Full name | Yorkshire Rugby Football Union | |
---|---|---|
Union | RFU | |
Founded | 1869 | |
Region | Yorkshire | |
President | David A Hunter | |
| ||
Official website | ||
yorkshirerfu |
The Yorkshire Rugby Football Union is the governing body responsible for rugby union in the historic county of Yorkshire, England. It is one of the constituent bodies of the national Rugby Football Union having formed in 1869, the union was formerly called Yorkshire County Club.
The county has won the county championship on 15 occasions, and finished as runners-up on a further eight occasions. The Yorkshire RFU also organises the Yorkshire Cup, which was inaugurated in 1878.