East Midlands Rugby Football Union

The East Midlands Rugby Football Union (EMRFU) is a governing body for rugby union in part of The Midlands, England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union for the counties of Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire and the Huntingdonshire and Peterborough districts of Cambridgeshire and administers and organises rugby union clubs and competitions in those areas. It also administers the East Midlands county rugby representative teams.

East Midlands
Rugby Football Union
SportRugby union
JurisdictionBedfordshire, England
AbbreviationEMRU
Founded1887 (1887)
AffiliationRFU
HeadquartersBedfordshire
ChairmanRobert Taylor
CEODerek Hodgkinson
Official website
www.emru.co.uk
England

Organisation

The EMRFU has four sub-counties, each responsible for a particular geographical area. The sub-counties are the East Northants Rugby Union, Bedfordshire County Rugby Football Union, Northampton & District Rugby Alliance and the Huntingdonshire & Peterborough Rugby Union.

County team
East Midlands team kit

The East Midlands senior men's county team currently competes in the Division 2 of the English County Championship.

Honours

Affiliated Clubs

There are 45 clubs currently affiliated to EMRFU, listed below. Source:[1][2]

East Midlands club competitions

The East Midlands RFU currently runs the following competitions for club sides:

Cups

Discontinued competitions

Notes
  1. Bletchley are joint members of the Buckinghamshire RFU and East Midlands RFU.
  2. Milton Keynes are joint members of the Buckinghamshire RFU and East Midlands RFU.
  3. Olney are joint members of the Buckinghamshire RFU and East Midlands RFU.

See also

References
  1. "League Clubs & Contact". Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  2. "Non-league Clubs & Contact". Retrieved 24 September 2017.
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