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| Full name | Exeter University Rugby Football Club | |
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| Union | Devon RFU | |
| Founded | 1860 as St Luke's College | |
| Location | Exeter, Devon, England | |
| Ground(s) | Topsham Sports Ground / University Rubber Crumb / Duckes Meadow | |
| League(s) | National League 2 West | |
| 2023–24 | 5th | |
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| Official website | ||
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Exeter University Rugby Football Club (EURFC) is the University of Exeter's rugby club. The men's side boasts nine sides competing in BUCS competitions, as well as a Saturday XV, currently playing in National League 2 West – a level 4 league in the English rugby union system – following their promotion from South West Premier as champions in 2021–22. The University 1st XV compete in BUCS Super Rugby, the flagship university rugby league in the United Kingdom.
The club also boasts a highly successful women's setup, with two teams competing in BUCS competition. Having won the Women's National Championship in 2018 and 2019, EURFC Women secured a return to the top flight of women's university rugby, after an unbeaten 2021–22 season.
Having finished second in the league, EURFC's BUCS Super Rugby side secured the BUCS National Championship for the first time since 2016, with a 14–13 victory over Durham University in the final, whilst their Saturday XV side secured the South West Premier league title and with it, promotion to National 2 for the first time in the history of the club. In 2022, the club won the Devon Cup for the first time in 41 years, with a 54–32 victory over Exmouth.