Bury St Edmunds RUFC

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Bury St Edmunds
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Full nameBury St Edmunds Rugby Union Football Club
Union Eastern Counties RFU
Founded1925;100 years ago (1925)
Location Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Ground(s)The Haberden (Capacity: 3,000 (135 seats))
ChairmanCraig Germeney
PresidentChris Berry
Director of RugbyJacob Ford
Coach(es)Jacob Ford
Captain(s)George Grigg-Pettitt
League(s) National League 2 East
2023–24 6th
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Official website
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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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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, 18 members of the team were killed when Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashed outside Paris. [1]

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. [3]

Honours

1st team:

3rd team:

Facilities

Bury St Edmunds RUFC is based at The Haberden ground in the eastern side of Bury St Edmunds. [4] 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. [5] 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

2024–25 National League 2 East table
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDTBLBPtsQualification
1 Tonbridge Juddians 171601627340+28715079Promotion place
2 Barnes 181404558338+22013473
3 Dorking 171304614452+16214268
4 Canterbury 181305626406+22012266
5 Westcombe Park 181206504458+4610159
6 Henley Hawks 181116386398126254
7 Guernsey Raiders 16907463396+6710248
8 Bury St Edmunds 188010610589+2114748 [a]
9 Old Albanian 177010498502411544
10 Havant 1861114646051416335
11 Sevenoaks 186012423520976535
12 Oxford Harlequins 18411347266719510331
13 Worthing Raiders 1810174067103049619Relegation place
14 Colchester 1711153566262708317
Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2025. Source: National League Rugby [6]
Rules for classification: 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
    Notes:
  1. 5 points deducted

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Club History". Bury St Edmunds RUFC. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  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. "London 1 North league table". Rugby Football Union. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  4. "Location". Bury St Edmunds RUFC. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  5. Thewlis, Jo (29 November 2010). "Bury St Edmunds: Hospital staff face parking ban". East Anglian Daily Times . Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  6. "National League 2 East". NCA Rugby.