Cinderford R.F.C.

Cinderford
Full name Cindeford Rugby Football Club
Founded 1886
Location Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England
Ground(s) Dockham Road (Capacity: 2,500)
Coach(es) England Andy Deacon
Captain(s) England Adam Nicholls
League(s) National League 1
2014–15 13th
Team kit
Official website
www.cinderfordrfc.co.uk

Cinderford RFC is a rugby union club based in the town of Cinderford, Gloucestershire. The first team competes in National League One, the third tier of the English rugby union pyramid. At the end of season 2007–08 Cinderford beat Darlington Mowden Park, of the National Division Three North in a play-off for the second promotion spot to National Division Two, the former designation of the level three league.

In return for selling their Dockham Road ground to Tesco, a new ground is to be built on the edge of town on St White Road.

Club honours

Current standings

2014–15 National League 1 Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Ealing Trailfinders (P) 30 27 0 3 1099 518 581 25 3 136
2 Rosslyn Park 30 26 0 4 909 508 401 20 3 127
3 Coventry 30 22 1 7 1011 694 317 16 6 112
4 Fylde 30 16 2 12 844 738 106 18 4 90
5 Hartpury College 30 19 0 11 784 685 99 10 3 89
6 Blackheath 30 16 1 13 758 731 27 16 4 86
7 Richmond 30 14 2 14 837 866 –29 15 5 80
8 Blaydon 30 13 0 17 666 693 –27 13 8 73
9 Darlington Mowden Park 30 13 1 16 782 732 50 14 6 69[n 1]
10 Esher 30 12 1 17 720 738 –18 11 7 68
11 Wharfedale 30 12 1 17 595 801 –206 11 4 65
12 Loughborough Students 30 11 0 19 681 709 –28 12 7 63
13 Cinderford 30 11 0 19 606 686 –80 10 5 59
14 Old Albanian (R) 30 12 1 17 688 771 –83 9 4 58[n 2]
15 Tynedale (R) 30 8 0 22 593 999 –406 6 5 43
16 Macclesfield (R) 30 3 0 27 481 1185 –704 6 3 21
  • 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. ↑ Darlington Mowden Park deducted 5 points after selecting an unregistered player on 13 September 2014 against Wharfedale.[3]
  2. ↑ Old Albanian deducted 5 points after selecting two unregistered players on 31 January 2015 against Fylde[4]

Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 25 April, 2015
Source: "National League 1". NCA Rugby.

Current squad

Props

  • Chris Bundy
  • Tom Heard
  • Seb Merritt
  • Paul Price
  • Joe Smart

Hookers

  • Tom Bozzard
  • Matt Jones
  • Rob Groves
  • Sam Wilkes
  • Nico Woodward

Locks

  • Chris Jones
  • Ed King
  • Rich Mountford
  • Tom Napier
  

Loose Forwards

  • Luke Allen
  • Ashley Brown
  • George Evans
  • Will Foden
  • Jake Kitson
  • Dave McKee
  • Chris McNeil
  • George Mills
  • Adam Nicholls

Scrum-halves

  • Luke Carter
  • Ben Draper
  • Jake Wakefield
  • Will Merivale
  • Danny Pointon

Fly-halves

  • Rory Teague
  • Mike Wilcox
  

Centres

  • Simeon James
  • Kai Done
  • Dewi Scourfield
  • Robbie Winchle

Wings

  • Nicky Gait
  • Morgan Goodhall
  • Lloyd Stapleton

Fullbacks

  • Pete Towers
  • Danny Trigg
  • Stef Hawley

References

  1. ↑ http://www.trelawnys-army.org.uk/ta/tables89.html
  2. ↑ http://www.trelawnys-army.org.uk/ta/tables45.html
  3. ↑ "DMP drop five points". The RUGBYPaper (317). 12 October 2014. p. 43.
  4. ↑ Edwards, Michael (18 March 2015). "Five points deducted from Old Albanian". The Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

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