Otley R.U.F.C.
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Full name | Otley Rugby Union Football Club | |
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Union | Rugby Football Union | |
Nickname(s) | The Beavers | |
Founded | 1865 | |
Ground(s) | Cross Green (Capacity: 5,000) | |
Coach(es) | Mark Luffman | |
League(s) | National League 2 North | |
2013–14 | 12th | |
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Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. The club runs three senior teams - the first XV, the Saracens (2nd XV) and the mighty Viscounts (3rd XV) - and the full range of junior teams. The first XV plays in National League 2 North.
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History
Otley RUFC was founded in 1865[1] but broke away from rugby league in 1895 and restarted as a rugby union club in 1908.
In the 2007/2008 season they won the National Division Two title securing an immediate return to National Division One having been relegated the previous season, however they were immediately relegated again in the 2008/09 season along with fellow promoted side Manchester and three other teams due to the new professionalised format of National Division One (now the RFU Championship). Two seasons later the club was relegated again, this time to National League 2 North.
In 1979 Cross Green was the site of a famous victory by the North of England against the mighty All Blacks.[2] The Wallabies suffered the same fate in October, 1988.
Cross Green hosted a group game of the 1991 Rugby World Cup, between the United States and Italy.
The all time leading try scorer is James Twomey, with 74 in 107 appearances between 2009 and 2013.
Current standings
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Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points | |||||||
1 | Hull Ionians (C) | 30 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 976 | 407 | 569 | 25 | 1 | 134 | ||||||
2 | Ampthill (P) | 30 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1113 | 440 | 673 | 23 | 2 | 131 | ||||||
3 | Sedgley Park | 30 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 881 | 666 | 215 | 16 | 4 | 89 | ||||||
4 | Harrogate | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 720 | 652 | 68 | 11 | 4 | 89 | ||||||
5 | Chester | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 706 | 595 | 111 | 12 | 6 | 84 | ||||||
6 | Caldy | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 696 | 720 | –24 | 11 | 7 | 84 | ||||||
7 | Broadstreet | 30 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 773 | 687 | 86 | 11 | 4 | 83 | ||||||
8 | Otley | 30 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 676 | 682 | –6 | 13 | 8 | 75 | ||||||
9 | Huddersfield | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 586 | 658 | –72 | 7 | 4 | 71 | ||||||
10 | Stourbridge | 30 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 740 | 803 | –63 | 12 | 7 | 69 | ||||||
11 | Leicester Lions | 30 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 612 | 804 | –192 | 10 | 2 | 64 | ||||||
12 | Preston Grasshoppers | 30 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 621 | 664 | –43 | 10 | 10 | 64 | ||||||
13 | Luctonians | 30 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 599 | 766 | –167 | 10 | 5 | 61 | ||||||
14 | Birmingham & Solihull (R) | 30 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 724 | 809 | –85 | 8 | 10 | 58 | ||||||
15 | Hull (R) | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 543 | 836 | –293 | 9 | 3 | 54 | ||||||
16 | Stockport (R) | 30 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 444 | 1221 | –777 | 5 | 4 | 19 | ||||||
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Notable former players
- Alfred "Alf" Bateson England 1930
- Danny Care
- Albert Fert, winner of 2007 Nobel Prize for Physics [3]
- Arthur Gray (Fullback for England while at Otley RUFC in 1947 against Wales, Ireland, and Scotland)
- Dennis Holmes
- Frank Malir England 1930
- Leslie Manfield Wales 1938
- Nigel Melville
Club honours [4]
League Champions:
- North Division One 1989-90
- Courage League - Division 4 North 1990-91
- Courage League Division 3 1992-93[5]
- Jewson National League 1 1999-00
- National Division Two 2007-08
Cup victories:
- Yorkshire Challenge Cup winners (9 times): 1889, 1910, 1911, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1993
References
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- ↑ http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/Squadre.aspx?ID=184
- ↑ http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=820&Itemid=468