Belsize Park RFC is London's most central Rugby club and plays out of Regents Park. It traces its history back to the founding of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and is considered the most widely toured amateur club in the world.
The Club runs three teams:
- The 1st XV play in Herts/Middlesex 1 and aim to be promoted again this coming season
- The 2nd XV compete in the Middlesex Merit Table
- The Bulls offer a social rugby at its most traditional, also in the Middlesex Merit Table
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1st XV captain, James Berry, celebrates promotion at the end of 2010-11 (left) and club incorporation at the Horse Guards (right). |  |
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In addition, the Club also has an occasional Vets side, a summer touch and sevens side and provides year-round training in central London. The Club’s ambition is to be the best amateur club in London, encompassing exciting rugby that embraces all playing abilities, the best of parties and social side, and the continuation of an unrivalled touring tradition. Hopefully we can share in this exercise with as many of you as possible. |
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Club History and Tours
Belsize Park was founded in 1871, and in the same year was one of the 21 founding member clubs of the Rugby Football Union. Since then it has been playing a high standard of rugby while maintaining a very strong and unique social culture.
The Club has a proud and illustrious history of touring and is considered to be the most widely toured amateur club in the world. With two tours a year (one national and one international) for over thirty years, Belsize has toured extensively across North America and Europe, as well as reaching destinations as far-flung as China, Croatia, South Africa, Brazil and Argentina.
