Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895. It restarted as a RU 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). They currently play in the National League 2 North following another relegation in the 2010/11 National League 1 season.
In 1979 Cross Green was the site of a famous victory by the North of England against the mighty All Blacks.[1] The Wallabies suffered the same fate in October, 1988. Cross Green also hosted a match between the United States and Italy during the 1991 Rugby Union World Cup.
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- League Champions
- National Division Two 2007/2008
- North Division One 1989/90
- National Division Four (North) 1990/91
- National League Three 1992/93
- Jewson National League One 1999/2000
- Yorkshire Challenge Cup Winners 1888/89, 1909/10, 1910/11, 1928/29, 1930/31, 1933/34, 1935/36, 1936/37, 1992/93
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[edit] References
- ^ "TV screening of Otley's historic rugby day". Telegraph & Argus. Newsquest Media Group. 16 September 2004. http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/2004/9/16/97284.html. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
- ^ "Former Otley rugby player wins Nobel prize". Wharfedale and Airedale Observer. 15 October 2007. http://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/1761662.Former_Otley_rugby_player_wins_Nobel_prize/. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
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