Full name | Bournville Rugby Football Club |
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Union | RFU |
Founded | 1909 |
Chairman | Mick Palmer |
President | George Foley |
Coach(es) | Dean Lewis |
Captain(s) | Horse Griffin |
Top scorer | Ian Coles |
League(s) | Midlands 1 West |
2016-17 | 2nd |
Official website | |
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Bournville Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Birmingham. The club has recently moved to the Edgbaston Campus of the University of Birmingham. The club operates three senior teams, a ladies side, a veterans team and a full range of junior teams. The first XV currently play in the fifth tier of the English rugby union system, participating in National League 3 Midlands.
Bournville Rugby Club was formed in 1909 as the rugby section of Bournville Athletic Club. Recent years has seen the club make good progress up the rugby union hierarchy after struggling during the early years of the English rugby union leagues system. Recent seasons has seen the club move from level ten to level five following elevation into the lowest level of national rugby in 2012 when they won promotion to National 3 Midlands via a promotion play-off after a second-placed finish in Midlands 1 East.