Bury St Edmunds RUFC
Full name | Bury St Edmunds Rugby Union Football Club |
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Founded | 1925 |
Region | Eastern Counties Rugby Football Union |
Ground(s) | The Haberden |
Chairman | Mike Robinson |
President | Vic Nicol |
Coach(es) | Gavin Hogg |
Captain(s) | Josh Walker |
League(s) | National League 2 South |
2015–16 | 7th |
Official website | |
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Bury St Edmunds RUFC is a rugby union club based in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. Founded in 1925 as Bury and West Suffolk Rugby Football Club,[1] they currently play in the fourth tier of the English league system, National League 2 South.[2]
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History
Bury St Edmunds RUFC played their first match as "Bury and West Suffolk Rugby Football Club" in 1925, with post-war practice taking place at Culford School. In 1974, seventeen members of the team were killed when Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashed outside Paris.[3]
In 2001, the first team was promoted to London 3 North East, winning the league six years later to be promoted to London 2 North in 2007.[1] Promotion to National League 3 London & SE followed in 2013 after they won London Division 1 North, winning all 26 games during the season.[4]
Honours
1st team:
- London Division 4 North East champions: 2000–01
- London Division 3 North East champions: 2006–07
- London Division 1 North champions: 2012–13
- National League 3 London & SE champions: 2014–15
3rd team:
- Greene King IPA Eastern Counties 2 West champions: 2015–16
Current standings
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Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Losing bonus | Points | |||||||
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1 | Cambridge (C) | 30 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1029 | 532 | 497 | 25 | 1 | 130 | ||||||
2 | Old Albanian (P) | 30 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1040 | 468 | 572 | 23 | 3 | 128 | ||||||
3 | Bishop's Stortford | 30 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 912 | 436 | 476 | 21 | 5 | 116 | ||||||
4 | Redruth | 30 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 752 | 547 | 205 | 16 | 4 | 110 | ||||||
5 | Taunton Titans | 30 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 896 | 611 | 285 | 16 | 5 | 103 | ||||||
6 | Chinnor | 30 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 802 | 748 | 54 | 13 | 8 | 73 | ||||||
7 | Bury St Edmunds | 30 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 735 | 753 | –18 | 12 | 7 | 71 | ||||||
8 | Redingensians Rams | 30 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 670 | 746 | –76 | 12 | 5 | 71 | ||||||
9 | Old Elthamians | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 669 | 770 | –101 | 8 | 6 | 70 | ||||||
10 | Canterbury | 30 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 700 | 871 | –171 | 12 | 6 | 70 | ||||||
11 | Worthing Raiders | 30 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 636 | 684 | –48 | 10 | 5 | 69 | ||||||
12 | Clifton | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 732 | 749 | –17 | 12 | 6 | 66 | ||||||
13 | Barnes | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 677 | 827 | –150 | 15 | 3 | 66 | ||||||
14 | Dorking (R) | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 598 | 822 | –224 | 9 | 7 | 56 | ||||||
15 | Southend Saxons (R) | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 574 | 845 | –271 | 8 | 4 | 46 | ||||||
16 | Launceston (R) | 30 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 290 | 1303 | –1013 | 2 | 6 | 5[b 1] | ||||||
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Facilities
Bury St Edmunds RUFC is based at The Haberden ground in the eastern side of Bury St Edmunds.[6] The club has one of only four all-weather pitches in England.[1] Parking at the ground is used by medical staff at the nearby West Suffolk Hospital during the week.[7]
See also
References
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External links
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