Macclesfield R.U.F.C.

Macclesfield
Full name Macclesfield Rugby Union Football Club
Union Cheshire RFU
Nickname(s) Blues
Founded 1877 (1877) (present club formed in 1927 (1927))
Location Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Ground(s) Priory Park (Capacity: 1,250 (250 seats)[1][2])
Chairman Peter Harper
Coach(es)

Giles Heagerty

(Head Coach)
League(s) National League 2 North
2017−18 8th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.macclesfieldrufc.co.uk

Macclesfield RUFC is a rugby union team based in the Cheshire town of Macclesfield and operates four senior sides, senior and junior colts and ten mini/junior teams.[3] The first XV, known as the Blues. Having been promoted from the fourth tier of the English rugby union system, National League 2 North in the 2015–16 season the Blues found the going too strong in the 2016–17 season and have again been relegated from National League 1. The second XV, known as the Lions, plays in the Cotton Traders Premier League finishing a close second, having lost only two games in 2016–17 season. The Third XV finished top 3 of the Standish Media Services division 1 whilst the fourth XV narrowly missed promotion from the Freshlet Division 4.

History

Macclesfield RUFC was formed in 1877 although the present club was formed in 1927. After playing at several venues, the club moved to its present home in 1980. Five years later they participated in the forerunner to the launch of the national league system when they participated in the Girobank North West League. Over the last 25 years Macclesfield have climbed the pyramid spending one season in National One during the 2012–13 Season before being relegated but bouncing straight back after winning promotion during 2013–14 Season. However the 2014/15 Season saw the Blues relegated back to National 2 at the end of the campaign. They won the old North West 1 in 1991–92, North 2 in 1994–95 and entered the old National 3 North, then the fourth tier of club rugby, in 2002, winning the league in 2009–10, by which it had been restructured as National League 2 North.[4]

Honours

Current standings

2018–19 National League 2 North Table
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1Hull Ionians8701246169777035
2Hinckley8701252165875033
3Huddersfield8602207149585231
4Sedgley Park8503251191605227
5Chester7502173119543225
6Stourbridge8503257219385025
7Fylde8404217178395223
8Wharfedale8404203184195122
9Otley8404154191-373019
10South Leicester8314234269-354018
11Sheffield Tigers8305197217-203318
12Preston Grasshoppers8206203231-286418
13Leicester Lions8305191201-103217
14Tynedale7214210215-55217
15Macclesfield8107141277-136206
16Peterborough Lions8107117278-161116
  • 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: 20 October 2018
Source: "National League 2 North". NCA Rugby.

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "Cheshire FBU Response to 'Draft' Corporate Plan & IRMP 2011/2012" (PDF). Cheshire Fire Authority. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
    2. ↑ "Harper hoping for a Macc makeover". The RUGBYPaper (441). Rugby Paper Ltd. 26 February 2017. p. 43.
    3. ↑ Club website 'About our Club' page
    4. ↑ Club website - history page
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