Caldy Rugby Football Club
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| Full name | Caldy Rugby Football Club | ||
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| Union | Cheshire RFU | ||
| Nickname(s) | The Ravers | ||
| Founded | 1924 | ||
| Location | Thurstaston, Merseyside, England | ||
| Ground(s) | Paton Field (Capacity: 4,000) | ||
| Chairman | Jed Bartley | ||
| Coach(es) | Simon Verbickas, Andi Kiriakou | ||
| League(s) | National League 1 | ||
| 2016–17 | Champions (promoted to National League 1) | ||
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| Official website | |||
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The Caldy Rugby Football Club (Caldy for short) is an English rugby union team which play in the third tier of English rugby, National League 1. Their home stadium is Paton Field in Thurstaston.
On 8 April 2017 Caldy reached the highest level in the club's history when they beat title rivals Sale 28–26 in front of a crowd of 1,432 at Paton Field (the best attendance at the ground in over a decade) to win National League 2 North and gain promotion to National League 1 (tier 3) for the 2017–18 season.[1] That season they did the double as they won the Cheshire Cup for the 6th time the club's history; beating National League 3 Midlands side, Sandbach, 35–17 in the final.[2]
Honours
- National Old Boys Sevens Winners: 1970–71
- Cheshire Cup winners (6): 1971, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017
- South Lancashire and Cheshire 2 champions: 1997–98
- Euromanx South Lancs/Cheshire 1 champions: 2002–03
- North Division 2 West champions: 2004–05
- North Division 1 champions: 2006–07
- National League 2 North champions: 2016–17
Current standings
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| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Losing bonus | Points | ||||||||
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| 1 | Caldy (C) | 30 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1060 | 454 | 606 | 21 | 2 | 133 | ||||||
| 2 | Sale | 30 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 997 | 487 | 510 | 18 | 2 | 124 | ||||||
| 3 | Leicester Lions | 30 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 778 | 576 | 202 | 16 | 4 | 104 | ||||||
| 4 | Sedgley Park | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 884 | 635 | 249 | 15 | 4 | 101 | ||||||
| 5 | Chester | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 662 | 550 | 112 | 16 | 7 | 93 | ||||||
| 6 | Tynedale | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 741 | 750 | −9 | 15 | 4 | 89 | ||||||
| 7 | South Leicester | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 762 | 703 | 59 | 12 | 8 | 84 | ||||||
| 8 | Stourbridge | 30 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 679 | 685 | −6 | 12 | 7 | 83 | ||||||
| 9 | Hinckley | 30 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 630 | 712 | −82 | 12 | 5 | 73 | ||||||
| 10 | Wharfedale | 30 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 640 | 757 | −117 | 8 | 9 | 61 | ||||||
| 11 | Otley | 30 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 642 | 837 | −195 | 9 | 3 | 56 | ||||||
| 12 | Luctonians | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 640 | 812 | −172 | 12 | 8 | 56 | ||||||
| 13 | Sheffield Tigers | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 670 | 856 | −186 | 8 | 3 | 51 | ||||||
| 14 | Harrogate (R) | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 477 | 730 | −253 | 3 | 8 | 47 | ||||||
| 15 | Scunthorpe (R) | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 472 | 934 | −462 | 2 | 5 | 43 | ||||||
| 16 | Preston Grasshoppers (R) | 30 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 590 | 846 | −256 | 3 | 9 | 32 | ||||||
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| Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 29 April 2017 Source: "National League 2 North". NCA Rugby. | |||||||||||||||||
International players
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Ben Johnston (England) - Chris Bentley (England Under 21)
- Andy Maxwell (England)
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Gavin Kerr (Scotland) - Shaun Woof (England Under 21)
- Gavin Woods (England Counties)
- Stuart Turner (England)
References
- ↑ "Caldy land title after stunning fightback". The RUGBYPaper (447). Rugby Paper Ltd. 9 April 2017. p. 32.
- ↑ "Battling Sandbach are blown away by big guns". Crewe Chronicle. 19 April 2017.
- ↑ "Honours". Caldy RUFC. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
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