Tynedale RFC

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Tynedale
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Full nameTynedale Rugby Football Club
Union Northumberland RFU
Founded1876;149 years ago (1876)
Location Corbridge, Northumberland, England
Ground(s)Tynedale Park (Capacity: 2,000 (400 seats))
Coach(es) Flag of England.svg Ben Woods
Captain(s) Flag of England.svg Matt Outson (1st XV)
League(s) National League 2 North
2024–25 5th
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Official website
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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.

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History

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]

Honours

Facilities

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.

Current standings

2025–26 National League 2 North table
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDTBLBPtsQualification
1 Billingham 0000000000Promotion place
2 Darlington Mowden Park 0000000000
3 Fylde 0000000000
4 Hull 0000000000
5 Hull Ionians 0000000000
6 Macclesfield 0000000000
7 Otley 0000000000
8 Preston Grasshoppers 0000000000
9 Rossendale 0000000000
10 Scunthorpe 0000000000
11 Sheffield 0000000000
12 Sheffield Tigers 0000000000
13 Tynedale 0000000000Relegation place
14 Wharfedale 0000000000
First match(es) will be played: September 2025. Source: National League Rugby [5]
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Number of matches drawn
  3. Difference between points for and against
  4. Total number of points for
  5. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  6. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled

Notes

    References

    1. "Rugby – Tynedale Rugby Football Ground". This is Corbridge. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
    2. "HISTORY OF TYNEDALE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB". Tynedale RFC. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
    3. John Inverdale (5 March 2008). "The beauty and floods of Tynedale Rugby Club". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
    4. "StackPath". Tynedale RFC. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
    5. "National League 2 North". NCA Rugby.