This article needs additional citations for verification .(May 2022) |
![]() | ||
Full name | Tynedale Rugby Football Club | |
---|---|---|
Union | Northumberland RFU | |
Founded | 1876 | |
Location | Corbridge, Northumberland, England | |
Ground(s) | Tynedale Park (Capacity: 2,000 (400 seats)) | |
Coach(es) | ![]() | |
Captain(s) | ![]() | |
League(s) | National League 2 North | |
2022–23 | 6th | |
| ||
Official website | ||
www |
Tynedale RFC is a rugby union team based in Corbridge, Northumberland in North East England. The club was relegated from National League 1 in 2015, the third tier of the English rugby union system and have played in National League 2 North since.
The first match was against Elswick in 1876. [1] In 1904 they won the Northumberland Senior Shield. [2]
In 2008 they were promoted to National Division Two. [3]
Over 35 acres (140,000 m2) of land set in rural surround. The ground is adjacent to the River Tyne – a short walk over the bridge to the historical village of Corbridge. It has seven pitches, one fully floodlit training pitch (floodlighting adequate for 'junior' matches) and one smaller training pitch, fully floodlit – used for Colts training area. The ground has a modern, 400 seat grandstand, and there is also space for standing spectators around the pitch bringing total capacity to approximately 2,000.
| |||||||||||||||||
Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Losing bonus | Points | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Leeds Tykes | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 346 | 175 | 171 | 8 | 0 | 40 | ||||||
2 | Rotherham Titans | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 266 | 123 | 143 | 5 | 0 | 33 | ||||||
3 | Wharfedale | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 179 | 171 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
4 | Hull | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 211 | 182 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 22 | ||||||
5 | Sheffield Tigers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 225 | 186 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 21 | ||||||
6 | Billingham | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 146 | 182 | -36 | 2 | 1 | 19 | ||||||
7 | Sheffield | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 200 | 194 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | ||||||
8 | Fylde | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 203 | 219 | -16 | 5 | 3 | 18 | ||||||
9 | Hull Ionians | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 176 | 220 | -44 | 3 | 2 | 17 | ||||||
10 | Tynedale | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 189 | 199 | -10 | 4 | 4 | 16 | ||||||
11 | Otley | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 172 | 197 | -25 | 3 | 3 | 14 | ||||||
12 | Preston Grasshoppers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 180 | 254 | -74 | 3 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
13 | Lymm | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 180 | 229 | -49 | 3 | 2 | 13 | ||||||
14 | Huddersfield | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 159 | 301 | -142 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 21 October 2023 Source: National League 2 North RFU [5] |
Birmingham & Solihull Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club based in Portway, Birmingham.
The Streatham-Croydon Rugby Football Club, is a rugby union club, founded in 1871, based at Frant Road, Thornton Heath, in the London Borough of Croydon, south London. Streatham-Croydon currently play in Counties Surrey 4. The club's teams play in cardinal shirts, white shorts and cardinal and white hooped socks.
Basingstoke Rugby Football Club is a Rugby Union club based in Basingstoke, Hampshire, in southern England. The men's 1st XV currently plays in London 3 South West - a league at level 8 of the English rugby union system - following their promotion from Hampshire Premier at the end of the 2018–19 season.
West Hartlepool Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club who play in Durham/Northumberland 1 in the seventh tier of the English rugby union system.
South Shields Westoe RFC is a Rugby Union Football Club which currently plays in Durham/Northumberland 1 at Wood Terrace, South Shields. The club changed its name from Westoe RFC to South Shields Westoe RFC in August 2015, using the new name from the 2015-16 season onwards.
North Premier was a level five league in the English rugby union system, with the fourteen teams drawn from across Northern England. The other leagues at this level were London & South East Premier, Midlands Premier and South West Premier. The RFU reorganised the level five leagues for season 2022–23, with an increase from four to six and reducing the teams in each from fourteen to twelve. The teams in this league now play in either Regional 1 North East or Regional 1 North West.
Broadstreet Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in the city of Coventry, West Midlands, England. The club currently play in Regional 1 Midlands; at the fifth tier of the English rugby union system, following their relegation from National League 2 South at the end of the 2017–18 season. The 2014–15 season was the third time the club had played in the fourth tier of English rugby, but the first time it had maintained at that level. Furthermore, the club have also recently enjoyed success, by winning the Warwickshire Cup.
