• Source: East Midlands Rugby Football Union

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

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County Championship winners (2): 1934, 1951
County Championship Division 2 winners: 2016




Affiliated clubs


There are 45 clubs currently affiliated to EMRFU, listed below.
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East Midlands club competitions


The East Midlands RFU currently runs the following competitions for club sides:




= Cups

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East Midlands Cup - open to clubs in Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and parts of Cambridgeshire, typically playing at tiers 5-7 of the English rugby union system




= Discontinued competitions

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Midlands 5 East (South) - tier 10 league that ran between 2006 and 2010
East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 – tier 7-10 league for East Midlands and Leicestershire based clubs that ran between 1987 and 2000
East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 – tier 10-11 league for East Midlands and Leicestershire based clubs that ran intermittently between 1992 and 2000
East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 – tier 11-12 league for East Midlands and Leicestershire based clubs that ran intermittently between 1992 and 2000
East Midlands/Leicestershire 4 – tier 12-13 league for East Midlands and Leicestershire based clubs that ran between 1992 and 1996
East Midlands 1 – tier 8-10 league that ran intermittently between 1987 and 2004
East Midlands 2 – tier 9-10 league that ran intermittently between 1987 and 2004
East Midlands 3 – tier 10 league that ran between 1987 and 1992




Notes






See also


Midland Division
English rugby union system




References






External links


East Midlands Rugby Union official website

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Inggris
• Britania Raya
• Universitas Durham
• East Midlands Rugby Football Union
• Rugby Football Union Midland Division
• Regional 1 Midlands
• Midlands 2 East (North)
• North Midlands Rugby Football Union
• Regional 2 North Midlands
• Eastern Counties Rugby Union
• Regional 2 East Midlands
• Hunts & Peterborough County Rugby Union
• Midlands District (rugby union)