Bournville RFC

Bournville Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Birmingham. The club has recently moved to new facilities at Avery Fields, 79 Sandon Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B17 8DT. The club operates three senior mens teams, a ladies side, a veterans team and a full range of junior teams.[1] The first XV currently play in the fourth tier of the English rugby union system, having been promoted from the Midlands Premier in season 2019–20.

Bournville
Full nameBournville Rugby Football Club
UnionNorth Midlands RFU
Founded1909 (1909)
LocationEdgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Ground(s)Avery Fields
ChairmanMick Palmer
PresidentIvor Boehmer, George Foley
Captain(s)James Weaver
League(s)Midlands Premier
2019–20Champions (promoted to 2021–22 National League 2 North)
Team kit
Official website
www.bournvillerfc.co.uk

History

Bournville Rugby Club was formed in 1909 as the rugby section of Bournville Athletic Club. Recent years has seen the club make 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.[2]

Current standings
2021–22 National League 2 North Table
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1Sedgley Park14111251124426710258
2Rotherham Titans1211104272052229055
3Stourbridge12110142724518210155
4Hull1311023371521858254
5Fylde1410044892632267148
6Hull Ionians13715371295766339
7Loughborough Students14608322432−1106333
8Chester13607296340−445029
9Sheffield Tigers13607287307−201328
10Tynedale13508287366−795328
11Bournville13409349416−675526
12Wharfedale14518242394−1522024
13Luctonians13409191297−1062321
14Huddersfield133010250355−1053419
15Harrogate132011207442−2353112
16Blaydon131012231471−240228
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 11 December 2021
Source: "National League 2 North". NCA Rugby.
Notes

    Honours

    Notable former players
    • Şerban Ghica[5]

    References
    1. "Bourneville Rugby". Pitchero. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
    2. Foley, Stephen George. "Club History". Bournville Rugby. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
    3. "NM SHIELD PREVIOUS WINNERS". North Midlands RFU. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
    4. "NM CUP PREVIOUS WINNERS". North Midlands RFU. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
    5. "Serban-Alexandru Ghica (1919 - 2006)". Retrieved 16 October 2021.
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