Scunthorpe RUFC

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Scunthorpe
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Full nameScunthorpe Rugby Football Club
Union Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire RFU
Founded1929;96 years ago (1929)
GroundHeslam Park (Capacity: 1,212 (212 seats))
ChairmanLiam Waldron
PresidentMal Yates
CoachTim Robinson
League National League 2 North
2024–25Promoted from Regional 1 North East
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Scunthorpe Rugby Club is an English rugby union team based in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. The club runs six senior sides, a ladies team, a colts and under-18s team and a full set of junior teams. [1] The club currently plays in National League 2 North following their promotion from Regional 1 North East at the end of the 2024–25 season.

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History

Scunthorpe Rugby Club was formed in 1929 and played its first fixtures in a field owned by a local farmer, on the condition that the goal posts were moved after each game so that the animals could return to graze. From these humble beginnings the club progressed to a stage whereby it was able to move to its own ground, Heslam Park, in 1952.

Ground

Since 1952 the club have been based at Heslam Park in the middle of Scunthorpe, which they share with Scunthorpe Town cricket club. [2] [3] Heslam Park is accessible by car via the A18 and is around a mile from Scunthorpe railway station if coming by train. Facilities at the ground include a sports and social club, on-site parking, and an adjoined cricket pitch and rugby pitch, the rugby section of which features a covered stand with seating. The ground capacity around the rugby pitch includes 212 seats in the covered stand, along with approximately 1000 standing, leading to a total of around 1,212. [4]

Honours

Current standings

2025–26 National League 2 North table
PosTeam
PldWDLPFPAPDTBLBPtsQualification
1 Sheffield 101000418161+2579049Promotion place
2 Darlington Mowden Park 11911418302+1169047
3 Macclesfield 11902471296+1758145
4 Tynedale 11803389253+1368242
5 Fylde 11722310268+424137
6 Hull Ionians 11614341256+858236
7 Billingham 11506272386−1147027
8 Otley 11407338353−157427
9 Wharfedale 11407315330−156527
10 Sheffield Tigers 11407270310−406325
11 Preston Grasshoppers 11407322333−116123
12 Rossendale 11209257434−1776115
13 Hull 111010251432−1814412Relegation place
14 Scunthorpe 10109196454−258329
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2025. Source: National League Rugby [12]
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Number of matches drawn
  3. Difference between points for and against
  4. Total number of points for
  5. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  6. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled

Notes

  1. ↑ Not to be confused with Midlands 1 East.
  2. ↑ 1995–96 title was won when division was known as Midlands 2.

References

  1. ↑ Club website home page
  2. ↑ "About Us". Heslam Park. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Contact Us". Scunthorpe Rugby. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "SCUNTHORPE RUFC SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES" (PDF). Scunthorpe Rugby. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  5. ↑ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1989). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1989-90. Queen Anne Press. pp. 136–139. ISBN   0-356-17862-5.
  6. ↑ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1995). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96. Headline. pp. 176–179. ISBN   0-7472-7850-4.
  7. ↑ "2009-2010 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Midlands 1 2000–2001". England Rugby. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "National League 3 Midlands 2015–2016". England Rugby. Archived from the original on 12 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "Midlands Premier 2018–2019". England Rugby. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "Regional 1 North East". Rugby England. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "National League 2 North". NCA Rugby.


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