Clifton Rugby Football Club

Clifton RFC
Full name Clifton Rugby Football Club
Union Gloucestershire RFU
Founded 1872 (1872)
Location Cribbs Causeway, Patchway, Bristol, England
Ground(s) Station Road (Capacity: 2,500 (400 seats)[1])
Chairman Wyn Tingley
President John Raine
Coach(es) Matt Salter
League(s) National League 2 South
2017–18 11th
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 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]

Honours

[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Current standings

2018–19 National League 2 South Table
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1Rams76012591101496030
2Redruth7601180195-152026
3Taunton Titans7502235161744226
4Henley Hawks750216616603124
5Tonbridge Juddians7502165124411122
6Canterbury7403180150304222
7Worthing Raiders7403244218265021
8Old Albanian7403195133622220
9Bury St Edmunds7403224198264020
10Dings Crusaders7403152131211118
11Clifton7304148182-343116
12Barnes7205154167-132313
13Guernsey7205140252-1124113
14Old Redcliffians7106164202-383310
15Birmingham & Solihull7106172210-38234[b 1]
16London Irish Wild Geese7007116295-179101
  • 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: 13 October 2018
Source: "National League 2 South". NCA Rugby.
Notes
  1. ↑
    • Birmingham & Solihull were deducted 5 points as a result of fielding an ineligible player from the previous season in Midlands Premier which carried over into the 2018-19 season.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Bristol's Clifton Rugby Club announces ambitious expansion plans". South West Business. 28 April 2014.
  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. ↑ "Clifton RFC History 1970-1980". cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Clifton RFC History 1980-1990". cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Clifton RFC History 1990-2000". cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Clifton RFC History 2000-2010". cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Clifton beat Dings to lift Combination Cup | Bristol Post". bristolpost.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "History - Combination Cup - Winners". bristolcombination.pitchero.com. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "All roads lead south for the Bees next season". Birmingham & Solihull RFC. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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