Dudley Kingswinford Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union football club based in Kingswinford in the West Midlands. The club currently participate in the fourth tier of English club rugby, National League 2 West, following their promotion from Regional 1 Midlands in 2022–23. The club run seven senior sides, a ladies team and a full range of junior sides.
Newton Abbot Rugby Club is an English rugby union team based the town of Kingsteignton, just outside of Newton Abbot in Devon. The club runs two senior teams and a ladies side as well as the full range of junior teams. The first XV play in Regional 2 South West, a level six league in the English rugby union system, following their relegation from South West Premier at the end of the 2018–19 season.
Alnwick RFC is an amateur rugby union club based in the town of Alnwick, Northumberland in north-east England. The club play in Regional 1 North East, a level five league in the English rugby union system and are the most northerly rugby union club in English league rugby,. Alnwick regularly field three senior sides, all of which play competitive league and cup rugby. The club also has a junior section running teams from under 7's through to under 18's and a girls section.
Sale FC is a semi-professional rugby union club based at Heywood Road in Sale, Greater Manchester, England. They play in National League 1 following promotion from National League 2 North at the end of the 2017–18 season. Premiership club Sale Sharks is the professional offshoot of Sale FC.
The 2015–16 National League 2 North is the seventh season of the fourth tier of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced. There was talk of this being the last season in this format due to RFU changes to tier four which were supposed to result in a restructuring of the league from two regional divisions to three for the 2016–17 season but this seems to have been put on hold due to protests from the northern clubs who stood to lose revenue from a smaller fixture list.
The 2000–01 National Division Three North was the first season of the fourth division (north) of the English domestic rugby union competition using the name National Division Three North. New teams to the division included Dudley Kingswinford who were promoted as the champions of Midlands Division 1 and Tynedale who were champions of North Division 1 with no northern based teams being relegated from the 1999-00 Jewson National League One. The league system was 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw with the promotion system changing for this season with a playoff system being introduced. The champions of both National Division Three North and National Division Three South would automatically go up but the runners up of these two divisions would meet each other in a one off match to see who would claim the third and final promotion place to National Division Two for the following season.
Wallsend Rugby Football Club is a rugby union side based in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear. The club runs senior adult and junior teams for all ages. The 1st XV senior side compete in Counties 2 Durham & Northumberland and the 2nd XV play in the Northumberland Rugby Union River Coquet league. Senior games are played on Saturday afternoons. The junior boys and girls teams train and play on Sunday mornings with ages 4+ catered for.
Long Eaton RFC are a rugby union club based in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, UK. They play in Midlands 1 East following their promotion from Midlands 2 East (North) as champions at the end of the 2020–21 season with over 100 points. Prior to that they were 2017-2018 champions of RFU Midlands Division 3 East (North) and 2016-17 champions of RFU Midlands Division 4 East (North) having remained unbeaten for both seasons. They are also won 2016-17 RFU Junior Vase, narrowly missing out on the national final. The club are currently Director of Rugby is Wasps RFC defence coach Matt Everard, and head coach is former Nottingham RFC players Murray McConnell
The Northumberland Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in the historic county of Northumberland, England and one of the constituent bodies of the national Rugby Football Union having been formed in 1880. In addition, the county has won the county championship on two occasions, and finished runners-up on a further five occasions.
Truro RFC is a Cornish rugby union club based in the city of Truro and was formed in 1885. The club's colours are blue and yellow and they operate two senior men's teams, a women's team, a colts side and various mini/junior teams. The men's first team currently play in Regional 2 South West – a league at level 6 in the English rugby union system.
Walsall Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club based in Walsall in the West Midlands, playing home games at the Broadway Ground, Delves Road. The club operates four senior men's teams, a colts side as well as a full range of junior teams. The men's 1st XV currently plays in Regional 2 West Midlands.
Morpeth Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club based in Morpeth, Northumberland. The 1st XV team currently plays in North 1 East, having previously reached the national levels of the sport for the first time in 2019–20. The club operates 4 Senior Men's sides and Colts regularly playing each weekend, plus 'Morpeth Ranters' Vets, a Senior Ladies team and 3 Girls rugby squads, as well as a Minis/Junior rugby setup with teams ranging from U6 > U16.
Stockton Rugby Football Club is an English amateur rugby union club, situated in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. Founded in 1873, it currently competes in the Durham/Northumberland 1 division, the seventh tier of the English rugby union league system, where they have been long-standing members since relegation from North 2 East in 2006. They have played at The Grangefield Ground since 2015, after their move from Norton.