The Somerset County Rugby Football Union (SCRFU) is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in the county of Somerset in England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) for Somerset. The SCRFU administers and organises rugby union clubs and competitions in those three counties and administers the Somerset county rugby representative teams.
History
The first Somerset rugby team played against Devon at Taunton in the 1875-76 season and the Somerset County Rugby Football Union was founded at a meeting in Bridgwater in September 1882. The county men's senior team has reached the County Championship final on five occasions, winning in their first final in 1923 but losing the remaining four.
References
Somerset Rugby Football Union Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA