Clifton Rugby Football Club

Clifton RFC
Full name Clifton Rugby Football Club
Union Gloucestershire RFU
Founded 1872 (1872)
Location Cribbs Causeway, Patchway, Bristol, England
Ground(s) Station Road (Capacity: 2,500 (400 seats)[1])
Chairman Wyn Tingley
President John Raine
Coach(es) Matt Salter, Ed Robinson
League(s) National League 2 South
2016–17 10th
Team kit
Official website
www.cliftonrugby.co.uk
The first ever photograph of a Clifton RFC team (1873).
The Clifton RFC team for the 1874–75 season

Clifton Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club founded in Clifton, Bristol. Over the years the club's home games have been played in a variety of locations in northern Bristol, though never in Clifton itself; since 1976 they have been based at the southern end of Cribbs Causeway. Clifton play in the fourth tier of the English rugby union league system; National League 2 South.

History

Clifton is Bristol's oldest club, and one of the oldest in the world.[2] Clifton Rugby Club was formed on 27 September 1872 at the Kings Arms on Blackboy Hill in Clifton, Bristol. The pub still stands, although it was rebuilt in 1902, and refurbished in the late 1990s. Clifton is the 32nd oldest club in the United Kingdom, the 21st oldest in England, the 2nd oldest in the South West (Bath Rugby older by seven years) and the oldest in Bristol.[3] In 1909 a combined Bristol Rugby and Clifton RFC team, captained by Percy Down, lost to Australia 11–3.

Clifton's Cribbs Causeway ground also hosted the Bristol Packers American football team in the late 1980s and early 1990s.[4]

Current standings

2016–17 National League 2 South Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Bishop's Stortford (C) 30 25 0 5 1053 549 504 25 4 129
2 Old Elthamians (P) 30 25 0 5 1071 533 538 19 3 122
3 Chinnor 30 24 2 4 1111 546 565 21 1 122
4 Taunton Titans 30 19 3 8 901 735 166 19 4 105
5 Redruth 30 19 1 10 824 609 215 18 5 101
6 Redingensians Rams 30 16 1 13 756 618 138 12 9 87
7 Cinderford 30 16 2 12 746 725 21 16 5 84[b 1]
8 Canterbury 30 15 0 15 720 732 −12 11 7 78
9 Henley Hawks 30 13 1 16 775 840 −65 14 7 75
10 Clifton 30 14 0 16 683 843 −160 11 4 71
11 Bury St Edmunds 30 11 1 18 675 818 −143 11 7 64
12 Worthing Raiders 30 9 0 21 657 938 −281 9 8 53
13 London Irish Wild Geese 30 8 0 22 664 960 −296 14 6 52
14 Barnstaple 30 9 1 20 532 886 −354 6 7 51
15 Barnes (R) 30 6 3 21 599 817 −218 12 9 51
16 Exmouth (R) 30 3 1 26 554 1172 −618 9 6 29
  • 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. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 29 April 2017
Source: "National League 2 South". NCA Rugby. 
Notes
  1. ↑
    • Cinderford were deducted 5 points for fielding unregistered players against Canterbury on 3 September 2016.[5]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Bristol's Clifton Rugby Club announces ambitious expansion plans". South West Business. 28 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Clifton Rugby Club – Information at club website". cliftonrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Clifton Rugby Football Club History". cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bristol Packers". Britball Now. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Club Discipline Season 2016-2017". NCA. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Clifton RFC History 1970-1980". cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Clifton RFC History 1980-1990". cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Clifton RFC History 1990-2000". cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Clifton RFC History 2000-2010". cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "History - Combination Cup - Winners". bristolcombination.pitchero.com. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Clifton beat Dings to lift Combination Cup | Bristol Post". bristolpost.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
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