Teamname: | Banbury RUFC |
Fullname: | Banbury Rugby Union Football Club |
Nickname: | The Bulls |
Ground: | Bodicote Park (The Graf UK Stadium) |
Capacity: | 2,500 (250 seats) |
Chairman: | Mark Boland |
President: | Phil 'Monty' Montanaro |
Coach: | Soane Tongaʻuiha |
Captain: | Jacob Turner |
Url: | https://www.banburyrufc.com |
Season: | 2023–24 |
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Banbury Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union football club based in Bodicote, near Banbury in Oxfordshire. The club currently participate in the fifth tier of English club rugby, Regional 1 Midlands following their sideways transfer from Regional 1 South West. The club run seven senior sides, and a full range of junior sides from aged 5 upwards.[1]
The club has achieved notable success in the Oxfordshire RFU County Cup, winning on seven occasions, including four times in a row in the late 2010s, as well as being runner-up on eleven occasions.
Banbury play their home games at Bodicote Park (The Graf UK Stadium), in Bodicote which is a village approximately 2miles south of the centre of Banbury. The ground capacity is 2,500, with 250 seats.
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Men's 3rd XV
1990/91-1999/2000
Season | League | Finish | Number of Teams | |
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1998-99 | Midlands 1 | 4th | 17 | |
1999-00 | Midlands 1 | 6th | 17 |
2000/01-2009/10
Season | League | Finish | Number of Teams | |
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2000-01 | Midlands 1 | 8th | 12 | |
2001-02 | Midlands 1 | 12th | 12 | |
2002-03 | Midlands 2 East | 7th | 12 | |
2003-04 | Midlands 2 East | 11th | 12 | |
2004-05 | Midlands 3 East (South) | 6th | 12 | |
2005-06 | Midlands 3 East (South) | 2nd | 12 | |
2006-07 | Midlands 3 East (South) | 2nd | 12 | |
2007-08 | Midlands 2 East | 11th | 12 | |
2008-09 | Midlands 3 East (South) | 5th | 12 | |
2009-10 | Midlands 2 East (South) | 1st | 12 |
2010/11-2019/20
Season | League | Finish | Number of Teams | |
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2010-11 | Midlands 1 West | 13th | 14 | |
2011-12 | Midlands 2 West (South) | 10th | 12 | |
2012-13 | Midlands 2 West (South) | 9th | 12 | |
2013-14 | Midlands 2 West (South) | 2nd | 12 | |
2014-15 | Midlands 2 West (South) | 3rd | 12 | |
2015-16 | Midlands 2 West (South) | 1st | 12 | |
2016-17 | South West 1 East | 6th | 14 | |
2017-18 | Wadworth 6X South West 1 East | 2nd | 14 | |
2018-19 | Wadworth 6X South West 1 East | 3rd | 14 | |
2019-20 | Wadworth 6X South West 1 East | 3rd | 14 |
2020/21-
Season | League | Finish | Number of Teams |
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2020-21 | align=center colspan="7" | COVID-19 | |
2021-22 | Tribute South West 1 East | 2nd | 14 |
2022-23 | Regional 1 South Central | 10th | 12 |
2023-24 | Regional 1 Midlands | 8th | 12 |
2024-25 | Regional 1 Midlands | TBC | 12 |
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