Clifton Rugby Football Club

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 RFC play in the fourth tier of the English rugby union league system; National League 2 South.

Clifton RFC
Full nameClifton Rugby Football Club
UnionGloucestershire RFU
Nickname(s)Lavender And Blacks
Founded1872 (1872)
LocationCribbs Causeway, Patchway, Bristol, England
Ground(s)Station Road (Capacity: 2,500 (400 seats)[1])
ChairmanWyn Tingley
PresidentJohn Raine
Coach(es)Matt Salter

Mike Barber

Mat Protheroe
League(s)National League 2 South
2019–205th
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

History

Clifton RFC 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
  • Bass South West Merit Table champions: 1979–80
  • South West Division 1 champions: 1988–89
  • Area League South runner-up: 1989–90 (promoted)
  • Courage League Division 4 champions: 1993–94
  • London 1 v South West 1 promotion play-off winner: 2005–06
  • South West Division 1 champions: 2008–09
  • Bristol Combination Cup winners (5): 2008–09, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18

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Current standings
2019–20 National League 2 South Table
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1Taunton Titans (C)252005815521294174101
2Tonbridge Juddians (P)25210481036644413198
3Redruth25201462037524511396
4Henley Hawks25191576142433715295
5Clifton25160970355215115483
6Bury St Edmunds24150966048917112678
7Leicester Lions2416085203741467576
8Esher24131106095307911570
9Worthing Raiders2411013582726-14412460
10Old Albanian25901658556718111057
11Dings Crusaders249015548647-9911552
12Barnes258017533719-1869546
13Westcliff256118446735-2895839
14Sutton & Epsom (R)244119395831-4365326
15Old Redcliffians (R)233218329648-3193423
16Bournemouth (R)252122441852-4112618
  • 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: 14 March 2020
Source: "National League 2 South". NCA Rugby.
Notes

    Notable former players

    Internationals; Billy Meakes (Australia), Ellis Genge (England), Callum Braley (Italy), and British & Irish Lions, Mako Vunipola (England)Mark Regan (England) And Oliveria De Sacco (Malta)

    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. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
    10. "History - Combination Cup - Winners". bristolcombination.pitchero.com. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
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