Scunthorpe RUFC

Scunthorpe
Full nameScunthorpe Rugby Football Club
UnionNotts, Lincs & Derbyshire RFU
Founded1929 (1929)
GroundHeslam Park (Capacity: 1,212 (212 seats))
ChairmanLiam Waldron
PresidentMal Yates
CoachTim Robinson
LeagueNational League 2 North
National League 2 North13th (relegated to Regional 1 North East)
Team kit
Official website
scunthorperugby.com

Scunthorpe Rugby Club is an English rugby union team based in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. The club runs six senior sides, a ladies team, a colts and under-18s team and a full set of junior teams.[1] The club currently play in Regional 1 North East following their relegation from National League 2 North at the end of the 2025–26 season.

History

Scunthorpe Rugby Club was formed in 1929 and played its first fixtures in a field owned by a local farmer, on the condition that the goal posts were moved after each game so that the animals could return to graze. From these humble beginnings the club progressed to a stage whereby it was able to move to its own ground, Heslam Park, in 1952.

Ground

Since 1952 the club have been based at Heslam Park in the middle of Scunthorpe, which they share with Scunthorpe Town cricket club.[2][3] Heslam Park is accessible by car via the A18 and is around a mile from Scunthorpe railway station if coming by train. Facilities at the ground include a sports and social club, on-site parking, and an adjoined cricket pitch and rugby pitch, the rugby section of which features a covered stand with seating. The ground capacity around the rugby pitch includes 212 seats in the covered stand, along with approximately 1000 standing, leading to a total of around 1,212.[4]

Honours

Current standings

2025–26 National League 2 North table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts Qualification
1 Sheffield (P) 26 24 0 2 1041 467 +574 24 1 121 Promotion place
2 Tynedale 26 21 0 5 941 509 +432 19 3 106 Promotion play-off
3 Macclesfield (R) 26 20 0 6 1037 725 +312 21 2 103
4 Hull Ionians 26 17 1 8 801 592 +209 19 3 92
5 Darlington Mowden Park 26 15 1 10 878 877 +1 20 2 84
6 Fylde 26 13 3 10 796 664 +132 16 5 79
7 Wharfedale 26 13 0 13 725 780 −55 15 6 73
8 Sheffield Tigers 26 12 0 14 686 611 +75 15 8 71
9 Preston Grasshoppers 26 10 1 15 776 817 −41 16 3 61
10 Billingham 26 10 0 16 604 905 −301 16 3 59
11 Otley 26 7 0 19 673 831 −158 12 8 48
12 Rossendale (R) 26 7 0 19 633 965 −332 14 4 46 Relegation play-off
13 Scunthorpe (R) 26 5 0 21 622 1097 −475 12 7 39 Relegation place
14 Hull (R) 26 5 0 21 570 943 −373 11 5 36
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2026. Source: National League Rugby [12]
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Number of matches drawn
  3. Difference between points for and against
  4. Total number of points for
  5. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  6. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled

Notes

  1. ^ Not to be confused with Midlands 1 East.
  2. ^ 1995–96 title was won when division was known as Midlands 2.

References

  1. ^ Club website home page
  2. ^ "About Us". Heslam Park. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Contact Us". Scunthorpe Rugby. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  4. ^ "SCUNTHORPE RUFC SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES" (PDF). Scunthorpe Rugby. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  5. ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1989). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1989-90. Queen Anne Press. pp. 136–139. ISBN 0-356-17862-5.
  6. ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1995). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96. Headline. pp. 176–179. ISBN 0-7472-7850-4.
  7. ^ "2009-2010 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Midlands 1 2000–2001". England Rugby. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  9. ^ "National League 3 Midlands 2015–2016". England Rugby. Archived from the original on 12 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Midlands Premier 2018–2019". England Rugby. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Regional 1 North East". Rugby England. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  12. ^ "National League 2 North". NCA Rugby.


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