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Scunthorpe RUFC

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Scunthorpe
Full nameScunthorpe Rugby Football Club
UnionNotts, Lincs & Derbyshire RFU
Founded1929; 95 years ago (1929)
Ground(s)Heslam Park
ChairmanLiam Waldron
PresidentMal Yates
Coach(es)Tim Robinson
League(s)Regional 1 North East
2023–247th
Team kit
Official website
www.scunthorperugby.com

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 Regional 1 North East following the restructure of the leagues by the RFU at the end of the 2021–22 season.

History

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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.

Honours

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Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ Club website home page
  2. ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1989). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1989-90. Queen Anne Press. pp. 136–139. ISBN 0-356-17862-5.
  3. ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1995). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96. Headline. pp. 176–179. ISBN 0-7472-7850-4.
  4. ^ "2009-2010 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Midlands 1 2000–2001". England Rugby. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  6. ^ "National League 3 Midlands 2015–2016". England Rugby. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Midlands Premier 2018–2019". England Rugby. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
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