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| Full name | Derby Rugby Football Club | |
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| Union | Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire RFU | |
| Founded | 1891; 134 years ago (1891) | |
| Ground(s) | Haslams Lane,Derby | |
| Chairman | Martyn Murney | |
| President | Stephen Muir | |
| League(s) | Regional 1 Midlands | |
| 2023–24 | 7th | |
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| Official website | ||
| www | ||
Derby Rugby Club is an Englishrugby union team based inDerby, England. The club runs four senior sides, a veterans team, a ladies team, a colts team and a full set of junior sides.[1] The first XV currently play inRegional 1 Midlands, a fifth tier league in theEnglish rugby union system.
Derby Rugby Club was officially formed in 1891–92. 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.[2] The club has played at a number of grounds and has been at the present site at Haslams Lane since June 2002.[3] Since then the club has progressed from Midlands 2 West to the national leagues, winning promotion in 2011–12 from Midlands 1 East toNational League 3 Midlands, renamed in 2016 to Midlands Premier.
In 2016 the club was selected by the English Rugby Union to have anArtificial Grass Pitch (AGP) installed as part of its programme to invest funds earned by England hosting the2015 Rugby World Cup into development of English rugby facilities. The artificial grass pitch opened in April 2018.[4]
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