Royal Free, University College and Middlesex Medical Students RFC

Royal Free, University College and Middlesex Medical Students RFC
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Full name	Royal Free, University College and Middlesex Medical Students RFC
Union	Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	RUMS RFC
Founded	1867 – oldest constituent element 1998 through merger of three older sides
Location	London, England
Ground(s)	Shenley Sports Ground
Captain(s)	Andrew Edwards-Bailey
League(s)	BUCS SE 1A
www.rumsrugby.com

Royal Free, University College and Middlesex Medical Students RFC is the rugby union club for UCL Medical School, which is part of the University of London.^[1] The rugby club is commonly referred to by its shortened name of RUMS RFC or RUMS Rugby. The club is registered with the RFU^[2] and plays in the traditional colours of the medical school: blue, yellow and black.

RUMS RFC is one of the largest and most successful clubs of UCL Medical School, with over 50 members and three teams competing in the BUCS SE league.

History

The London teaching hospitals began playing rugby union in the 1860s, with many of its members former Cambridge and Oxford graduates. The United Hospitals Rugby Football Club was formed in 1867,^[3] before the founding of the Rugby Football Union, and by 1874 had initiated the United Hospital's Challenge Cup, a competition for the rival hospitals. Although Guy's provided far more international rugby players, the United Hospital club saw many notable players join the team, including notable Barbarian, Brigadier Glyn Hughes.

The Royal Free and University College Medical School was formed in 1998 following a series of mergers between a number of existing medical schools: in 1987 the Middlesex Hospital Medical School (founded 1746) merged with University College Medical School (1825) to form the University College and Middlesex School of Medicine. In 1998 the University College and Middlesex School of Medicine merged with the Royal Free Hospital Medical School to form the Royal Free and University College Medical School. In 2008 the medical school changed its name to UCL Medical School; however at a meeting in 2009 all the medical school sports teams voted to alter their traditional name slightly, adding Middlesex, to honour the heritage of the Middlesex medical school. Thus the club name changed to The Royal Free, University College and Middlesex Medical Students (RUMS), not using the new medical school name.^[4]

The current rugby club is an amalgamation of the rugby clubs of these previous medical schools. Thus the club has an illustrious history and has been competing in the oldest rugby competition in the world, the United Hospitals Cup, in one guise or another since 1874.

Teams

1st XV: The 1st XV of RUMS RFC has been competing at a very high level for several seasons. They are currently the highest ranked sports team within UCL Medical School and one of the highest within University College London.
2nd XV: This team is also known as 'The Boars', a nickname descending from the Middlesex Hospital Medical School rugby team.
3rd XV: As of March 2009, a 3rd XV has been created, playing under the name of 'The Piglets'. This team acts as a training buffer for potential Boars.

Competitions

United Hospitals Cup: The 1st XV compete annually in this prestigious competition, and are the current holders of the cup, beating Imperial Medicals 20-6 on the 6th March 2015. This was the first time RUMS or any of its constituent medical schools has won the trophy in 128 years^[5]
BUCS SE 1A: The 1st XV competes in the highest university league of the SE area of England.^[6]
BUCS SE 4B
BUCS SE 7B
Munich Sevens: RUMS RFC competes annually in this international tournament, entering two teams. The club won the plate competition for 11 years straight, but this succession was broken by Munich RFC in 2007, when RUMS, led by Toby Ikwueke, lost a thrilling final for the first time. This monopoly of the plate competition has led the Bavarian organisers dubbing RUMS RFC as the 'plate specialists'. In the 2009 competition the 1st VII reached the cup final, knocking out hosts Munich in an epic semi-final. The team lost a very close final to the British Army team, 'The Rifles'.^[7]
Bill Smith Cup: This is held every December between the first and second years of the medical school. It was named in honour of Prof. Bill Smith who was a great supporter of the rugby club during his time teaching at UCL Medical School.

**United Hospital Challenge Cup wins**
Hospital Team	First Competed	Last Competed	Current Status	Wins	Total Wins including constituent elements
RUMS RFC	1998	present	Active	1	2
Middlesex	1874	1997	Part of RUMS RFC	1	1
Royal Free	?	1997	Part of RUMS RFC	0	0
University College Hospital RFC	?	1997	Part of RUMS RFC	0	0

Internationals

Over the years the club and its predecessor clubs have fostered a number of international players.

