Mansfield Rugby Club

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Mansfield
Full nameMansfield Rugby Union Football Club
UnionNotts, Lincs & Derbyshire RFU
Founded1956; 68 years ago (1956)
LocationMansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Ground(s)Eakring Road (Capacity: 1,000)
ChairmanAndy Foster
Captain(s)Nick Hughes
League(s)Midlands 3 East (North)
2019–209th
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/mansfieldrugby/

Mansfield Rugby Club is an English rugby union team based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The club runs four senior sides, a colts team and eleven junior sides.[1] The first XV currently plays in Midlands 3 East (North), a sixth tier league in the English rugby union system.

History[edit]

Mansfield Rugby Club was formed in 1956 and by 1977 the club had bought its own ground at Eakring Road. The club was placed in Midlands 1 when the league system was introduced in 1987.[2] A reorganisation of the leagues resulted in the club moving to Midlands 2 East but Mansfield has since gained two promotions, moving into National 3 Midlands in 2011. However recent seasons have seen several relegations and the club is now playing at a level similar to where the club was a decade earlier.

Club honours[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Club website home page
  2. ^ Club website history page
  3. ^ "2003-2004 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  4. ^ "2007–2008 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Midlands Division Play-Offs 2010-11". England Rugby. 30 April 2011.

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