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] the men's 1st XV currently play in the fourth tier of the English league system, National League 2 East.[2] The club has four senior men's sides, and a women's side as well who play in the 3rd tier of the RFU system, Championship Midlands 2.
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| Full name | Bury St Edmunds Rugby Union Football Club | |
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| Union | Eastern Counties RFU | |
| Founded | 1925 | |
| Location | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England | |
| Ground(s) | The Haberden (Capacity: 3,000 (135 seats) | |
| Chairman | Craig Germeney | |
| President | Chris Berry | |
| Director of Rugby | Jacob Ford | |
| Coach(es) | Jacob Ford | |
| Captain(s) | Matt Bursey | |
| League(s) | National League 2 East | |
| 2023–24 | 6th | |
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| Official website | ||
| www | ||
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:
- Eastern Counties 1 champions: 1992–93
- London Division 4 North East champions: 2000–01
- London Division 3 North East champions: 2006–07
- London Division 1 North champions: 2012–13
- National League 3 London & SE champions: 2014–15
3rd team:
- Greene King IPA Eastern Counties 2 West champions: 2015–16
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
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| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Losing bonus | Points | ||||||||
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| 1 | Esher (C) | 26 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1108 | 598 | 510 | 21 | 4 | 113 | ||||||
| 2 | Barnes | 26 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 883 | 631 | 252 | 18 | 4 | 106 | ||||||
| 3 | Dorking | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 971 | 676 | 295 | 23 | 3 | 104 | ||||||
| 4 | Henley Hawks | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 784 | 680 | 104 | 19 | 2 | 89 | ||||||
| 5 | Tonbridge Juddians | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 844 | 714 | 130 | 20 | 7 | 85 | ||||||
| 6 | Bury St Edmunds | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 813 | 653 | 160 | 17 | 6 | 81 | ||||||
| 7 | Canterbury | 26 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 808 | 736 | 72 | 16 | 5 | 73 | ||||||
| 8 | Old Albanian | 26 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 802 | 828 | -26 | 17 | 4 | 69 | ||||||
| 9 | Westcombe Park | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 735 | 741 | -6 | 16 | 9 | 69 | ||||||
| 10 | Guernsey Raiders | 26 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 685 | 856 | -171 | 16 | 2 | 62 | ||||||
| 11 | Sevenoaks | 26 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 605 | 724 | -119 | 10 | 4 | 60 | ||||||
| 12 | Worthing Raiders | 26 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 761 | 963 | -202 | 18 | 5 | 51 | ||||||
| 13 | Wimbledon (R) | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 686 | 899 | -213 | 13 | 5 | 44 | ||||||
| 14 | North Walsham (R) | 26 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 432 | 1218 | -786 | 6 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
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| Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 27 April 2024 Source: National League 2 East RFU [7] | |||||||||||||||||
