor Cliff Morgan

Cliff Morgan

Cliff Morgan is a former Welsh rugby union player who played for Cardiff RFC and earned 29 caps for Wales between 1951 and 1958.-Rugby career:...

 Paddy O'Donoghue (rugby)

Paddy O'Donoghue (rugby)

Paddy O'Donoghue is a former Irish Rugby International prop who also represented the Barbarians and was an administrator in Irish rugby. He played his club rugby for Bective Rangers, winning the Leinster Club Senior Cup in 1955 and 1956...

• Kurt McQuilken
• Al Moroney

Notable Persons

• John Lyons
  John Lyons
  John Lyons is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.At the 2001 general election, he was elected to the British House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden....
  
  ; President of the IRFU 2008/2009
• Michael Cuddy; President of the IRFU 1993/1994

Joe Nolan