Nottingham R.F.C.
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| Full name | Nottingham Rugby Club | ||
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| Union | Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire RFU | ||
| Founded | 1877 | ||
| Ground(s) | Lady Bay (Capacity:3,000) | ||
| Chairman | Alistair Bow | ||
| President | Nigel Bettinson-Eatch | ||
| Coach(es) | Neil Fowkes | ||
| League(s) | RFU Championship | ||
| 2017–18 | 8th | ||
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Nottingham Rugby Club are a rugby union club based in Nottingham, England. The club's first team currently play in the Championship, the second tier of English Rugby.
Nicknamed the Green & Whites, in reference to the club's kit, the first XV play at Lady Bay, The club has recently made a move from Meadow Lane, the home ground of Notts County to Lady Bay in West Bridgford, outside Nottingham. They previously played at Ireland Avenue in Beeston until the end of the 2005–06 season.
History
The club was established circa 1877 by Alexander Birkin after returning from Rugby School, where he was introduced to the sport. The Birkin family later purchased the land at Ireland Avenue that would be the home of the club until 2006.
The club's heyday was in the late 1980s with a number of top international players representing the first XV. These included Simon Hodgkinson, Rob Andrew, Dusty Hare and Brian Moore (also a Lion) representing England and Chris Gray representing Scotland.
The advent of professionalism saw the Green & Whites fall on hard times and the first XV narrowly avoided relegation into the regional divisions in 2002–03. The club has bounced back since then and was promoted into National League One in 2003–04. The club finished a creditable 7th in 2005–06 before leaving Ireland Avenue after 102 years. Alistair Bow was appointed chairman in 2010 after having been a director since 2008.
Martin Haag appointed Dan Montagu captain on 21 July 2015. He replaced Brent Wilson who retired at the end of 2014–15 season. Since then Ian Costello has been appointed as Head Coach, with Neil Fowkes and Alex O'Dowd making up the current coaching team.
The club currently play at Lady Bay, previously at Meadow Lane. On 30 July 2010 the club signed an agreement to become part of Notts County PLC.[1] In early July 2012 it was announced that Martin Haag had become the new director of rugby at the club.
Club honours
- Midland Counties Senior Cup winners: 1905–06
- Midland Counties Junior Cup winners: 1907–08
- Noel Syson Cup (Notts, Lincs & Derby Sevens) winners: 1935, 1936, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1983
- Middlesex Sevens winners: 1944–45
- Midland Merit Table champions: 1984–85
- Selkirk Sevens winners: 1990–91
Current standings
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| Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Loss bonus | Points | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol (C) | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 949 | 417 | 532 | 18 | 1 | 103 | ||||||
| 2 | Ealing Trailfinders | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 766 | 522 | 244 | 15 | 2 | 83 | ||||||
| 3 | Bedford Blues | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 654 | 576 | 78 | 14 | 6 | 68 | ||||||
| 4 | Cornish Pirates | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 681 | 577 | 104 | 10 | 9 | 67 | ||||||
| 5 | Jersey Reds | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 542 | 480 | 62 | 8 | 3 | 65 | ||||||
| 6 | Yorkshire Carnegie | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 518 | 547 | -29 | 9 | 2 | 63 | ||||||
| 7 | Doncaster Knights | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 582 | 615 | -33 | 13 | 6 | 57 | ||||||
| 8 | Nottingham | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 547 | 619 | −72 | 7 | 3 | 52 | ||||||
| 9 | Richmond | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 444 | 597 | -153 | 6 | 4 | 46 | ||||||
| 10 | Hartpury College | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 480 | 623 | -143 | 9 | 7 | 42 | ||||||
| 11 | London Scottish | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 521 | 707 | -186 | 8 | 6 | 40 | ||||||
| 12 | Rotherham Titans (R) | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 376 | 780 | −404 | 2 | 4 | 14 | ||||||
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| Green background is the promotion place. Pink background is the relegation place. Updated: 28 April 2018 Source: "Greene King IPA Championship". NCA Rugby. | |||||||||||||||||
Current squad
The Nottingham squad for the 2018–19 season is:[2][lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 4] [lower-alpha 5]
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.
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- Notes:
- 1 2 David Langley joined Nottingham on a dual-registration basis with Wasps.[3]
- 1 2 Will Stuart is on a dual registration deal from Wasps.[4]
- ↑ Will Allman is on a dual registration deal with Northampton Saints.[5]
- ↑ Alex Moon is on a dual registration deal with Northampton Saints.[6]
- ↑ Charlie Thacker is on a dual registration deal with Leicester Tigers.[7]
- ↑ "Dual Loan"
- ↑ "Dual Reg-Loan"
- ↑ "Dual Reg-Loan"
Notable former players
References
- ↑ "Ray Trew takes over Nottingham Rugby Club". BBC News. 30 July 2010.
- ↑ "Squad - Nottingham Rugby". Nottingham Rugby. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ "David Langley - Nottingham Rugby". Nottingham Rugby. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ↑ "Will Stuart - Nottingham Rugby". Nottingham Rugby. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ↑ "Will Allman - Nottingham Rugby". Nottingham Rugby. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ↑ "Alex Moon - Nottingham Rugby". Nottingham Rugby. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ↑ "Charlie Thacker - Nottingham Rugby". Nottingham Rugby. Retrieved 24 August 2018.