Rosslyn Park F.C.

Rosslyn Park
Full name Rosslyn Park Football Club
Founded 1879 (1879)
Location Roehampton, London, England [1]
Ground(s) The Rock, Priory Lane (Capacity: 2,000. Additional games at Richmond Park)
Chairman England Adam Tyrer
President England Geoffrey Bayles
League(s) National League 1
2014–15 2nd
Team kit
Official website
www.rosslynpark.co.uk
The Rosslyn Park squad in 1892.

Rosslyn Park Football Club is a rugby union club based in London. Founded in 1879 by departees of Belsize Park RFC and named after Rosslyn Hill in NW3, the club became the first club based in England to play rugby internationally when it faced Stade Français in Paris on 18 April 1892.[2] In 1912, the club played in Prague, Budapest and Vienna in the first rugby matches ever played in those locations.[2] In 1939, Rosslyn Park inaugurated the annual Rosslyn Park Schools Seven Tournament, which expanded from sixteen schools to 350 in 1996.[2] In 1975 and 1976, the club played in the final of the John Player Cup.

The club runs eight Senior men's sides and a ladies side (the "Slingbacks") who play on Sundays. Rosslyn Park also have one of the country's largest mini- and youth- rugby set-ups with sides at all age groups from under-6s up. The first team currently play in the third division of the English league system, National League One.

The club plays at Priory Lane, Barnes/Roehampton in South-West London on a ground leased from the next-door Roehampton Club. There is only one pitch on at the main site so additional games are played on pitches in the nearby Richmond Park. Changing facilities for both sets of pitches are at the main site in Priory Lane. The clubhouse has two bars, which are named after two of the club's famous players – Andy Ripley and Alexander Obolensky. The floodlights for the main pitch were famously provided by the hell-raising actor Oliver Reed who was also a member of the club and occasional player.

Club honours

Current standings

2015–16 National League 1 Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Richmond 23 19 1 3 682 382 300 12 2 92
2 Hartpury College 23 17 0 6 701 367 334 11 3 82
3 Blackheath 22 17 1 4 569 342 227 6 3 79
4 Plymouth Albion 23 16 0 7 543 460 83 9 3 76
5 Esher 23 15 0 8 619 436 183 11 3 74
6 Ampthill 22 14 1 7 522 458 64 10 4 72
7 Darlington Mowden Park 22 14 0 8 570 481 89 9 3 68
8 Rosslyn Park 23 14 0 9 507 432 75 5 2 63
9 Fylde 22 9 1 12 560 548 12 9 8 55
10 Coventry 23 9 1 13 534 496 38 7 5 50
11 Hull Ionians 23 6 0 17 467 631 –164 7 9 40
12 Loughborough Students 22 6 0 16 449 539 –90 5 7 36
13 Wharfedale 23 5 1 17 458 672 –214 8 5 35
14 Blaydon 21 6 0 15 313 520 –205 4 6 34
15 Henley Hawks 22 5 1 16 315 693 –378 3 1 26
16 Cinderford 23 4 1 18 372 724 –352 5 3 26
  • 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. Pink background are relegation places.
    Updated: 20 February 2016
    Source: "National League 1". NCA Rugby. 

    Notable former players

    Note: Mark Odejobi, Adam Thompstone, Danny Cipriani and Rory Hamilton-Brown were all in the same mini Rosslyn Park team.

    References

    1. ↑
    2. 1 2 3 "A brief history". Official site. Retrieved 2009-01-11.

    External links

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