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
1Hull302703906402504212132
2Sedgley Park2924141060431629214123
3Rotherham Titans292324919536383183118
4Stourbridge2921081036766270233110
5Fylde3021181049638399193108
6Hull Ionians301821085665020614696
7Tynedale3013116732881−14916575
8Luctonians3014016608529798974
9Sheffield Tigers2913016632708−767665
10Loughborough Students3010020702843−141131063
11Chester3012117645803−1589362
12Wharfedale3011118625823−1989560
13Bournville298120717986−26911651
14Blaydon3070235991057−45811443
15Huddersfield297022494831−3377641
16Harrogate (R)3030274021098−6964319
  • 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. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 30 April 2022
Source: "National League 2 North". NCA Rugby.

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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