Teamname: | Ampthill |
Fullname: | Ampthill Rugby Club |
Founded: | [1] |
Ground: | Dillingham Park |
Capacity: | 3,000 |
Rugby Director: | Mark Lavery |
Url: | https://www.ampthillrufc.com/ |
Position: | 7th |
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Ampthill Rugby Club is an English rugby union team based in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. The club runs six senior teams and the full range of junior sides.[2] The first XV play in the RFU Championship, the second tier of the English rugby union system.
In 2013–14, the team finished second but lost the promotion play-off to Darlington Mowden Park of the National League 2 North.[3] In 2014–15, they again finished second having been transferred to National League 2 North. They beat Bishop's Stortford, the National League 2 South runner-up in the promotion play-off at Dillingham Park, 19–10.[4]
For the 2015–16 season Ampthill have agreed a player development programme with Saracens, allowing young players contracted to Saracens to play for Ampthill.[5]
Ampthill were initially National League 3 Midlands champions in 2009–10 but were stripped of the title due to breaches of league rules.[8]
The Ampthill squad for the 2023–24 season is:[9]