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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.
Clubs in both the Super League and the Championships benefit from the new dual registration system which was introduced for the 2013 season. The new system is intended to complement the existing player loan system. [1] The scheme was extended in 2024 to allow players of Championship and League One clubs to appear for NCL clubs. [2]
It promotes and runs the sport, organises international matches for the England national team, and educates and trains players and officials. The RFU is an industrial and provident society owned by over 2,000 member clubs, [2] representing over 2.5 million registered players, [3] and forms the largest rugby union society in the world, and one ...
Regional 2 Thames is an English level 6 rugby union regional league for rugby clubs in London and the south-east of England including sides from Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Greater London, Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Surrey. It was created following the 2022 Adult Competition Review by the Rugby Football Union (RFU).
In the 1970s the RFU allowed the creation of regional merit leagues with the most significant ones being the North, Midlands, South West and London merit leagues. In 1984 the RFU approved the creation of two national merit tables where clubs had to play a minimum of eight games against the clubs in their division. 1985 saw the creation of a ...
Paul Cooke (born 17 April 1981) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s, and rugby league, and rugby union coach of the 2010s. He is currently assistant coach at York Knights.
These are mixed and play in line with RFU Age Grade rugby (touch rugby up to and including U8s, and then contact from U9s to U11s). The Junior section splits into boys' and girls' squads with the boys having teams from U12 to U16s and the Colts, and the girls having U12s, U14, U16 and U18s groupings. This is in line with RFU Age Grade rugby.
Rugby Americas North operates under the authority of World Rugby, and is one of six regional unions represented within it. Prior to 2016, the organisation was known as NACRA – the North America Caribbean Rugby Association. The preceding body before 2010 was NAWIRA – the North America and West Indies Rugby Association.