Harrogate RUFC

Harrogate
Full name Harrogate Rugby Union Football Club
Union Rugby Football Union
Founded 1871 (1871)
Ground(s) Rudding Lane
Chairman James Smithies
President John Finnegan
Coach(es) Dave Doherty (Director),
Andy Boyde, Rob Rawlinson
League(s) National League 2 North
2015–16 7th
Team kit
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/harrogaterugby/

Harrogate Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. The club runs three senior sides. The first team play in National League 2 North,[1] the club's second team, Harrogate Georgians, play in the Yorkshire RFU Merit Premiership.[2] and the third team play in the Yorkshire RFU 2 Central/North Merit League.[3] The club also fields a ladies team (Harrogate Ladies)[4] and ten junior teams (from ages 6 to 16).[5]

History

Harrogate RUFC's former Claro Road ground which they left in 2014.

The team was founded in 1871 as Harrogate Football Club, the same year as the Rugby Football Union and plated their first match on 16 December of that year. They moved to Dragon Fields in 1875 and then moved to their present location at Claro Road in 1896. In 1903 the club played Canada and two years later they won the Yorkshire Cup for the first time. In 1914 the club decides to concentrate on football and rugby union activities were split off into a new club called Harrogate Old Boys. In 1923 a club called Harrogate RUFC was formed and RUFC and Old Boys amalgamated in 1936 although it wasn't until 1945 that the merged club officially became known as Harrogate RUFC. In 1957 the club merged with Harrogate Georgians and the decision was taken to retain the Georgians name by naming the second XV Harrogate Georgians. When the leagues were formed in 1987 the club was placed in North 1. Subsequent promotions resulted in Harrogate joining the third tier for the 1994–95 season and they remained at that level for thirteen seasons. However, the club has been relegated twice and is playing in regional rugby for the first time in more than twenty years.

Harrogate's most successful season was 2001–02 when they finished fourth in the league, won the Yorkshire Cup and won the National 7s competition.[6] In 2015 the club won the Yorkshire Cup for the tenth time. At the start of the 2015-16 season after a wait of 15 years, Harrogate moved from their old ground of Claro Road (where they had been for 119 years) to a new location at Rudding Lane.[7] On 15 September 2015 Harrogate played the first ever game at Rudding Lane - beating local rivals Otley 15 - 10 in front of a club record crowd of 1,050 in the 2015–16 National League 2 North.[8][9][10][11]

Current standings

2015–16 National League 2 North Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Macclesfield (C) 29[b 1] 25 0 4 907 507 400 22 1 123
2 Sedgley Park 30 21 0 9 951 562 389 18 6 108
3 Leicester Lions 30 19 1 10 595 485 110 7 5 90
4 Stourbridge 30 18 1 11 626 530 96 8 7 89
5 Caldy 30 17 2 11 642 547 95 8 7 87
6 Luctonians 30 15 2 13 661 714 -53 11 4 79
7 Harrogate 29[b 2] 16 0 13 612 605 7 7 6 77
8 Otley 30 14 0 16 584 644 -60 9 8 73
9 Preston Grasshoppers 30 12 3 15 591 627 -36 7 7 68
10 Tynedale 30 12 1 17 659 746 -87 10 8 68
11 Chester 30 12 0 18 599 662 -63 9 9 66
12 South Leicester 30 11 3 16 659 732 -73 11 5 66
13 Sale 30 12 2 16 617 738 -121 7 6 65
14 Sandal (R) 30 12 1 17 506 666 -160 3 7 60
15 Broadstreet (R) 30 8 0 22 554 736 -182 4 9 45
16 Huddersfield (R) 30 7 0 23 509 771 -262 3 7 38
  • 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: 7 May 2016
Source: "National League 2 North". NCA Rugby. 
Notes
  1. ↑ Macclesfield's final (rescheduled) game at home to Harrogate was cancelled as it was a 'dead rubber' and would not adversely affect the final league standings.
  2. ↑ Harrogate's final (rescheduled) game away to Macclesfield was cancelled as it was a 'dead rubber' and would not adversely affect the final league standings.

Honours

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League record

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International players

At least eleven former Harrogate players have gone on to win international caps.[14]

References

External links

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