University College Hospital

Dawson Turner (1871-75)

References

↑ http://www.uclunion.org/rums/clubsocs/index.php
↑ http://clubs.rfu.com/Clubs/portals/RoyalFreeHospitals/Default.aspx#top
↑ Collins, Tony; A Social History of English Rugby Union; Routledge (2009), pg 108. ISBN 978-0-415-47660-7
↑ http://www.ucl.ac.uk/medicalschool/history/index.html
↑ http://uhrugby.com/welcome.asp
↑ http://www.bucs.org.uk/bucscore/TeamProfile.aspx?id=3502&sport=Rugby%20Union&institution=UCL
↑ http://www.munich-rugby.de/EN/index.html

External links

University College London

Academics

Faculties, schools & groupings	Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Slade School of Fine Art) Faculty of Brain Sciences Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Faculty of the Built Environment (The Bartlett) Faculty of Engineering Sciences School of Energy and Resources School of Management Faculty of Laws Faculty of Life Sciences School of Pharmacy Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences Faculty of Medical Sciences Medical School Faculty of Population Health Sciences Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences School of Slavonic and East European Studies Institute of Education Neuroscience

Centres & departments	Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis Centre for Digital Humanities Centre for the History of Medicine Centre for Neuroimaging The Constitution Unit Department of Information Studies Department of Science and Technology Studies Department of Space and Climate Physics EPPI-Centre London Centre for Nanotechnology London Knowledge Lab Slade Centre for Electronic Media in Fine Art Urban Laboratory

Institutes & laboratories	Ear Institute Eastman Dental Institute Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Institute of Archaeology Institute for Global Health Institute of Jewish Studies Institute of Neurology Institute of Ophthalmology Institute of Security and Crime Science Pedestrian Accessibility and Movement Environment Laboratory

Other	Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology Grote Chair of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic Pender Chair Papers from the Institute of Archaeology Public Archaeology Quain Professor Slade Professor of Fine Art UCL Jurisprudence Review Transcribe Bentham

University

Campus	Bloomsbury Bloomsbury Theatre Church of Christ the King Euston Road Gordon Square Gower Street Gray's Inn Road Halls of residence Holmbury St Mary Main Building Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology Queen Square Somers Town Tavistock Square Tottenham Court Road University of London Observatory Woburn Square

People	Academics List of notable people List of Nobel laureates Jeremy Bentham Michael Arthur (Provost)

Student life	UCL Boat Club The Cheese Grater Law Society University College Opera Pi Magazine Rare FM Royal Free and University College Medical School Boat Club Royal Free, University College and Middlesex Medical Students RFC UCL Union Student Central

Other	Citrus Saturday UCL Business Filming at UCL History Rivalry with King's College London Third-oldest university in England

Affiliates

Medical	Francis Crick Institute Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust Great Ormond Street Hospital Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Moorfields Eye Hospital Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust The Royal Free Hospital Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital UCLH/UCL Biomedical Research Centre UCL Partners University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Eastman Dental Hospital Hospital for Tropical Diseases National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital UCH Macmillan Cancer Centre University College Hospital University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street Whittington Hospital

Other	Alan Turing Institute Anna Freud Centre Association of Commonwealth Universities European Network for Training Economic Research G5 Golden triangle Institute of Advanced Legal Studies League of European Research Universities Russell Group SES-5 Thomas Young Centre UCL Academy University College School University of London Yale UCL Collaborative

Category
Commons

United Hospitals

Members

Current	Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry Imperial College School of Medicine King's College London School of Medicine Royal Veterinary College St George's, University of London UCL Medical School

Former and defunct	Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School¹ Charing Cross Hospital Medical School¹ Guy's Hospital Medical School² King's College Medical School² Middlesex Hospital Medical School⁴ Royal Free Hospital Medical School⁴ Royal Postgraduate Medical School¹ St Bartholemew's Hospital Medical School³ St Mary's Hospital Medical School¹ St Thomas's Hospital Medical School² The London Hospital Medical College³ United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals² University College and Middlesex School of Medicine⁴ University College Medical School⁴ Westminster Hospital Medical School¹

Student life

¹Now part of Imperial College School of Medicine ²Now part of King's College London School of Medicine and Dentistry ³Now part of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry ⁴Now part of UCL Medical School

Category

United Hospitals Cup – The Oldest Rugby Competition

Governing body	United Hospitals RFC

Competitions	United Hospitals Cup United Hospitals Plate United Hospitals Sevens

Current participants	St. George’s Hospital Medical School RFC RUMS RFC Royal Hospitals RFC (Barts and the London Rugby Club) GKT RFC Imperial Medics RFC

Past participants – merged into current	The London Hospital RFC Barts Hospital RFC University College Hospital RFC Middlesex Hospital RFC Royal Free Hospital RFC St Mary's Hospital RFC Charing Cross & Westminster Hospitals RFC Westminster Hospital RFC Charing Cross Hospital RFC Guy's Hospital FC St Thomas' Hospital RFC Guy's and St. Thomas' RFC

Past participants – no longer eligible to compete	Kings College Hospital RFC

See also	United Hospitals

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