Nottingham R.F.C.

Nottingham R.F.C.
Full name Nottingham Rugby Club
Emblem(s) Archer
Founded 1877
Ground(s) Lady Bay (Capacity:?)
Lady Bay Sports Ground (Capacity:?est)
League(s) RFU Championship
2014–15 5th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
nottinghamrugby.co.uk

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 Notts County Football Ground to Lady Bay in the West Bridgford area of Nottingham, having played previously 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 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, 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.

Club honours

Current standings

2014–15 RFU Championship Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Try Bonus Loss Bonus Points
1 Bristol 22 21 0 1 774 399 375 18 1 103
2 Worcester Warriors 22 19 0 3 858 335 523 18 3 97
3 London Scottish 22 12 2 8 534 498 36 10 2 64
4 Rotherham Titans 22 13 1 8 505 488 17 5 2 61
5 Nottingham 22 12 0 10 461 578 –117 5 3 56
6 Yorkshire Carnegie 22 10 1 11 494 462 32 7 5 54
7 Jersey 22 8 2 12 495 621 –127 5 7 48
8 Cornish Pirates 22 9 0 13 436 464 –28 4 5 45
9 Doncaster Knights 22 8 1 13 429 481 –52 3 6 43
10 Bedford Blues 22 7 0 15 433 604 –171 6 4 38
11 Moseley 22 5 1 16 441 637 –196 4 5 31
12 Plymouth Albion (R) 22 3 2 17 314 630 –316 1 5 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
Green background are promotion play-off places. Pink background is the relegation place.
Updated: 19 April 2015
Source: "Greene King IPA Championship". NCA Rugby.

Current squad

For player movements leading up to the 2015–16 season, see List of 2015–16 RFU Championship transfers#Nottingham.

2014-15 Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Ben Brownlie Hooker England England
Shaun Malton Hooker South Africa South Africa
Jon Vickers Hooker England England
Conor Carey Prop Ireland Ireland
Michael Holford Prop England England
Campese Ma'afu Prop Fiji Fiji
Harry Morley Prop England England
Dan Montagu Lock Australia Australia
Morgan Eames Lock England England
Toby Freeman Lock England England
Tom Calladine Flanker England England
Rupert Cooper Flanker England England
Kiefer Laxton Flanker England England
Josh Poullet Flanker England England
Brent Wilson (c) Flanker New Zealand New Zealand
Matt Everard Number 8 England England
Paul Grant Number 8 New Zealand New Zealand
Player Position Union
Cameron Lee-Everton Scrum-half England England
Sean Romans Scrum-half New Zealand New Zealand
Alex Smit Scrum-half England England
Jacob Knight Fly-half England England
Rory Lynn Fly-half England England
Will Maisey Fly-half England England
Dan Mugford Fly-half England England
Jake Barron Centre England England
Joe Cobden Centre England England
Alfie Molloy Centre England England
Joe Munro Centre England England
Jack Partington Centre England England
Connor Bullivant Wing England England
Ryan Hough Wing England England
Viliame Iongi Wing Tonga Tonga
Liam O'Neill Wing England England
Corey Venus Wing Scotland Scotland
Elliott Cox Fullback England England
Billy Robinson Fullback England England
Edward Styles Fullback England England

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach England Martin Haag
Backs Coach England Ged Glynn
Scrum Coach England Neil Fowkes
Skills Coach England Ben Johnston
Head Of Physiotherapy England Matt Taylor
Head of Strength and Conditioning France Jorris Brun
Head of Analytics and Strategy England Clive Windermere
Analysis Intern England Callum Convery
Academy Manager Tonga John Widdowson

Last updated: 28 December 2011
Source: Nottingham Rugby RFC

Notable former players

References

  1. ↑ "Ray Trew takes over Nottingham Rugby Club". BBC News. 30 July 2010.

External links