Bury St Edmunds RUFC

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 4 senior Men's sides, and a women's side as well who play in the 3rd tier of the RFU system, Championship Midlands 2.

Bury St Edmunds
Full nameBury St Edmunds Rugby Union Football Club
UnionEastern Counties RFU
Founded1925 (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
2021–226th (transferred to National League 2 East)
Team kit
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/burystedmunds/

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
2022–23 National League 2 East Table
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points Points adj
PBlackheath242103973348625182104
2Barnes24180680841639218393
3Worthing Raiders24170786759926818288
4Dorking24161783650932717588
5Henley Hawks24160867653713913481
6Bury St Edmunds24160871657014614280
7Old Albanian24141970958312617176
8Tonbridge Juddians24130116325597312266
9Guernsey Raiders2491146716581313556
10Canterbury248016595727−13211346
11Sevenoaks245217483694−2118739
12North Walsham247017551836−2857237
13Rochford Hundred245118458916−45811336
RWestcliff2400243471370−1023421−5
  • 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. Pink background are the relegation places.

Source: "National League 2 East". RugbyEngland.
Updated: 1 April 2023

See also

References
  1. "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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