Bury St Edmunds
Full nameBury St Edmunds Rugby Union Football Club
UnionEastern Counties RFU
Founded1925; 99 years ago (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.bserugby.co.uk

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.

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
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Esher 23 20 0 3 954 520 434 19 3 102
2 Dorking 24 18 1 5 917 607 310 21 3 98
3 Barnes 24 19 0 5 814 571 243 16 4 96
4 Tonbridge Juddians 24 14 1 9 775 629 146 18 6 82
5 Henley Hawks 24 14 2 8 706 621 85 17 2 79
6 Bury St Edmunds 24 13 1 10 731 601 130 15 5 74
7 Canterbury 24 12 0 12 739 679 60 14 4 66
8 Sevenoaks 24 11 1 12 584 666 -82 10 4 60
9 Westcombe Park 24 8 2 14 669 708 -39 15 9 60
10 Guernsey Raiders 23 11 0 12 613 678 -65 13 2 59
11 Old Albanian 24 10 0 14 698 768 -70 15 4 59
12 Worthing Raiders 24 6 0 18 658 889 -231 16 5 45
13 Wimbledon 24 5 1 18 612 841 -229 12 4 38
14 North Walsham (R) 24 1 1 22 379 1071 -692 5 0 11
  • 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: 6 April 2024
Source: National League 2 East RFU [7]


See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "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.
  7. ^ "National League 2 East". England Rugby.

External links

National League 2 East
National League 2 South
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