Clifton Rugby Explained

Teamname:Clifton RFC
Fullname:Clifton Rugby Football Club
Nickname:Lavender And Blacks
Ground:Station Road
Capacity:2,500 (400 seats)[1]
President:John Raine
Url:https://www.cliftonrugby.co.uk/
Position:3rd
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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 RFC play in the fourth tier of the English rugby union league system; National League 2 West.

History

Clifton RFC 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 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]

Honours

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Notable former players

Internationals

British & Irish Lions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bristol's Clifton Rugby Club announces ambitious expansion plans. South West Business. 28 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Clifton Rugby Club – Information at club website . cliftonrugby.co.uk. 2 August 2016.
  3. Web site: Clifton Rugby Football Club History. cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. 2 August 2016.
  4. Web site: Bristol Packers . Britball Now . 17 October 2015.
  5. Web site: Clifton RFC History 1970-1980. cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. 2 August 2016.
  6. Web site: Clifton RFC History 1980-1990. cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. 2 August 2016.
  7. Web site: Clifton RFC History 1990-2000. cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. 2 August 2016.
  8. Web site: Clifton RFC History 2000-2010. cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. 2 August 2016.
  9. Web site: Clifton beat Dings to lift Combination Cup | Bristol Post. bristolpost.co.uk. 2 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923222143/http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Clifton-beat-Dings-lift-Combination-Cup/story-21076405-detail/story.html. 23 September 2015. dead.
  10. Web site: History - Combination Cup - Winners. bristolcombination.pitchero.com. 2 August 2016.