Bridgwater & Albion RFC
Full nameBridgwater & Albion Rugby Football Club
UnionSomerset RFU
Nickname(s)Bridgy
Founded1875 (1875)[1]
LocationBridgwater, Somerset, England
Ground(s)College Way (Capacity: 5,000)
ChairmanSteve Smith
PresidentMike Berry
Coach(es)Wayne Sprangle
Captain(s)Oliver Dunn
League(s)Regional 2 South West
2022–2312th (relegated)
Team kit
Official website
barfc.co.uk

Bridgwater & Albion Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Bridgwater, Somerset and run two senior teams, a newly formed senior women's team, a colts side and a youth section featuring the full range of age-groups.[2] The first XV play in regional rugby, currently in Regional 2 South West following relegation from National League 3 South West in 2012.

History

Team 2014

The club was founded in 1875.[3] In the early 20th-century players from the club, including Robert Dibble[4][5] and Tommy Woods[6] represented England.[7] In World War II the Broadway ground in Taunton Road was used for allotments with rugby transferring to Victoria Park, but after 1946 the ground was restored, with the grandstand being built in 1952.[3]

BARFC Bath Road Club House

Honours

1st XV:

2nd XV:

3rd XV:

References

  1. ↑ Stephen McCormack, ed. (2002). The Official RFU Club Directory 2002–2003. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 1-85291-645-1.
  2. ↑ Club website home page Archived August 31, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 "History". Bridgwater & Albion Rugby Football Club. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Robert Dibble". ESPN. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "British Rugby Team". Otago Daily Times. 29 May 1908. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Tommy Woods". ESPN. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  7. ↑ Woods, S.M.J. (15 March 1906). "The Ashes of English Rugby". Star. Retrieved 11 January 2014.


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