Bury St Edmunds RUFC

Bury St Edmunds
Full name Bury St Edmunds Rugby Union Football Club
Founded 1925 (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
www.pitchero.com/clubs/burystedmunds/

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]

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:

3rd team:

Current standings

2016–17 National League 2 South Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Chinnor 14 12 0 2 602 203 399 11 1 60
2 Old Elthamians 14 12 0 2 444 248 196 9 0 57
3 Bishop's Stortford 14 11 0 3 450 272 178 11 2 57
4 Taunton Titans 14 10 0 4 474 355 119 10 2 52
5 Redruth 14 10 0 4 411 288 123 8 1 49
6 Canterbury 14 8 0 6 404 333 71 7 5 44
7 Cinderford 14 7 1 6 318 347 -29 7 3 35[b 1]
8 Clifton 14 7 0 7 312 412 -100 4 2 34
9 Redingensians Rams 14 6 1 7 338 284 54 3 5 34
10 Bury St Edmunds 14 6 0 8 332 382 -50 5 3 32
11 Henley Hawks 14 5 0 9 327 422 -95 3 2 25
12 Worthing Raiders 14 5 0 9 283 386 -103 2 3 25
13 London Irish Wild Geese 14 3 0 11 310 443 -133 7 3 22
14 Barnstaple 14 4 1 9 242 458 -216 2 1 21
15 Barnes 14 2 2 10 270 413 -143 5 4 21
16 Exmouth 14 1 1 12 280 534 -254 5 3 14
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 3 December 2016
Source: "National League 2 South". NCA Rugby. 
Notes
  1. ↑
    • Cinderford were deducted 5 points for fielding unregistered players against Canterbury on 3 September 2016.[5]

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

  1. 1 2 3 "History". Bury St Edmunds RUFC. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Marston, Carl (25 March 2013). "Gallery: Matt Edison targets perfect season after Bury Rugby Club win promotion". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "3 March – On This Day – 1974: Turkish jet crashes killing 345". BBC News. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "London 1 North league table". Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Club Discipline Season 2016-2017". NCA. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Location". Bury St Edmunds RUFC. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  7. ↑ Thewlis, Jo (29 November 2010). "Bury St Edmunds: Hospital staff face parking ban". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

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