East Midlands Rugby Football Union Explained

East Midlands
Rugby Football Union
Abbrev:EMRU
Logosize:150px
Sport:Rugby union
Jurisdiction:Bedfordshire, England
Aff:RFU
Headquarters:Bedfordshire
Chairman:Robert Taylor
Chiefexec:Derek Hodgkinson
Url:http://www.emru.co.uk/
Countryflag:ENG

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.

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

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

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: League Clubs & Contact. 24 September 2017.
  2. Web site: Non-league Clubs & Contact. 24 September 2017.