East Midlands Rugby Football Union
![]() | |
Sport | Rugby union |
---|---|
Jurisdiction | Bedfordshire, England |
Abbreviation | EMRU |
Founded | 1887 |
Affiliation | RFU |
Headquarters | Bedfordshire |
Chairman | Robert Taylor |
CEO | Derek Hodgkinson |
Official website | |
www | |
![]() |
The East Midlands Rugby Football Union (EMRFU) is a governing body for rugby union in part of The Midlands, England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union for the counties of Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire and the Huntingdonshire and Peterborough districts of Cambridgeshire and administers and organises rugby union clubs and competitions in those areas. It also administers the East Midlands county rugby representative teams.
Organisation[]
The EMRFU has four sub-counties, each responsible for a particular geographical area. The sub-counties are the East Northants Rugby Union, Bedfordshire County Rugby Football Union, Northampton & District Rugby Alliance and the Huntingdonshire & Peterborough Rugby Union.
County team[]
![Team colours](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/31px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Kit_body_eastmidlandsrfu.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/38px-Kit_body.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/31px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png)
The East Midlands senior men's county team currently competes in the Division 2 of the English County Championship.
Honours[]
- County Championship winners (2): 1934, 1951
- County Championship Division 2 winners: 2016
Affiliated Clubs[]
There are 45 clubs currently affiliated to EMRFU, listed below. Source: [1][2]
East Midlands club competitions[]
The East Midlands RFU currently runs the following competitions for club sides:
Cups[]
- - open to clubs in Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and parts of Cambridgeshire, typically playing at tiers 5-7 of the English rugby union system
Discontinued competitions[]
- Midlands 5 East (South) - tier 10 league that ran between 2006 and 2010
- East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 – tier 7-10 league for East Midlands and Leicestershire based clubs that ran between 1987 and 2000
- East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 – tier 10-11 league for East Midlands and Leicestershire based clubs that ran intermittently between 1992 and 2000
- East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 – tier 11-12 league for East Midlands and Leicestershire based clubs that ran intermittently between 1992 and 2000
- East Midlands/Leicestershire 4 – tier 12-13 league for East Midlands and Leicestershire based clubs that ran between 1992 and 1996
- East Midlands 1 – tier 8-10 league that ran intermittently between 1987 and 2004
- East Midlands 2 – tier 9-10 league that ran intermittently between 1987 and 2004
- East Midlands 3 – tier 10 league that ran between 1987 and 1992
Notes[]
- ^ Bletchley are joint members of the Buckinghamshire RFU and East Midlands RFU.
- ^ Milton Keynes are joint members of the Buckinghamshire RFU and East Midlands RFU.
- ^ Olney are joint members of the Buckinghamshire RFU and East Midlands RFU.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "League Clubs & Contact". Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Non-league Clubs & Contact". Retrieved 24 September 2017.
External links[]
- Rugby union governing bodies in England
- 1897 establishments in England
- Sports organizations established in 1897
- Rugby union in Northamptonshire
- Rugby union in Bedfordshire
- Sport in Huntingdonshire
- Sport in Peterborough