Burntwood Barbarians are a

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

club founded in 2006, as part of the Burntwood Rugby Club Sports Association. Having played in the

Rugby League Conference The Rugby League Conference (RLC) (also known as the Co-operative Rugby League Conference as a result of sponsorship from The Co-operative Group), was a series of regionally based divisions of amateur rugby league teams spread throughout England, ...

, West Midlands division for two seasons, the club currently play in the

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. They played their games at Burntwood rugby union club in

Burntwood Burntwood is a former mining town and civil parish in the Lichfield District in Staffordshire, England, approximately west of Lichfield and north east of Brownhills. The town had a population of 26,049 and forms part of Lichfield district. ...

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and were founded by some players who previously played for Wolverhampton Wizards.

History

''Burntwood Barbarians'' joined the

South West and West Midlands Division in 2006. Their first season in the

was successful, reaching the play-offs and winning their eliminator against

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. Unfortunately holiday traffic and accidents on the M5 caused them to miss their semi-final against

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. They left the Conference at the end of the 2007 season and spent the 2008 as a non-playing side. The club joined the Kukri Midlands League in 2009, but did not enter the 2010 competition.

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20090607195925/http://burntwoodbarbarians.co.uk/aboutus.aspx

External links

Midlands Rugby League
{{British_Rugby_League_links Rugby league teams in Staffordshire Burntwood Rugby League Conference teams Rugby clubs established in 2006