Clifton Rugby Football Club

Clifton RFC
Full name Clifton Rugby Football Club
Union Rugby Football Union
Founded 1872 (1872)
Region Gloucestershire Rugby Football Union
Ground(s) Station Road, Cribbs Causeway (Capacity: 400 (seated)[1])
Chairman Wyn Tingley
President John Raine
Coach(es) Matt Salter
League(s) National League 2 South
2015–16 12th
Team kit
Official website
www.cliftonrugby.co.uk
The first ever photograph of a Clifton RFC team (1873).
The Clifton RFC team for the 1874–75 season

Clifton Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club founded in Clifton, Bristol. Over the years the club's home games have been played in a variety of locations in northern Bristol, though never in Clifton itself; since 1976 they have been based at the southern end of Cribbs Causeway. Clifton play in the fourth tier of the English rugby union league system; National League 2 South.

History

Clifton is Bristol's oldest club, and one of the oldest in the world.[2] Clifton Rugby Club was formed on 27 September 1872 at the Kings Arms on Blackboy Hill in Clifton, Bristol. The pub still stands, although it was rebuilt in 1902, and refurbished in the late 1990s. Clifton is the 32nd oldest club in the United Kingdom, the 21st oldest in England, the 2nd oldest in the South West (Bath Rugby older by seven years) and the oldest in Bristol.[3] In 1909 a combined Bristol Rugby and Clifton RFC team, captained by Percy Down, lost to Australia 11–3.

Clifton's Cribbs Causeway ground also hosted the Bristol Packers American football team in the late 1980s and early 1990s.[4]

Current standings

2016–17 National League 2 South Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Chinnor 14 12 0 2 602 203 399 11 1 60
2 Old Elthamians 14 12 0 2 444 248 196 9 0 57
3 Bishop's Stortford 14 11 0 3 450 272 178 11 2 57
4 Taunton Titans 14 10 0 4 474 355 119 10 2 52
5 Redruth 14 10 0 4 411 288 123 8 1 49
6 Canterbury 14 8 0 6 404 333 71 7 5 44
7 Cinderford 14 7 1 6 318 347 -29 7 3 35[b 1]
8 Clifton 14 7 0 7 312 412 -100 4 2 34
9 Redingensians Rams 14 6 1 7 338 284 54 3 5 34
10 Bury St Edmunds 14 6 0 8 332 382 -50 5 3 32
11 Henley Hawks 14 5 0 9 327 422 -95 3 2 25
12 Worthing Raiders 14 5 0 9 283 386 -103 2 3 25
13 London Irish Wild Geese 14 3 0 11 310 443 -133 7 3 22
14 Barnstaple 14 4 1 9 242 458 -216 2 1 21
15 Barnes 14 2 2 10 270 413 -143 5 4 21
16 Exmouth 14 1 1 12 280 534 -254 5 3 14
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 3 December 2016
Source: "National League 2 South". NCA Rugby. 
Notes
  1. ↑
    • Cinderford were deducted 5 points for fielding unregistered players against Canterbury on 3 September 2016.[5]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Bristol's Clifton Rugby Club announces ambitious expansion plans | Bristol Post". bristolpost.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Clifton Rugby Club – Information at club website". cliftonrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Clifton Rugby Football Club History". cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bristol Packers". Britball Now. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Club Discipline Season 2016-2017". NCA. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Clifton RFC History 1970-1980". cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Clifton RFC History 1980-1990". cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Clifton RFC History 1990-2000". cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Clifton RFC History 2000-2010". cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "History - Combination Cup - Winners". bristolcombination.pitchero.com. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Clifton beat Dings to lift Combination Cup | Bristol Post". bristolpost.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

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