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Barkers Butts

Full name	Barkers Butts Rugby Football Club
Union	Warwickshire Rugby Football Union
Founded	1947; 78 years ago (1947)
Location	Coventry England
Ground(s)	The Bob Coward Memorial Ground
League(s)	Midlands 2 West (South)
2019–20	4th
Team kit
Official website
barkersbuttsrfc.rfu.club

Barkers Butts Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club in Allesley, Coventry, West Midlands. The first XV currently play in Midlands 2 West (South), a seventh tier league in the English rugby union system. The club operates four senior teams, a Colts side and the full range of junior teams for both boys and girls.

League history

When the league system was established in 1987, Barkers Butts was placed in the fifth tier, playing in Midlands 1 and were runners up in the first season of league rugby. They finished in second place twice more (1990–91 and 1992–93) but were relegated from tier 5, then called Courage League Division 5, after the 1994-95 season. and have not played at that level since. Subsequently, they have alternated between the sixth and seventh levels.

Club honours

• Midlands 1 champions: 1993–94
• Midlands 2 West (South) champions (2): 2004–05, 2010–11

References

1. Club website teams page
2. Williams, Tony; Mitchell, Bill (1990). Courage Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1990–91. Windsor: Burlington Publishing Co Ltd. pp. 327–442. ISBN 1-873057-024.
3. "Courage League - Division 5 1994/95". The Rugby Archive. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
4. Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1994). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994-95. Headline. pp. 164–167. ISBN 0-7472-7891-1.
5. "2004-2005 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
6. "2010-2011 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.

External links

• Official website

• Rugby union teams in England
• Rugby union in the West Midlands (county)
• Sport in Coventry
• Rugby clubs established in 1947
• 1947 establishments in England