Hartpury University R.F.C.

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Hartpury University

Full name	Hartpury University Rugby Football Club
Union	Gloucestershire RFU
Founded	2004; 20 years ago (2004)
Location	Hartpury, Gloucestershire, England
Ground(s)	4ED Hartpury Stadium, with Vodafone[1]
2023–24	5th
Team kit
Official website
www.hartpury.ac.uk/rugby/

Hartpury University RFC is an English rugby union club. The men's first team play in the second tier of the English rugby union league system, the RFU Championship, having won promotion from National League 1 at the end of the 2016–17 season.

The club is based at Hartpury University in Gloucestershire, England, and is made up primarily of the college's students and staff.^[2] Hartpury University share a close relationship with Premiership Rugby side Gloucester, who use Hartpury's facilities as their permanent training base and provide a small number of academy players, all of whom are current or recently departed students, to supplement the Hartpury University team. Several Hartpury University players have gone on to play for Gloucester and other professional teams.^[3] They also jointly run the Gloucester-Hartpury Women team in Women's Super Rugby.