Devon Rugby Football Union
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| Full name | Devon Rugby Football Union | |
|---|---|---|
| Union | RFU | |
| Founded | 1877 (1877) | |
| Region | Devon | |
| President | Maureen Jackson | |
| ||
| Official website | ||
| www.devonrfu.com | ||
The Devon Rugby Football Union is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in the county of Devon in England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) for Devon, and administers and organises rugby union clubs and competitions in the county. It also administers the Devon county rugby representative teams.
Contents
1 History
2 Devon senior men's county side
3 Affiliated clubs
4 County club competitions
4.1 Leagues
4.2 Cups
4.3 Discontinued competitions
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links
History
The first rugby team representing Devon was formed in 1877 but was solely a team with no organisation role. The Devon RFU was formed, as the Devon County Football Association, in 1881.[1]
Devon senior men's county side
The Devon senior men's county side currently play in the Bill Beaumont Division 1 South. Historically, they are one of the strongest counties in the competition having won it multiple times although they have not won a trophy since 2007.
Honours:
County Championship Cup winners (10): 1899, 1901, 1906, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1957, 2004, 2005, 2007
Affiliated clubs
There are currently 48 clubs affiliated with the Devon RFU, most of which have teams at both senior and junior level. The majority of teams are in Devon but several are based in Cornwall.
- Barnstaple
- Bideford
- Brixham
- Buckfastleigh Ramblers
- Crediton
- Cullompton
- Dartmouth
- Devonport HSOB
- Devonport Services
- Exeter Chiefs
- Exeter Engineers
- Exeter Saracens
- Exeter University
Exeter Youth (juniors only)- Exmouth
- Honiton
- Ilfracombe
- Ivybridge
- Kingsbridge
- New Cross
- Newton Abbot
- North Tawton
- Okehampton
- Old Plymothian & Mannamedian
- Old Technicians
- Paignton
- Peninsula Medical School
- Plymouth Albion
- Plymouth Argaum
- Plymouth University
- Plympton Victoria
- Plymstock Albion Oaks
- Salcombe
Saltash[a 1]- Sidmouth
- South Molton
St Columba & Torpoint[a 2]- Tamar Saracens
- Tavistock
- Teignmouth
- Tiverton
- Topsham
- Torquay Athletic
- Torrington
- Totnes
- University of St Mark & St John
- Wessex
- Withycombe
[3]
County club competitions
The Devon RFU currently runs the following competitions for club sides based in Devon:
Leagues
Tribute Cornwall/Devon (alongside Cornwall RFU) - league ranked at tier 8 of the English rugby union system for clubs that are based in either Cornwall or Devon
Devon League 1 - tier 9 league for Devon clubs
Cups
Devon Senior Cup - founded in 1888, open to clubs at tiers 5 of the English rugby union system
Devon Shield - founded in 2018, open to clubs at tier 6
Devon Intermediate Cup - founded in 2009, open to clubs at tiers 7-8
Devon Junior Cup - founded in 1932, open to clubs at tiers 9-10
David Butt Memorial Trophy - founded in 2016, pre-season cup for clubs at tiers 9-10
[4][5]
Discontinued competitions
Havill Plate - knockout cup competition that ran between 1971 and 1999. Initially, for sides knocked out of early rounds of the Devon Senior Cup but would later expand to also include clubs knocked out the Junior Cup
Devon League 2 - tier 10 league that ran between 1987 and 2018.
Notes
^ Saltash are based in Cornwall and are joint members of both the Cornwall RFU and Devon RFU.[2]
^ St Columba & Torpoint are based in Cornwall but belong to the Devon RFU.
References
^ "Mission and Brief History". Devon Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 9 December 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Affiliated Cornish Clubs". Cornwall RFU. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
^ "Clubs". Devon RFU. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
^ "DRFU Handbook 2011-12" (PDF). Devon RFU. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
^ "David Butt Memorial Trophy". Devon RFU. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
External links
- Devon RFU website
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