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| Full name | Scunthorpe Rugby Football Club | |
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| Union | Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire RFU | |
| Founded | 1929; 95 years ago (1929) | |
| Ground(s) | Heslam Park | |
| Chairman | Liam Waldron | |
| President | Mal Yates | |
| Coach(es) | Tim Robinson | |
| League(s) | Regional 1 North East | |
| 2022–23 | 10th | |
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| Official website | ||
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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." 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※
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※
- Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 champions: 1988–89
- Midlands East 1 champions: 1994–95
- Midlands 1 East champions (2): 1995–96, 2009–10
- Midlands Premier champions (3): 2000–01, 2015–16, 2018–19
Notes※
- ^ Not to be, confused with Midlands 1 East.
- ^ 1995–96 title was won when division was known as Midlands 2.
References※
- ^ Club website home page
- ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1989). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1989-90. Queen Anne Press. pp. 136–139. ISBN 0-356-17862-5.
- ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1995). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96. Headline. pp. 176–179. ISBN 0-7472-7850-4.
- ^ "2009-2010 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "Midlands 1 2000–2001". England Rugby. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ "National League 3 Midlands 2015–2016". England Rugby. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ "Midlands Premier 2018–2019". England Rugby. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
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