Warwickshire_Rugby_Football_Union Knowpia

Warwickshire RFU
Full name	Warwickshire Rugby Football Union
Union	RFU
Founded	1914; 110 years ago
Region	Warwickshire
	Team kit
	Team kit
Official website
	www.warwickshirerfu.co.uk

The Warwickshire Rugby Football Union 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 city of Coventry and the county of Warwickshire.^[1] The current president is Yorkie Kinmond of the Earlsdon Rugby Club.

History edit

The Warwickshire RFU was created in 1914, after ceding from the now defunct Midland Counties Rugby Union.^[2]

County team edit

Warwickshire play in the County Championship. As of 2017, the representative side competes in Division 2.^[3] However, in the past, the county competed at a much higher level, winning the Bill Beaumont Cup (as it is now known) 10 times, the fourth best record in the competition.^[4]

Honours

Bill Beaumont Cup: Winners 10 times; runners up 5 times
County Championship Plate: Winners (2): 2002, 2007

Affiliated clubs edit

There are currently 44 clubs affiliated with the union, with teams at both senior and junior level and are based in Warwickshire. The vast majority of the county's clubs compete in the Rugby Football Union Midland Division, with the exception of Coventry RFC (The English Championship) and the University Teams (who compete in the British Universities and Colleges Sport rugby competitions). In addition there are 4 District Unions who form the Inter-District Competition Committee. Warwickshire Schools Rugby Union consist of five schools districts: Coventry Schools, South Warwickshire Schools, North Warwickshire Schools, Rugby Schools and Solihull Schools.

A.E.I.
Alcester
Atherstone
Barkers Butts
Bedworth
Berkswell & Balsall
Broadstreet
Claverdon
Coventrians
Coventry
Coventry & Mid-Warwickshire
Coventry Corsairs
Coventry Saracens
Coventry University
Coventry Welsh
Dunlop
Earlsdon
Harbury
Kenilworth
Keresley
Leamington
Manor Park
Newbold-on-Avon
Nuneaton Old Edwardians
Nuneaton
Nuneaton & North Warwickshire
Old Coventrians
Old Laurentians
Old Leamingtonians
Old Wheatleyans
Pinley
Rugby Lions
Rugby St Andrews
Rugby Welsh
Rugby & District
Shipston-on-Stour
Shottery
Silhillians
Southam
South Warwickshire
Spartans
Stoke Old Boys^{[a 1]}
Stratford-upon-Avon
Sutton Coldfield
Trinity Guild
University of Warwick
Warwickshire Masonic
46 ER's

^[5]

County club competitions edit

The Warwickshire RFU currently runs the following competitions for club sides based in Warwickshire:

Cups edit

Warwickshire Cup
Warwickshire Shield
Warwickshire Vase

^[6]

Discontinued competitions edit

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 – tier 7-10 league for Staffordshire and Warwickshire clubs that ran between 1987 and 2000
Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2 – tier 10-11 league for Staffordshire and Warwickshire clubs that ran between 1992 and 1996
Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3 – tier 11-12 league for Staffordshire and Warwickshire clubs that ran between 1992 and 1996
Staffordshire/Warwickshire 4 – tier 12-13 league for Staffordshire and Warwickshire clubs that ran between 1992 and 1996
Warwickshire 1 - tier 8-10 league that ran intermittently between 1987 and 2006
Warwickshire 2 - tier 9-10 league that ran intermittently between 1987 and 2006
Warwickshire 3 - tier 10 league that ran between 1987 and 1992

Notes edit

^ Although at first glance one would think they were based in Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke Old Boys are actually based in Coventry.

References edit

^ "Warwickshire Rugby Football Union". Site.warwickshirerfu.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
^ "History - the origins of North Midlands". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
^ "2016-17 Bill Beaumont Senior Mens County Championship". England Rugby. 6 May 2017.
^ County Championship (rugby union)#Championships by county
^ "Affiliated Warwickshire Clubs". Warwickshire RFU. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
^ "WRFU Cup Competitions". Warwickshire RFU. Retrieved 16 June 2017.