Aspatria RUFC
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| Full name | Aspatria Rugby | |
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| Union | Cumbria RU | |
| Founded | 1875 | |
| Location | Aspatria, Cumbria, England | |
| Ground(s) | Bower Park | |
| Chairman | Mike Dowling | |
| President | Alan Bowes | |
| Captain(s) | Phil Dixon (Jack Clegg) 2022/23 | |
| League(s) | Regional 2 North | |
| 2022/2023 | 6th | |
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| Official website | ||
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Aspatria Rugby Union Football Club is based in Aspatria, Cumbria (formerly Cumberland) in north west England, not far from the Scottish Border. They are nicknamed the "Black Reds", and have a red cockerel as their logo.
They currently play in North West 2 - a tier 6 league in the English rugby union system - division for the 2022/2023 season following the promotion in 2021/2022 from tier 7.
They are not to be confused with the Aspatria Hornets, the local rugby league team.
Club Honours
1st team:
- Cumbria Cup winners (32): 1883, 1885, 1891, 1892, 1896, 1899, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1937, 1938, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2013
- North 2 champions: 1987-88
- North 1 champions: 1990-91
- Courage National Division 4 North champions: 1991-92
- North Lancs/Cumbria champions: 2010-11
- Cumbria League Cup winners 2018/9
2nd team:
- Cumbria Shield winners (16): 1907, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1938, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2002, 2006
Notable players
Aspatria has produced several international / representative players:
- Joseph Blacklock[1]
- James Davidson
- Joseph Davidson
- David Graham[2]
- Steve Hanley[3]
- Thomas Holliday, seven England caps, 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa, and later rugby league player for Oldham R.L.F.C. and the England national rugby league team.[4]
- Robert Jackson Hanvey
- Rob Miller now plays for London Wasps. He is the top try scorer in the Aviva Premiership 2011/2012 season and was called up to the England Saxons 05/07/2012 by head coach Stuart Lancaster but subsequently lost his place before the 2013 Six Nations competition.
- David Pears England International.
- Mark Richardson represented Barbarian F. C. 1997 v Leicester Tigers
References
- Goodwin, Terry The Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Blandford Press, England, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
- ^ Godwin, p49
- ^ Godwin, p169
- ^ "Rugby Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN".
- ^ Godwin, p197
Bibliography
- Terry Carrick (1995). Aspatria: The History Of A Rugby Union Football Club. Nottingham: Adland Press.
External links
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