The Warwickshire Rugby Football Union is a governing body for rugby union in part of The Midlands, England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union for the city of Coventry and the county of Warwickshire. The current president is Damian Dixon of the Old Leamingtonians Rugby Club.
History The Warwickshire RFU was created in 1914, after ceding from the now defunct Midland Counties Rugby Union.
County team Warwickshire play in the County Championship. As of 2017, the representative side competes in Division 2. However, in the past, the county competed at a much higher level, winning the Bill Beaumont Cup (as it is now known) 10 times, the fourth best record in the competition.County Championship (rugby union)#Championships by county
Honours Bill Beaumont Cup: Winners 10 times; runners up 5 times County Championship Plate: Winners (2): 2002, 2007
Affiliated clubs There are currently 44 clubs affiliated with the union, with teams at both senior and junior level and are based in Warwickshire. The vast majority of the county's clubs compete in the Rugby Football Union Midland Division, with the exception of Coventry RFC (The English Championship) and the University Teams (who compete in the British Universities and Colleges Sport rugby competitions). In addition there are 4 District Unions who form the Inter-District Competition Committee. Warwickshire Schools Rugby Union consist of five schools districts: Coventry Schools, South Warwickshire Schools, North Warwickshire Schools, Rugby Schools and Solihull Schools.
A.E.I. Alcester Atherstone Barkers Butts Bedworth Berkswell & Balsall Broadstreet Claverdon Coventrians Coventry Coventry & Mid-Warwickshire Coventry Corsairs Coventry Saracens Coventry University Coventry Welsh Dunlop Earlsdon Harbury Kenilworth Keresley Leamington Manor Park Newbold-on-Avon Nuneaton Old Edwardians Nuneaton Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Old Coventrians Old Laurentians Old Leamingtonians Old Wheatleyans Pinley Rugby Lions Rugby St Andrews Rugby Welsh Rugby & District Shipston-on-Stour Shottery Silhillians Southam South Warwickshire Spartans Stoke Old Boys Stratford-upon-Avon Sutton Coldfield Trinity Guild University of Warwick Warwickshire Masonic 46 ER's
County club competitions
The Warwickshire RFU currently runs the following competitions for club sides based in Warwickshire:
Cups
Warwickshire Cup Warwickshire Shield Warwickshire Vase Warwickshire Junior Cup for U16/15/14 Boys
Discontinued competitions
Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 – tier 7-10 league for Staffordshire and Warwickshire clubs that ran between 1987 and 2000 Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2 – tier 10-11 league for Staffordshire and Warwickshire clubs that ran between 1992 and 1996 Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3 – tier 11-12 league for Staffordshire and Warwickshire clubs that ran between 1992 and 1996 Staffordshire/Warwickshire 4 – tier 12-13 league for Staffordshire and Warwickshire clubs that ran between 1992 and 1996 Warwickshire 1 - tier 8-10 league that ran intermittently between 1987 and 2006 Warwickshire 2 - tier 9-10 league that ran intermittently between 1987 and 2006 Warwickshire 3 - tier 10 league that ran between 1987 and 1992
Notes
See also Midland Division English rugby union system
References
External links Warwickshire RFU website https://www.englandrugby.com https://www.warwickref.com https://www.facebook.com/WRFUJnrCup