Sandal RUFC
English rugby union club
Rugby team
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| Full name | Sandal Rugby Union Football Club | |
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| Union | Yorkshire RFU | |
| Founded | 1927; 97 years ago (1927) | |
| Location | Sandal Magna, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England | |
| Ground(s) | Milnthorpe Green | |
| Chairman | Timothy Scatchard | |
| President | Peter Tunningley | |
| Coach(es) | Joe Bedford | |
| League(s) | Regional 1 North East | |
| 2022–23 | 5th | |
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| Official website | ||
| www | ||
Sandal Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Sandal Magna near Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The club runs three senior sides, a veterans team, academy and colts teams and ten junior teams.[1] The first XV play in the Regional 1 North East.
History
Sandal RUFC was formed in 1927 by former Wakefield RFC player Claude Beaumont.[2]
Honours
- North Division 1 champions: 1994–95
- Yorkshire Cup winners (3): 1997, 2001, 2019
- Yorkshire 1 champions: 2007–08[3]
- North 1 (east v west) promotion play-off winners: 2009–10[4]
- National League 3 (north v midlands) promotion play-off winners: 2014–15[5][6]
Notable former players
- Eric Batten
- Charles Chester
- Jimmy Ledgard
- Donald Metcalfe
- Roger Pearman
References
- ^ Club website home page
- ^ Sandal - 'The pre-war years'
- ^ "2007-2008 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "2009-10 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 1 May 2010.
- ^ "North Play Offs 2014–2015". England Rugby. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ^ "Hinckley go down fighting". Hinckley RFC. 25 April 2015.
External links
- Official website
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