Bury St Edmunds RUFC

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Bury St Edmunds
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Full nameBury St Edmunds Rugby Union Football Club
UnionEastern Counties RFU
Founded1925; 97 years ago (1925)
LocationBury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Ground(s)The Haberden (Capacity: 3,000 (135 seats)
ChairmanCraig Germeney
PresidentChris Berry
League(s)National League 2 South
2019–206th
Team kit
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:

Facilities[]

Bury St Edmunds RUFC is based at The Haberden ground in the eastern side of Bury St Edmunds.[5] The club has one all-weather pitch.[1] Parking at the ground is used by medical staff at the nearby West Suffolk Hospital during the week.[6] The club-house has seating capacity for 135 while there is ample standing space on the banks surrounding the pitch, bring total capacity to around 3,000.

Current standings[]

2021–22 National League 2 South Table · · discuss
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Redruth 23 18 1 4 692 377 315 14 1 89
2 Esher 22 17 1 4 737 462 275 15 2 87
3 Worthing Raiders 22 17 0 5 655 448 207 16 3 87
4 Clifton 23 17 0 6 871 506 365 15 3 86
5 Henley Hawks 23 14 3 6 612 478 134 11 3 76
6 Leicester Lions 21 13 0 8 571 445 126 11 4 67
7 Bury St Edmunds 22 12 2 8 597 513 84 8 4 64
8 Guernsey Raiders 20 12 0 8 533 488 45 9 2 59
9 Dings Crusaders 23 9 1 13 636 654 −18 15 6 59
10 Old Albanian 23 10 0 13 652 588 64 11 8 54
11 Barnes 23 7 5 11 533 564 −31 8 4 50
12 Hinckley 21 8 0 13 523 595 −72 8 5 45
13 Canterbury 22 8 1 13 456 477 −21 6 4 44
14 Rochford Hundred 22 5 0 17 403 633 −230 6 6 32
15 Westcliff 23 2 0 21 307 1105 −798 3 1 12
16 Barnstaple 23 2 0 21 331 776 −445 0 2 10
  • 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: 5 March 2022
Source: "National League 2 South". NCA Rugby.


See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "History". Bury St Edmunds RUFC. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. 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. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Location". Bury St Edmunds RUFC. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  6. ^ 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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