BUCS Super Rugby · 2026-27
Durham Men's Rugby (BUCS Super Rugby)
Checked 2026-09-02 against bucs.org.uk
The standard
| Division | BUCS Super Rugby |
|---|---|
| Season | 2026-27 |
| Playoffs | This division plays a post-season, dates below |
BUCS Super Rugby is the top tier of British university rugby. League standings and results live on BUCS's Playwaze platform, whose robots.txt disallows automated access, so they're genuinely not available here rather than a gap we intend to fill by working around that.
What the season involves
| League fixtures | 18 this season |
|---|---|
| Season runs | 23 September to 10 March |
| Match day | Wednesday (18 of 18 fixtures) |
Derived from the fixture calendar below, nothing assumed.
The programme
| Head coach | Si Culley |
|---|---|
| Scholarship | The Durham Racecourse Rugby Scholarship is worth £5,000 per academic year for up to four years of an undergraduate course, for talented rugby players from households with income below £62,377, with regional or national playing experience preferred. |
Scholarship detail and criteria: the university's own page. Facts above come from official university pages only.
2026-27 fixtures
| Round | Date | Fixture |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23/09/2026 | Leeds Beckett vs Durham |
| 2 | 30/09/2026 | Durham vs Cardiff |
| 3 | 07/10/2026 | Exeter vs Durham |
| 4 | 14/10/2026 | Durham vs Hartpury |
| 5 | 28/10/2026 | Loughborough vs Durham |
| 6 | 04/11/2026 | Durham vs Brunel |
| 7 | 11/11/2026 | Durham vs Bath |
| 8 | 18/11/2026 | Nottingham vs Durham |
| 9 | 02/12/2026 | Durham vs Cardiff Met |
| 10 | 09/12/2026 | Bath vs Durham |
| 11 | 16/12/2026 | Durham vs Nottingham |
| 12 | 20/01/2027 | Durham vs Exeter |
| 13 | 27/01/2027 | Cardiff Met vs Durham |
| 14 | 03/02/2027 | Durham vs Leeds Beckett |
| 15 | 10/02/2027 | Brunel vs Durham |
| 16 | 24/02/2027 | Durham vs Loughborough |
| 17 | 03/03/2027 | Hartpury vs Durham |
| 18 | 10/03/2027 | Cardiff vs Durham |
Playoffs
| Men's BUCS Super Rugby Milk Championship Quarter Finals | 31/03/2027 |
|---|---|
| Men's BUCS Super Rugby Milk Championship Semi Finals | 07/04/2027 |
| Men's BUCS Super Rugby Milk Championship Final | 21/04/2027 |
Sourced directly from bucs.org.uk, 18 fixtures for the 2026-27 season. See the methodology for the full sourcing policy.
More university rugby
See every BUCS Super Rugby team: the full list.