Blackburn RUFC

English rugby union club

Rugby team

Blackburn

Full name

Blackburn Rugby Union Football Club

Union

Lancashire RFU

Nickname(s)

Burn

Founded

1877; 147 years ago (1877)

Location

Blackburn, Lancashire, England

Ground(s)

Ramsgreave Drive

League(s)

Regional 1 North West

2023–24

3rd

Team kit

Official website

www.pitchero.com/clubs/blackburn

Blackburn Rugby Club is an English rugby union club based in Blackburn, Lancashire. The first XV currently play in the level 5 league, Regional 1 North West, having reached the national levels of the sport for the first time in 2019 after winning the North 1 East/North 1 West promotion play-off.^[1]

Honours

North West 1 champions: 1996–97
North Lancashire/Cumbria champions (2): 2007–08, 2014–15
North 1 East/North 1 West promotion play-off winners: 2018–19^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Scarborough RUFC battle hard but edged out in play-off at Blackburn". The Scarborough News. 27 April 2019.
^ "2007-08 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
^ "2014-15 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
^ "Scarborough RUFC battle hard but edged out in play-off at Blackburn". The Scarborough News. 27 April 2019.

External links

Club website

Rugby union in England

Governing body

Rugby Football Union
Rugby Football Union for Women (merged into the RFU)

National teams

Men's	England England A 7's U-21 U-20 U-18 British & Irish Lions England Counties XV
Women's	Women's 7's

International competitions

Men's	World Cup Six Nations Rugby World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series Sevens Grand Prix Series Commonwealth Games
Women's	World Cup Six Nations World Series Sevens

Competition divisions

Men's	Premiership Championship National Leagues London and SE Division Northern Division Midland Division South West Division United Hospitals Cup
Women's	Premiership Women's Rugby