Footscray RUFC is a

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the Comparison of rugby league and rugby union, two codes of ru ...

club based in

New Eltham New Eltham is an area of south east London, in the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley. It lies south east of Eltham and north west of Sidcup. History New Eltham is a largely residential suburb of Greater London developed on former farmlan ...

, South East

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. The club has three men's teams, a women's team and a mini rugby section. The club was formed in 1967 by workers at the

Kolster-Brandes Kolster-Brandes Ltd was an American owned, British manufacturer of radio and television sets based in Foots Cray, Sidcup, Kent. History The company was a descendant of ''Brandes'', a Canadian company founded in Toronto in 1908. Brandes became part ...

(later ITT, and then

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) Factory in

Foots Cray Foots Cray is an area of South East London, England, within the London Borough of Bexley, Greater London. Prior to 1965 it was in the historic county of Kent. It is located south-east of Sidcup. History It took its name from Godwin Fot, a ...

, Kent. In the early 90s, STC closed the Foots Cray site and the side became homeless, playing home games at a local school for a period. The club moved to New Eltham in 1995. The club hosts the annual Footscray 7s tournament on the first Saturday in May. The rugby sevens tournament attracts high quality entrants from across the country.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Footscray Rufc Rugby union teams in England Rugby union in Kent 1967 establishments in England Rugby clubs established in 1967

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