Scunthorpe RUFC

Scunthorpe Rugby Club is an English rugby union team based in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. The club runs six senior sides, a ladies team, a colts and under-18s team and a full set of junior teams.^[1] The club currently plays in National League 2 North following their promotion from Regional 1 North East at the end of the 2024–25 season.

Scunthorpe

Full name	Scunthorpe Rugby Football Club
Union	Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire RFU
Founded	1929; 96 years ago (1929)
Ground(s)	Heslam Park (Capacity: 1,212 (212 seats))
Chairman	Liam Waldron
President	Mal Yates
Coach(es)	Tim Robinson
League(s)	National League 2 North
2024–25	Promoted from Regional 1 North East
Team kit
Official website
www.scunthorperugby.com

History

Scunthorpe Rugby Club was formed in 1929 and played its first fixtures in a field owned by a local farmer, on the condition that the goal posts were moved after each game so that the animals could return to graze. From these humble beginnings the club progressed to a stage whereby it was able to move to its own ground, Heslam Park, in 1952.

Ground

Since 1952 the club have been based at Heslam Park in the middle of Scunthorpe, which they share with Scunthorpe Town cricket club.^[2][3] Heslam Park is accessible by car via the A18 and is around a mile from Scunthorpe railway station if coming by train. Facilities at the ground include a sports and social club, on-site parking, and an adjoined cricket pitch and rugby pitch, the rugby section of which features a covered stand with seating. The ground capacity around the rugby pitch includes 212 seats in the covered stand, along with approximately 1000 standing, leading to a total of around 1,212.^[4]

Honours

• Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 champions: 1988–89^[5]
• Midlands East 1^[a] champions: 1994–95^[6]
• Midlands 1 East champions (2): 1995–96,^[b] 2009–10^[7]
• Midlands Premier champions (3): 2000–01,^[8] 2015–16,^[9] 2018–19^[10]
• Regional 1 North East champions; 2024–25^[11]

Current standings

2025–26 National League 2 North table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Billingham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Promotion place
2	Darlington Mowden Park	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Fylde	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Hull	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Hull Ionians	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Macclesfield	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Otley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Preston Grasshoppers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Rossendale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Scunthorpe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Sheffield	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Sheffield Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Tynedale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation place
14	Wharfedale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: September 2025. Source: National League Rugby ^[12]
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

1. Number of matches won
2. Number of matches drawn
3. Difference between points for and against
4. Total number of points for
5. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
6. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled

Notes

1. Not to be confused with Midlands 1 East.
2. 1995–96 title was won when division was known as Midlands 2.