Beverley RUFC

Beverley Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire. The club runs two senior sides and a full set of junior teams, which includes a colts team that carries the club.^[1] The first XV currently plays in Yorkshire 1.

History

Beverley RUFC was founded in 1959 as Longcroft Old Boys before assuming the club's current name in 1965.^[2] The club has played in both the North East and Yorkshire divisions of the club rugby union hierarchy. During the mid-2000s the club won four consecutive promotions, moving from Yorkshire 2 to the national level when the club spent the 2007-08 season in the old National 3 North when that division was at the fourth level of club rugby. However, Beverley has suffered two relegations since then, but after one season in North 1 East, they were promoted as champions and spent two seasons in National League 3 North before being relegated back into North 1 East and the following season into Yorkshire 1.

Honours

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• Yorkshire Silver Trophy winners 1974-75
• Humberside Cup winners (2): 1983-84, 1986-87
• Yorkshire Shield winners (3): 1985-86, 1996-97, 2003-04
• Yorkshire Division Two champions: 2003-04
• Yorkshire Division One champions: 2004-05
• North 2 East runners up: 2005-06
• North 1 runners up: 2006-07
• North 1 v Midlands 1 promotion play-off winners: 2006–07
• Yorkshire Cup finalists: 2009
• North Division 1 East champions (2): 1996-97, 2012-13

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