Otley R.U.F.C.

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Otley
Full name Otley Rugby Union Football Club
Union Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s) The Beavers
Founded 1865 (1865)
Ground(s) Cross Green
League(s) National League 2 North
Team kit
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/otley/

Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. The club runs three senior teams - the first XV, the Saracens (2nd XV) and the mighty Viscounts (3rd XV) - and the full range of junior teams. The first XV plays in National League 2 North.

History

Otley RUFC was founded in 1865[2] but broke away from rugby league in 1895 and restarted as a rugby union club in 1908.

In the 2007/2008 season they won the National Division Two title securing an immediate return to National Division One having been relegated the previous season, however they were immediately relegated again in the 2008/09 season along with fellow promoted side Manchester and three other teams due to the new professionalised format of National Division One (now the RFU Championship). Two seasons later the club was relegated again, this time to National League 2 North.

In 1979 Cross Green was the site of a famous victory by the North of England against the mighty All Blacks.[3] The Wallabies suffered the same fate in October, 1988.

Cross Green hosted a group game of the 1991 Rugby World Cup, between the United States and Italy.

Current standings

2013–14 National League 2 North Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Darlington Mowden Park 22 20 0 2 833 273 560 17 1 98
2 Stourbridge 22 20 0 2 745 238 507 14 1 95
3 Macclesfield 21 19 0 2 752 346 406 16 1 93
4 Sedgley Park 22 15 0 7 725 442 283 12 4 76
5 Chester 22 14 0 8 450 380 70 9 2 67
6 Birmingham & Solihull 20 11 0 9 481 427 54 7 4 55
7 Harrogate 21 10 0 11 539 521 18 6 5 51
8 Leicester Lions 22 9 0 13 481 496 -15 6 6 48
9 Caldy 21 9 0 12 438 552 -114 7 4 47
10 Luctonians 20 9 0 11 408 509 -101 6 4 46
11 Preston Grasshoppers 22 9 0 13 401 529 -128 6 4 46
12 Otley 21 8 0 13 466 513 -47 6 4 37[n 1]
13 Hull 21 7 0 14 442 569 -127 5 4 37
14 Sheffield Tigers 20 5 0 15 307 485 -178 1 5 26
15 Bromsgrove 21 5 0 16 366 689 -323 3 1 24
16 Dudley Kingswinford 22 0 0 22 258 1123 -865 2 4 6
  • 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
  1. ↑ Otley were deducted 5 competition points for fielding an ineligible player in their match against Harrogate on 21 December 2013.[1]
Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 10 February 2014
Source: NCA Rugby

Notable former players

Cross Green, Otley's home ground.

Club honours

League Champions:

  • National Division Two 2007/2008
  • North Division One 1989/90
  • National Division Four (North) 1990/91
  • National League Three 1992/93
  • Jewson National League One 1999/2000

Cup victories:

  • Yorkshire Challenge Cup Winners 1888/89, 1909/10, 1910/11, 1928/29, 1930/31, 1933/34, 1935/36, 1936/37, 1992/93

References

  1. ↑ Discipline "Club Discipline". National Clubs Association. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014. 
  2. ↑ Tony Williams and Bill Mitchell, ed. (1991). Courage Clubs Championship. Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1991-92. Taunton: Tony Williams. ISBN 1869833155. 
  3. ↑ "TV screening of Otley's historic rugby day". Telegraph & Argus. Newsquest Media Group. 16 September 2004. Retrieved 2009-01-06. 
  4. ↑ "Former Otley rugby player wins Nobel prize". Wharfedale and Airedale Observer. 15 October 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-06. 

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