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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).
The 1st XV plays rugby in the Midland 5 West (South) League . The 2nd XV is a development side to bring new or young players through to the first team by playing alongside established players. 1 September 2007 saw the official opening of the new Warwickian Clubhouse jointly by the Mayor of Warwick and the President of Warwickshire RFU.
Rugby is administered by two local authorities: Rugby Borough Council which covers Rugby and its surrounding countryside, and Warwickshire County Council. The two authorities are responsible for different aspects of local government. Rugby is an unparished area and so does not have its own town council.
Regional 2 Midlands West is an English level 6 rugby union league for rugby clubs in the western region of the Midlands. It includes sides from Birmingham, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, the West Midlands, Worcestershire and occasionally Cheshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Oxfordshire. When this division began in ...
It was created by a merger of the municipal borough of Rugby (which covered the town of Rugby) and the Rugby Rural District. [7] The new district was named Rugby after its largest settlement. [ 8 ] The district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor , continuing Rugby's series ...
On 17 August 2012, the Rugby Advertiser released an announcement, [3] within which was an RFU statement, which confirmed that the Lions had failed to pay off their debts in time, and had been removed from National League 2 South. It did not however say anything concerning whether or not the Lions would still compete in any division in 2012–13.
Pages in category "Rugby, Warwickshire" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. ... This page was last edited on 28 May 2020, at 18:38 (UTC).
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.