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
National League 3 London & SE 2014–15 1st
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 postwar 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 the league winning all 26 games during the season.[4]

Club honours

1st team:

3rd team:

Current standings

2015–16 National League 2 South Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Cambridge (C) 30 25 2 3 1029 532 497 25 1 130
2 Old Albanian 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]
  • 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: 30 April 2016
Source: "National League 2 South". NCA Rugby. 
Notes
  1. ↑
    • Launceston were deducted 5 points for playing an unregistered player against Bury St Edmunds on 19th March 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 2015-2016". NCA. Retrieved 16 April 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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