Bournville RFC

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Bournville
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Full nameBournville Rugby Football Club
UnionNorth Midlands RFU
Founded1909; 113 years ago (1909)
LocationEdgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Ground(s)Avery Fields
ChairmanMick Palmer
PresidentIvor Boehmer, George Foley
Captain(s)James Weaver
League(s)Midlands Premier
2019–20Champions (promoted to 2021–22 National League 2 North)
Team kit
Official website
www.bournvillerfc.co.uk

Bournville Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Birmingham. The club has recently moved to new facilities at Avery Fields, 79 Sandon Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B17 8DT. The club operates three senior mens teams, a ladies side, a veterans team and a full range of junior teams.[1] The first XV currently play in the fourth tier of the English rugby union system, having been promoted from the Midlands Premier in season 2019–20.

History[]

Bournville Rugby Club was formed in 1909 as the rugby section of Bournville Athletic Club. Recent years has seen the club make progress up the rugby union hierarchy after struggling during the early years of the English rugby union leagues system. Recent seasons has seen the club move from level ten to level five following elevation into the lowest level of national rugby in 2012 when they won promotion to National 3 Midlands via a promotion play-off, after a second-placed finish in Midlands 1 East.[2]

Current standings[]

2021–22 National League 2 North Table · · discuss
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Hull 16 14 0 2 440 183 257 11 2 69
2 Sedgley Park 16 12 1 3 552 284 268 11 3 64
3 Fylde 17 13 0 4 599 306 293 10 1 63
4 Rotherham Titans 14 12 2 0 457 234 223 9 0 61
5 Stourbridge 15 12 0 3 483 334 149 11 2 61
6 Hull Ionians 16 8 2 6 429 358 71 6 4 46
7 Loughborough Students 16 6 0 10 375 488 −113 7 5 36
8 Chester 16 7 0 9 341 425 −84 5 0 33
9 Sheffield Tigers 15 7 0 8 310 349 −39 1 3 32
10 Bournville 15 5 1 9 390 450 −60 5 5 32
11 Luctonians 16 6 0 10 260 348 −88 3 4 31
12 Tynedale 16 5 1 10 333 435 −102 5 4 31
13 Wharfedale 16 5 1 10 276 436 −160 2 2 26
14 Huddersfield 15 4 0 11 290 412 −122 4 4 24
15 Harrogate 15 3 0 12 253 478 −225 4 2 18
16 Blaydon 16 2 0 14 281 549 −268 2 2 12
  • 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: 15 January 2022
Source: "National League 2 North". NCA Rugby.

References[]

  1. ^ "Bourneville Rugby". Pitchero. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  2. ^ Foley, Stephen George. "Club History". Bournville Rugby. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

Honours[]

Notable former players[]

  • Romania Şerban Ghica[clarification needed][3]

References[]

  1. ^ "NM SHIELD PREVIOUS WINNERS". North Midlands RFU. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. ^ "NM CUP PREVIOUS WINNERS". North Midlands RFU. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Serban-Alexandru Ghica (1919 - 2006)". Retrieved 16 October 2021.

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