Luton Rugby Football Club are a Bedfordshire based English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 team who currently play their rugby in National League 3 South-East

London 1

London 1, to be known from September 2009 as National League 3 South-East, is the highest regional rugby union league in south east England, with promoted sides usually entering the R.F.U.'s National League 2 South .On the league hierarchy it is level 5.* English rugby union system- Teams :The...

. Their ground is located by the M1 motorway

M1 motorway

The M1 is a north–south motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where it joins the A1 near Aberford. While the M1 is considered to be the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the United Kingdom, the first road to be built to motorway standard in the country was the...

 just outside Stockwood Park

Stockwood Park

Stockwood Park is a large urban park in Luton, Bedfordshire, in the Farley Hill estate. With period formal gardens, leading crafts museums and extensive golfing facilities, it is about 100 hectares in area...

 and is called Newlands Road.

The growing club enjoys numerous local rivalries, most notably with Dunstablians

Dunstablians

Dunstablians Rugby Football Club are a Bedfordshire based English rugby union team who currently play their rugby in Midlands Division One . Their ground is located just outside of nearby Houghton Regis and is commonly known as Bidwell Park....

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The 1st XV is managed by Mike Coogan and coaches include former Northampton Saints

Northampton Saints

Northampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. They play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 13,591....

, Cardiff Blues

Cardiff Blues

Cardiff Blues are one of the four professional Welsh regional rugby union teams. Based in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, the team have played at Cardiff City Stadium since the start of the 2009/2010 season and are owned by Cardiff Rugby Football Club....

, Bedford Blues

Bedford Blues

Bedford Blues is a rugby union club in the town of Bedford, England, currently playing in The RFU Championship. Bedford is one of the largest towns in England without a league football club, and one of the few towns in England where the rugby club is better supported than the football team. The...

 centre and Heineken Cup

Heineken Cup

The Heineken Cup is one of two annual rugby union competitions organised by European Rugby Cup involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from the six International Rugby Board countries in Europe whose national teams compete in the Six Nations Championship: England, France, Ireland,...

winner Matt Allen and Chris Meehan

The 2nd XV is managed by Bernard Jackson and coached by Bob Barba

Current First XV Squad
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Neil Harris (Prop), Nathan Burns (Prop, Daniel Blinkhorn (Prop),
Ben Murphy (Hooker), Andrew Lake (Hooker)
Laurence Alden (Lock), Karl Rodell (Lock)
Ryan Staff(Back Row), Jack Elston (Back Row), Michael Weston (Back Row), John Perkins (Back Row), Nick Stevens (Back Row)
Tom Wilmore(Scrum Half), Tom Mahenderen (Scrum Half)
Jake Harris (Fly Half)
Codie Medway (Centre), Hayden Annand (Centre), Jake Hobbs (Centre)
Chris Snelling (Wing), Alex Sutherland (Wing), Stephen Cobb (Wing)
Joe Murphy (Full Back)

Current Development XV Squad
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Ryan Duffy(Prop), Dwayne Duffy(Prop), Alfie Abella(Prop),
Wayne Hemson(Hooker), Matt McClurg(Hooker), Ryan Sheppard (Hooker)
Dan McAllister (Lock), Warren Foskett(Lock), Connor Sibley (Lock/Back Row)
Matt Yang(Back Row), Ali Kelly (Back Row), Andy Davey(Back Row),
Ross Geraghty(Scrum Half), Ryan Foley(Scrum Half)
Josh Butten (Fly Half)
Chris Davies(Centre), Mark Fleckney(Centre)
Tyrone Ashton(Wing), Shane Crawley(Wing)
Phil Gouldie (Full Back), Dean Ashton (Full Back)