Clifton Rugby Football Club

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.

Clifton RFC
Full nameClifton Rugby Football Club
UnionGloucestershire RFU
Nickname(s)Lavender And Blacks
Founded1872 (1872)
LocationCribbs Causeway, Bristol,BS10 7TB England
Ground(s)Station Road (Capacity: 2,500 (400 seats)[1])
PresidentJohn Raine
Coach(es)Matt Salter

Mike Barber

Bruce Reihana
League(s)National League 2 South
2021–223rd (transferred to National League 2 West
Team kit
Official website
www.cliftonrugby.co.uk
The first ever photograph of a Clifton RFC team (1873).
The Clifton RFC team for the 1874–75 season

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

[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Current standings
2022–23 National League 2 West Table
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points Pts adj
1Leicester Lions18170158230627615184
2Clifton17140365634031614070
3Dings Crusaders1712055314438813364
4Redruth16120455733322411160
5Hinckley1611144423984410056
6Exeter University1711065304587210155
7Loughborough Students177285535193413651
8Luctonians169074482731759348
9Hornets RFC185013456579−1239534
10Old Redcliffians15609378455−777233
11Newport (Salop)174013344656−3129328
12Barnstaple175011281446−1654226
13Bournville172114393634−2418523
14Stourbridge181017398697−2999210−5
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 4 Februry 2023

Notable former players

Internationals

British & Irish Lions

References
  1. "Bristol's Clifton Rugby Club announces ambitious expansion plans". South West Business. 28 April 2014.
  2. "Clifton Rugby Club – Information at club website". cliftonrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. "Clifton Rugby Football Club History". cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  4. "Bristol Packers". Britball Now. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  5. "Clifton RFC History 1970-1980". cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  6. "Clifton RFC History 1980-1990". cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  7. "Clifton RFC History 1990-2000". cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  8. "Clifton RFC History 2000-2010". cliftonrfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  9. "Clifton beat Dings to lift Combination Cup | Bristol Post". bristolpost.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  10. "History - Combination Cup - Winners". bristolcombination.pitchero.com. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
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