Nottingham Rugby Football 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 Meadow Lane, the home of Notts County. The club has new facilities at Lady Bay in the West Bridgford area of Nottingham, having played at Ireland Avenue in Beeston until the end of the 2005/06 season.
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 British Lion) representing England and Chris Gray representing Scotland. Slightly earlier than this the clubs David Jones player 19 times for Wales, and is still working within the club to this day. However, 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.
The club currently plays at Meadow Lane. On 30 July 2010 the club signed an agreement to become part of Notts County PLC.[3] In early July 2012 it was announced that Martin Haag had become the new director of rugby at the club, filling the void left by Glenn 'Jackie Moon' Delaney departing for London Irish. Upon his arrival, Haag immediately conducted a training session with the players, something not seen at the club since 2002.
Current standings
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Club |
Played |
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Drawn |
Lost |
Points For |
Points Against |
Points Difference |
Try Bonus |
Losing Bonus |
Points |
| 1 | London Welsh | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 432 | 243 | 189 | 5 | 1 | 54 |
| 2 | Leeds Carnegie | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 429 | 264 | 165 | 7 | 1 | 52 |
| 3 | Rotherham Titans | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 462 | 319 | 143 | 7 | 1 | 52 |
| 4 | Bristol Rugby | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 410 | 279 | 131 | 10 | 3 | 52[n 1] |
| 5 | London Scottish | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 363 | 229 | 134 | 6 | 1 | 47 |
| 6 | Cornish Pirates | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 277 | 290 | -13 | 2 | 3 | 37 |
| 7 | Plymouth Albion | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 301 | 332 | -31 | 5 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Bedford Blues | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 285 | 386 | -101 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| 9 | Moseley | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 251 | 334 | -83 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Nottingham | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 263 | 343 | -80 | 1 | 5 | 24 |
| 11 | Jersey | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 269 | 404 | -135 | 0 | 3 | 17[n 2] |
| 12 | Ealing Trailfinders | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 181 | 500 | -319 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
- If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
- Number of matches won
- Difference between points for and against
- Total number of points for
- Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
- Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
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- ↑ Bristol were deducted 1 competition point for failing to reduce to 14 men when going to uncontested scrums against Bedford on 6 October.[2]
- ↑ Jersey were deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineligible player.[1]
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Green background are promotion play-off places. Pink background is the relegation place.
Updated 10 February 2014 — Current English Leagues source: RFU |
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-IRB nationality.
Extended squad
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-IRB nationality.
Transfers 2013-14
Players In
Players Out
Coaching staff
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Staff |
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| Head Coach |
 Martin Haag |
| Backs Coach |
Ged Glynn |
| Scrum Coach |
Neil Fowkes |
| Skills Coach |
Ben Johnston |
| Head Of Physiotherapy |
Matt Taylor |
| Head of Strength and Conditioning |
 Jorris Brun |
| Head of Analytics and Strategy |
Clive Windermere |
| Analysis Intern |
Callum Convery |
| Academy Manager |
 John Widdowson |
Notable former players
References
External links
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