Wednesbury Rugby Club

Coordinates: 52°33′47″N 2°01′22″W / 52.56306°N 2.02278°W / 52.56306; -2.02278

Wednesbury
Full name Wednesbury Rugby Union Football Club
Union Staffordshire RU
Founded 1921 (1921)
Location Wednesbury, West Midlands, England
Ground(s) Woden Road North
League(s) Midlands 3 West (North)
2017-18 Promoted from Midlands 4 West (North) (runners up)
Team kit
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/wednesbury

Wednesbury Rugby Club is a rugby union club based in Wednesbury, West Midlands, UK, just off the M6 motorway J9. It was founded in 1921 and is the home of the world's tallest rugby posts.[1]

Fabricated from steel tube by Irvon steel and galvanized by Joseph Ash, Wednesbury Rugby Club's world record breaking posts are 38.26 m high above the ground, and needed a special crane brought in to help erect them.

The Wednesbury posts surpass the previous tallest of 110 ft 1/2 in (33.54 m) that can be found at the Roan Antelope club in Zambia, Africa.

The minimum required height of rugby posts under Law 1.4 (c) is just 11.2 ft (3.4 m) - technically a mere 1.3 ft (40 cm) higher than the cross-bar.

Club Honours

References

  1. ↑ "THE TALLEST RUGBY POSTS ON THE PLANET". www.wednesbury-rufc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
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