Union Rugby Football Union President Stephen Muir Grounds Haslams Lane, Derby | Chairman Martyn Murney Founded 1891 | |
Full name Derby Rugby Football Club League National League 3 Midlands | ||
Spalding rfc try vs derby rfc 31st mar 2012
Derby Rugby Club is an English rugby union team based in Derby, Derbyshire. The club runs four senior sides, a veterans team, a ladies team and a colts team and a full set of junior sides. The first XV currently plays in National League 3 Midlands, a sixth tier league in the English rugby union system.
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History
Derby Rugby Club was officially formed in 1891–92 but it is believed that rugby union was played under the Derby name for a few seasons prior to this date but no written evidence to support this exists. The club has played at a number of grounds and has been at the present site at Haslam's Lane since June 2002 and since then the club has progressed from Midlands 2 West to the national leagues, winning promotion in 2011–12 from Midlands 1 East to National League 3 Midlands.