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'''Launceston Rugby Union Football Club''' is a [[Rugby Union]] club in [[Tasmania]]. Established in 1998,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Rugbynet.com|title=LRUFC History|url=http://launceston.rugbynet.com.au/|accessdate=22 June 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120711024331/http://launceston.rugbynet.com.au/|archivedate=11 July 2012|df=}}</ref> the club is a member of the [[Tasmanian Rugby Union]] and [[Tasmanian Rugby Union Juniors]], affiliated with the [[Australian Rugby Union]] and plays in the Tasmanian Statewide League.
'''Launceston Rugby Union Football Club''' is a [[Rugby Union]] club in [[Tasmania]]. Established in 1998,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Rugbynet.com|title=LRUFC History|url=http://launceston.rugbynet.com.au/|accessdate=22 June 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120711024331/http://launceston.rugbynet.com.au/|archivedate=11 July 2012|df=}}</ref> the club is a member of the [[Tasmanian Rugby Union]] and [[Tasmanian Rugby Union Juniors]], affiliated with the [[Australian Rugby Union]] and plays in the Tasmanian Statewide League.
The club's home ground is at Royal Park in the [[Launceston, Tasmania]]. Known as ''the Tigers'' and previously ''the Bumble Bees'', the club colours are blue and yellow. The club currently fields a team in Men's Second Division.
The club's home ground is at Royal Park in the [[Launceston, Tasmania]]. Known as ''the Tigers'' and previously ''the Bumble Bees'', the club colours are blue and yellow. The club currently fields a team in Men's Second Division.
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.aru.com.au/ Australian Rugby Union]
*[http://www.aru.com.au/ Australian Rugby Union]
*[https://archive.is/20120911083109/http://www.tasrugbyunion.com.au/ Tasmanian Rugby Union]
*[https://archive.today/20120911083109/http://www.tasrugbyunion.com.au/ Tasmanian Rugby Union]
*[https://archive.is/20120711024331/http://launceston.rugbynet.com.au/ Launceston Rugby Union Football Club]
*[https://archive.today/20120711024331/http://launceston.rugbynet.com.au/ Launceston Rugby Union Football Club]


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Revision as of 00:57, 5 December 2021

Launceston Rugby Union Football Club
Nickname(s)The Lonnie Tigers or The Bumble Bees
Gegründet1999
StandortLaunceston, Tasmania, Australia
Ground(s)Royal Park
League(s)Tasmanian Rugby Union
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
launceston.rugbynet.com.au

Launceston Rugby Union Football Club is a Rugby Union club in Tasmania. Established in 1998,[1] the club is a member of the Tasmanian Rugby Union and Tasmanian Rugby Union Juniors, affiliated with the Australian Rugby Union and plays in the Tasmanian Statewide League.

The club's home ground is at Royal Park in the Launceston, Tasmania. Known as the Tigers and previously the Bumble Bees, the club colours are blue and yellow. The club currently fields a team in Men's Second Division.

The club resulted from a merger of the Glen Dhu Rugby Club and the Riverview Rugby Club in 1998 following an undefeated run by Riverview in 1997 winning the Reserves grade against West Coast with a score 62-10. The merge of the two Launceston based club resulted in back to back Premierships for Launceston in 1998 and 1999 before losing the State Grand Final to the University of Tasmania in 2000.

Premierships

Reserve Grade

  • Riverview - Northern Premiers 1997 (undefeated all Season)

Senior Team

  • Statewide Premiers First Grade 1998
  • Statewide Premiers First Grade 1999
  • Runners up First Grade 2000
  • Statewide Premiers First Grade 2004
  • Statewide Premiers First Grade 2006
  • Runners up First First Grade 2011

Under 18

  • Premiers 2007

Under 14

  • Premiers 2006

"Women's Sevens" Spring Premiers 2016

References

  1. ^ "LRUFC History". Rugbynet.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2009.