Teamname: | Wednesbury |
Union: | Staffordshire RU |
Fullname: | Wednesbury Rugby Union Football Club |
Countryflag: | ENG |
Location: | Wednesbury, West Midlands, England |
Ground: | Woden Road North |
Url: | http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/wednesbury |
League: | Midlands 3 West (North) |
Season: | 2019–20 |
Position: | 11th (relegated to Midlands 4 West (North)) |
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Wednesbury Rugby Club is a rugby union club based in Wednesbury, West Midlands, England. It was founded in 1921 and is the home of the world's tallest rugby posts.[1]
Fabricated from steel tube by Irvon steel and galvanized by Joseph Ash, the posts stand 38.26m (125.52feet) high, and needed a special crane to help erect them. The posts surpassed the previous tallest of 110 ft 1/2 in (33.54 m) that can be found at the Roan Antelope club in Zambia, Africa.
The club currently stands in the Midlands 4 North West League and regularly runs out two teams on a weekly basis, A 1st XV playing the league and cup matches and a Development (2nd XV) Team playing the in Merit League. Wednesbury Rugby Club have also in the past 12 months (2019-2020) relaunched their youth and mini teams, gaining over 50 new youth and mini players in preparation to join the leagues and play competitive rugby at all age groups.