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 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.

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
Director of RugbyJacob Ford
Coach(es)Jacob Ford
Captain(s)Matt Bursey
League(s)National League 2 East
2022–235th
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
PBlackheath2623031072391681202114
2Barnes26190786046239819499
3Dorking26171892056135919695
4Worthing Raiders26180889767722018292
5Bury St Edmunds26180879262117116290
6Henley Hawks26170974160213915487
7Old Albanian261511077863214618282
8Tonbridge Juddians26150116815919013275
9Guernsey Raiders269116711741−3013556
10Canterbury269017671798−12713352
11Sevenoaks266218551716−1659744
12North Walsham268018620916−2969243
RRochford Hundred265120512974−46213540
RWestcliff2600263541478−1124421−5
  • 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: 22 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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