The Abbotsford Rugby Football Club is a Canadian
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
club based in
Abbotsford, British Columbia
Abbotsford is a city in British Columbia next to the Canada–United States border, Greater Vancouver, and the Fraser River. With a census population of 153,569 people (2021), it is the most populous municipality in the province outside metropol ...
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The Abbotsford RFC was founded in 1972. The top men's side currently plays in the
British Columbia Men's Division 1 League, the second tier of the
British Columbia Rugby Union
The British Columbia Rugby Union (BCRU) is the provincial administrative body for rugby union in British Columbia, Canada. The BCRU consists of nine sub-unions and 65 clubs. It was originally organized in New Westminster in 1889 where Alfred St. ...
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History
The Abbotsford RFC was established in 1972 and began play in the
Vancouver Rugby Union for their inaugural season. The following year the club would join the newly established
Fraser Valley Rugby Union.
The club has steadily been building a name for itself in British Columbia rugby becoming more and more competitive each year, however, they have yet to capture a British Columbia Premiership title. Abbotsford RFC was relegated to BC League One for the 2012/2013 season after finishing 8th in the 2011/12
BC Premier League season.
Facilities
The Abbotsford RFC play their home games at CFV Exhibition Park.
Titles
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Rounsefell Cup: 0
Notable players
The following players have played for Abbotsford RFC at some point in their rugby careers and have achieved notability through representation at the international level and/or have gone on to play rugby professionally at a high level.
External links
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Rugby union teams in British Columbia
Sport in Abbotsford, British Columbia
1972 establishments in British Columbia
Rugby clubs established in 1972
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