Durham University Rugby Club, founded in 1875 is one of the most successful university rugby clubs in the UK and has a proud tradition, with many successes in the UAU, BUSA and BUCS competitions. Since its separation from Newcastle in 1963, thirty-five Durham players have won international honours, including England Captains, Peter Dixon, Will Carling and Phil de Glanville and England World Cup Winner, Will Greenwood. This tradition continues today, Durham University continue to develop more Premiership players than any other academic university with Josh Beaumont playing more than 160 times for Sale Sharks and Fitz Harding, the current Captain of Bristol Bears.  

 

The DURFC 1875 Alumni Society is named after the year that Durham University Rugby Club was founded. The purpose of the 1875 Society is to provide a community to maintain the relationships and camaraderie, experienced by ex DURFC players during their time at Durham and to provide a vital additional stream of funding to support the vision of DURFC in maintaining its position amongst the elite rugby universities in the UK. 

 

This season is the 150th anniversary of DURFC and to commemorate this important milestone, the 1875 Alumni Society have organised a celebratory weekend from May 2nd to 4th 2025. The weekend starts with a dinner for 400 alumni on Friday 2nd May 2025 and continues with a match against the world famous Barbarians on Saturday 3rd May 2025.

 

Please see here for details.