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There are currently 44 clubs affiliated with the union, with teams at both senior and junior level and are based in Warwickshire.The vast majority of the county's clubs compete in the Rugby Football Union Midland Division, with the exception of Coventry RFC (The English Championship) and the University Teams (who compete in the British Universities and Colleges Sport rugby competitions).
Rugby was transformed into a railway town, and the influx of railway workers and their families rapidly expanded the population. [6] Rugby's population grew to nearly 8,000 by 1861. [14] reaching nearly 17,000 by 1901. By which time around 1 in 5 Rugbeians were employed by the railways. [15] [5] Map of Rugby from 1946
Warwickian RUFC is a new rugby club established in 2004. It was formed by folding the two former clubs, Old Warwickian RFC and Warwick RFC, to produce one club for the playing and development of rugby in the town of Warwick and its environs. [1] Old Warwickian RUFC was formed in 1929 by the old boys of Warwick School, the Old Warwickian ...
Rugby and its surrounding area had several brushes with some of the most important events in English history. "Guy Fawkes House" in Dunchurch. The Rugby area has associations with the Gunpowder Plot – On the eve of the plot on 5 November 1605, the plotters stayed at an inn in nearby Dunchurch to await news of the plot.
The building dates from 1842, and it historically housed the Gilbert company, makers of rugby footballs, founded by William Gilbert and his nephew James. In 1983, the company was taken over by Rodney Webb , a former England international rugby union player, who conceived the idea of turning the premises into a museum, as at the time there was ...
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VS Rugby changed its name to Rugby United in 2000, and to Rugby Town in 2005. In both cases there was a degree of controversy amongst the supporter base. Valley came close to promotion twice under manager Dave Stringer in the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons.