East Midlands Rugby Football Union

The EMRFU has four sub-counties, each responsible for a particular geographical area. The sub-counties are the East Northants Rugby Union, Bedfordshire County Rugby Football Union, Northampton & District Rugby Alliance and the Huntingdonshire & Peterborough Rugby Union. == County team ==

The East Midlands senior men's county team currently competes in the Division 2 of the English County Championship. Honours • County Championship winners (2): 1934, 1951 • County Championship Division 2 winners: 2016 ==Affiliated clubs==

There are 45 clubs currently affiliated to EMRFU, listed below. Source: • Ampthill • Bedford Athletic • Bedford Blues • Bedford Queens RFC • Bedford Swifts RFC • Biggleswade • Bletchley • Brackley RFC • Bugbrooke RFC • Corby RFC • Cranfield University RFC • Daventry RFC • Deepings RFC • Dunstablians • Huntingdon & District RFC • Kempston RFC • Kettering • Leighton Buzzard • Long Buckby RFC • Luton • Milton Keynes • Northampton BBOB RFC • Northampton Casuals RFC • Northampton Heathens RFC • Northampton Mens Own RFC • Northampton Old Scouts RFC • Northampton Outlaws RFC • Northampton Saints • Old Northamptonians • Olney • Oundle RFC • Peterborough • Peterborough Lions • Rushden & Higham • Shambrook & Colworth RFC • Stamford RFC • St Ives • St Neots • Stewarts & Lloyds RFC • Stockwood Park RFC • Thorney • Towcestrians • Wellingborough Old Grammarians • Wellingborough RFC • Winslow RFC == East Midlands club competitions ==

The East Midlands RFU currently runs the following competitions for club sides: Cups • East Midlands Cup - open to clubs in Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and parts of Cambridgeshire, typically playing at tiers 5-7 of the English rugby union system Discontinued competitions • Midlands 5 East (South) - tier 10 league that ran between 2006 and 2010 • East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 – tier 7-10 league for East Midlands and Leicestershire based clubs that ran between 1987 and 2000 • East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 – tier 10-11 league for East Midlands and Leicestershire based clubs that ran intermittently between 1992 and 2000 • East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 – tier 11-12 league for East Midlands and Leicestershire based clubs that ran intermittently between 1992 and 2000 • East Midlands/Leicestershire 4 – tier 12-13 league for East Midlands and Leicestershire based clubs that ran between 1992 and 1996 • East Midlands 1 – tier 8-10 league that ran intermittently between 1987 and 2004 • East Midlands 2 – tier 9-10 league that ran intermittently between 1987 and 2004 • East Midlands 3 – tier 10 league that ran between 1987 and 1992 == Notes ==