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'''Derby Rugby Club''' is an English [[rugby union]] team based in [[Derby]], England. The club runs four senior sides, a veterans team, a ladies team, a colts team and a full set of junior sides.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.derbyrugbyfootballclub.com/club_history/club_history.php |title=Club website |access-date=2012-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829100548/http://derbyrugbyfootballclub.com/club_history/club_history.php |archive-date=2013-08-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The first XV currently plays in [[Regional 1 Midlands]], a fifth tier league in the [[English rugby union system]].

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'''Derby Rugby Club''' is an [[England|English]] [[rugby union]] team based in [[Derby]], [[Derbyshire]]. The club runs four senior sides, a veterans team, a ladies team and a colts team and a full set of junior sides.<ref>[http://www.derbyrugbyfootballclub.com/club_history/club_history.php Club website]</ref>. The first XV currently plays in [[National League 3 Midlands|National 3 Midlands]].


==History==
==History==
Derby Rugby Club was officially formed in 1891/92 but it is believed that rugby union was played under the Derby name for a few seasons prior to this date but no written evidence to support this exists. The club has played at a number of grounds and has been at the present site at Haslams Lane since June 2002 and since then the club has progressed from Midlands 2 West to the national leagues, winning promotion in 2011-12 from [[Midlands 1 East]] to [[National League 3 Midlands|National 3 Midlands]].<ref>[http://www.derbyrugbyfootballclub.com/ Club website history]</ref>
Derby Rugby Club was officially formed in 1891–92. It is believed that rugby union was played under the Derby name for a few seasons prior to this date but no written evidence to support this exists.<ref>[http://www.derbyrugbyfootballclub.com/ Club website history] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529215108/http://derbyrugbyfootballclub.com/ |date=2013-05-29 }}</ref> The club has played at a number of grounds and has been at the present site at Haslams Lane since June 2002.<ref name="lions">{{cite web|last1=Eddison|first1=Paul|title=YOUR CLUB YOUR LIONS: DERBY RFC|url=https://www.lionsrugby.com/2017/05/24/your-club-your-lions-derby-rfc/|website=British & Irish Lions|access-date=28 May 2018}}</ref> Since then the club has progressed from Midlands 2 West to the national leagues, winning promotion in 2011–12 from Midlands 1 East to [[National League 3 Midlands]], renamed in 2016 to Midlands Premier.

In 2016 the club was selected by the English Rugby Union to have an [[artificial turf|Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP)]] installed as part of its programme to invest funds earned by England hosting the [[2015 Rugby World Cup]] into development of English rugby facilities. The artificial grass pitch opened in April 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Green|first1=Peter|title=Time to celebrate at official launch of Derby's new artificial grass pitch|url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/other-sport/time-celebrate-official-launch-derbys-1450983|access-date=28 May 2018|publisher=Derby Telegraph|date=12 April 2018}}</ref>

==Honours==
* [[Midlands 1 West#Promotion play-offs|Midlands 1 (east v west)]] promotion play-off winners (2): 2001–02, 2015–16
* [[Midlands 1 East]] champions: 2011–12

==Notable players==
* [[Jonathan Joseph (rugby union)|Jonathan Joseph]] began his career at DRFC<ref name="lions" />


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{official website}}
*[http://www.derbyrugbyfootballclub.com/ Official club website]


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Latest revision as of 22:27, 24 July 2023

Derby
Full nameDerby Rugby Football Club
UnionNotts, Lincs & Derbyshire RFU
Gegründet1891; 133 years ago (1891)
Ground(s)Haslams Lane, Derby
ChairmanMartyn Murney
PresidentStephen Muir
League(s)Regional 1 Midlands
2022–238th
Team kit
Official website
www.derbyrfc.com

Derby Rugby Club is an English rugby union team based in Derby, England. The club runs four senior sides, a veterans team, a ladies team, a colts team and a full set of junior sides.[1] The first XV currently plays in Regional 1 Midlands, a fifth tier league in the English rugby union system.

History

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Derby Rugby Club was officially formed in 1891–92. It is believed that rugby union was played under the Derby name for a few seasons prior to this date but no written evidence to support this exists.[2] The club has played at a number of grounds and has been at the present site at Haslams Lane since June 2002.[3] Since then the club has progressed from Midlands 2 West to the national leagues, winning promotion in 2011–12 from Midlands 1 East to National League 3 Midlands, renamed in 2016 to Midlands Premier.

In 2016 the club was selected by the English Rugby Union to have an Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) installed as part of its programme to invest funds earned by England hosting the 2015 Rugby World Cup into development of English rugby facilities. The artificial grass pitch opened in April 2018.[4]

Honours

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Notable players

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References

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  1. ^ "Club website". Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  2. ^ Club website history Archived 2013-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Eddison, Paul. "YOUR CLUB YOUR LIONS: DERBY RFC". British & Irish Lions. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  4. ^ Green, Peter (12 April 2018). "Time to celebrate at official launch of Derby's new artificial grass pitch". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
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