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;99 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)Matt Bursey
League(s) National League 2 East
2022–23 5th
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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, 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

2023–24 National League 2 East Table
PlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLosing bonusPoints
1 Esher 19170277444333116286
2 Barnes 20160469047321713481
3 Dorking 20151478349029317281
4 Henley Hawks 2012175925187414266
5 Bury St Edmunds 20121762447814612365
6 Tonbridge Juddians 20111862152110014565
7 Westcombe Park 207112589611-2214852
8 Canterbury 2090116135852811451
9 Old Albanian 209011573627-5411350
10 Sevenoaks 209110501568-677449
11 Guernsey Raiders 198011467562-9510244
12 Worthing Raiders 205015546721-17513538
13 Wimbledon 204115502716-21411433
14 North Walsham 201118320884-5644010
  • 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 relegation places.
Updated: 2 March 2024

Source: National League 2 East RFU [7]

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References

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