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.
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.
The East Midlands senior men's county team currently competes in the Division 2 of the English County Championship.
There are 45 clubs currently affiliated to EMRFU, listed below.Source:[1] [2]
The East Midlands RFU currently runs the following competitions for club sides: