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Devon RFU
Full nameDevon Rugby Football Union
UnionRFU
Gegründet1877; 147 years ago (1877)
RegionDevon
Team kit
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.

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 honours

Affiliated clubs

There are currently [NUMBER] clubs affiliated with the union, most of which have teams at both senior and junior level. The majority of teams are in Devon but several are based in Cornwall.

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County Club Competitions

The Devon RFU currently helps run the following competitions:

Leagues

Cups

  • Devon Senior Cup - founded in 1888, this is the premier cup competition in the county, open to clubs at tiers 5-8 of the English rugby union system
  • Devon Junior Cup - founded in 1932, this is currently the secondary cup competition in Devon, open to clubs at tiers 9-10
  • David Butt Memorial Trophy - founded in 2016, this is a pre-season cup competition for Devon clubs at tiers 9-10

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Discontinued competitions

  • Havill Plate - knockout cup competition that ran between 1971 to 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 Intermediate Cup - knockout cup competition that ran between 2009 to 2016. At the time it was the second most important cup in the county.

References

  1. ^ "Mission and Brief History". Devon Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Affiliated Cornish Clubs". Cornwall RFU. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Clubs". Devon RFU. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  4. ^ "DRFU Handbook 2011-12" (PDF). Devon RFU. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  5. ^ "David Butt Memorial Trophy". Devon RFU. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
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