Nottingham R.F.C.

Nottingham R.F.C.
Full name Nottingham Rugby Club
Emblem(s) Archer
Founded 1877 (1877)
Ground(s) Lady Bay (Capacity:3,000)
Chairman Alistair Bow
President Nigel Bettinson-Eatch
Coach(es) Ian Costello
League(s) RFU Championship
2016–17 9th
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 Meadow Lane, the home ground of Notts County to Lady Bay in West Bridgford, outside of Nottingham. They previously played at Ireland Avenue in Beeston until the end of the 2005–06 season.

History

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 Lion) representing England and Chris Gray representing Scotland.

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. Alistair Bow was appointed chairman in 2010 after having been a director since 2008.

Martin Haag appointed Dan Montagu captain on 21 July 2015. He replaced Brent Wilson who retired at the end of 2014–15 season. Since then Ian Costello has been appointed as Head Coach, with Neil Fowkes and Alex O'Dowd making up the current coaching team.

The club currently play 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.

Club honours

Current standings

2016–17 RFU Championship Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points
1 London Irish (C) 20 19 0 1 712 290 422 13 1 91
2 Yorkshire Carnegie (F) 20 15 0 5 619 461 158 11 3 74
3 Ealing Trailfinders (SF) 20 12 1 6 584 427 157 7 3 60
4 Doncaster Knights (SF) 20 12 0 8 514 424 90 9 1 58
5 Jersey Reds 20 11 0 9 459 451 8 7 7 58
6 Cornish Pirates 20 9 2 9 559 497 62 8 7 55
7 London Scottish 20 7 0 13 465 605 −140 7 5 40
8 Bedford Blues 20 6 1 13 496 569 −73 9 5 40
9 Nottingham Rugby 20 7 1 12 419 542 −123 4 5 39
10 Richmond 20 5 0 15 347 585 −238 4 2 26
11 Rotherham Titans 20 4 1 15 333 656 −323 2 2 22
  • 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. (There is no relegation this season.)
Updated: 15 April 2017
Source:"Greene King IPA Championship". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 19 February 2017. 
  • Had either Ealing or Doncaster won the play-offs, they would not have accepted promotion, causing no side to be promoted and the bottom Premiership club retaining their place. This did not happen, as London Irish and Yorkshire Carnegie (both of which met the Premiership's minimum standards) won the play-off semi-finals.
Notes

    Current squad

    2017-18 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
    Jake Farnworth Hooker England England
    James Penman Hooker New Zealand New Zealand
    Jimmy Stevens Hooker England England
    Rory Burke Prop Ireland Ireland
    Kieran Davies Prop England England
    Ben Hooper Prop England England
    Jamie Jack Prop England England
    Aniseko Sio Prop Samoa Samoa
    Will Stuart Prop England England
    Tom West Prop England England
    Ben Davis-Moore Lock England England
    Tom Holmes Lock England England
    Danny Qualter Lock Ireland Ireland
    Shane Buckley Flanker Ireland Ireland
    George Cox Flanker England England
    Matt Everard Flanker England England
    Ben Morris Flanker England England
    Josh Poullet Flanker England England
    Tim Cardall Number 8 England England
    Jordan Coghlan Number 8 Ireland Ireland
    Player Position Union
    Alex Crocker Scrum-half England England
    Murray McConnell Scrum-half Scotland Scotland
    Jacob Nash Scrum-half England England
    Darryl Veenendaal Scrum-half England England
    Tiff Eden Fly-half England England
    Gearoid Lyons Fly-half Ireland Ireland
    Will Millett Fly-half England England
    Joe Cobden Centre England England
    Oli Evans Centre England England
    Viliami Hakalo Centre Tonga Tonga
    Calum Hall Centre England England
    Alex Goble Wing England England
    Josh Skelcey Wing England England
    Jack Spittle Wing England England
    David Williams Wing England England
    Billy Robinson Fullback England England
    Sean Scanlon Fullback Ireland Ireland
    Will Sutton Fullback England England

    Notable former players

    References

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