Nottingham R.F.C.

Nottingham R.F.C.

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Full name	Nottingham Rugby Club
Emblem(s)	Archer
Founded	1877 (1877)
Ground(s)	Lady Bay (Capacity:21000) Lady Bay Sports Ground (Capacity:?est)
Coach(es)	Martin Haag
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 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.

Martin Haag appointed Dan Montagu captain on 21 July 2015. He replaced Brent Wilson who retired at the end of 2014/15 season.

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. 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

• Midland Counties Senior Cup winners: 1905/06
• Midland Counties Junior Cup winners: 1907/08
• Noel Syson Cup (Notts, Lincs & Derby Sevens) winners: 1935, 1936, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1983
• Middlesex Sevens winners: 1944/45
• Midland Merit Table champions: 1984/85
• Selkirk Sevens winners: 1990/91

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 (F)	22	21	0	1	774	399	375	18	1	103
2	Worcester Warriors (W)	22	19	0	3	858	335	523	18	3	97
3	London Scottish (SF)	22	12	2	8	534	498	36	10	2	64
4	Rotherham Titans (SF)	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: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams 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: 5 July 2015 Source:

Current squad

For player movements leading up to the 2016–17 season, see List of 2016–17 RFU Championship transfers § Nottingham.

2015-16 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 Antonio Harris Hooker England Jon Vickers Hooker England Conor Carey Prop Ireland Kieran Davies Prop England Tom Heard Prop England Harry Morley Prop England Morgan Eames Lock England Toby Freeman Lock England Joseph Green Lock England Dan Montagu Lock Australia Rupert Cooper Flanker England George Cox Flanker England Matt Everard Flanker England Rob Langley Flanker England Josh Poullet Flanker England Paul Grant Number 8 New Zealand Benjamin Morris Number 8 England

Player Position Union Murray McConnell Scrum-half Scotland Alex Smit Scrum-half England Darryl Veenendaal Scrum-half England Will Millett Fly-half England Dan Mugford Fly-half England Lawrence Rayner Fly-half England Joe Cobden Centre England Viliami Hakalo Centre Tonga Calum Hall Centre England George Trimmer Centre England Oris Nawaqaliva Centre Fiji Ben Woods Centre England Sam Coghlan Murray Wing Ireland Jacob Heath Wing England Viliame Iongi Wing Tonga Josh Skelcey Wing England Ricky Andrew Fullback Ireland Conor Bullivant Fullback England Billy Robinson Fullback England

Notable former players

• Rob Andrew
• Vincent Cartwright
• Chris Gray
• Dusty Hare
• Simon Hodgkinson
• Brian Moore
• Gary Rees
• Chris Wyles
• Ali Williams
• Chris Oti
• Tom Youngs
• Alex Corbisiero
• Nick Preston
• Steve Holdstock

External links

• The Official Site of Nottingham RFC