Nottingham R.F.C.

Full name

Nottingham Rugby Club

Emblem(s)

Archer

Founded

1877

Ground(s)

Lady Bay (Capacity:21000)
Lady Bay Sports Ground (Capacity:?est)

Coach(es)

Martin Haag

League(s)

RFU Championship

2015–16

7th

1st kit

2nd kit

Official website

nottinghamrugby.co.uk

Nottingham Rugby Club are a rugby union club based in Nottingham, England. The club's first team currently play in the Championship, the second tier of English Rugby.

Nicknamed the Green & Whites, in reference to the club's kit, the first XV play at Lady Bay, The club has recently made a move from Meadow Lane, the home ground of Notts County to Lady Bay in the West Bridgford area of Nottingham. They previously played at Ireland Avenue in Beeston until the end of the 2005–06 season.

History

The club was established circa 1877 by Alexander Birkin after returning from Rugby School, where he was introduced to the sport. The Birkin family later purchased the land at Ireland Avenue that would be the home of the club until 2006.

The club's heyday was in the late 1980s with a number of top international players representing the first XV. These included Simon Hodgkinson, Rob Andrew, Dusty Hare and Brian Moore (also a Lion) representing England and Chris Gray representing Scotland. Another famous international was flanker David Jones, who played 19 times for Wales. He is still working for the club as the assistant first team manager. However, the advent of professionalism saw the Green & Whites fall on hard times and the first XV narrowly avoided relegation into the regional divisions in 2002–03. The club has bounced back since then and was promoted into National League One in 2003–04. The club finished a creditable 7th in 2005–06 before leaving Ireland Avenue after 102 years.

Martin Haag appointed Dan Montagu captain on 21 July 2015. He replaced Brent Wilson who retired at the end of 2014–15 season.

The club currently play at Lady Bay, previously at Meadow Lane. On 30 July 2010 the club signed an agreement to become part of Notts County PLC.^[1] In early July 2012 it was announced that Martin Haag had become the new director of rugby at the club, filling the void left by Glenn 'Jackie Moon' Delaney departing for London Irish. Upon his arrival, Haag immediately conducted a training session with the players, something not seen at the club since 2002.

Club honours

Midland Counties Senior Cup winners: 1905–06
Midland Counties Junior Cup winners: 1907–08
Noel Syson Cup (Notts, Lincs & Derby Sevens) winners: 1935, 1936, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1983
Middlesex Sevens winners: 1944–45
Midland Merit Table champions: 1984–85
Selkirk Sevens winners: 1990–91

Current standings

2015–16 RFU Championship Table

Club

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points for

Points against

Points diff

Try bonus

Loss bonus

Points

Bristol Rugby (Q)

718

397

321

Doncaster Knights (Q)

588

470

118

Yorkshire Carnegie (Q)

655

466

189

Bedford Blues (Q)

623

599

London Welsh

442

528

-86

Jersey

465

466

-1

Nottingham Rugby

494

483

London Scottish

463

453

Cornish Pirates

530

570

-40

Rotherham Titans

454

621

-167

Ealing Trailfinders

523

605

-82

Moseley (R)

416

715

-299

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

Number of matches won
Difference between points for and against
Total number of points for
Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled

Green background are promotion play-off places. Pink background is the relegation place.
Updated: 23 April 2016
Source: "Greene King IPA Championship". NCA Rugby.

Current squad

For player movements leading up to the 2016–17 season, see List of 2016–17 RFU Championship transfers § Nottingham.

2015–16 Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Ben Brownlie	Hooker	England
Antonio Harris	Hooker	England
Jon Vickers	Hooker	England
Conor Carey	Prop	Ireland
Kieran Davies	Prop	England
Tom Heard	Prop	England
Harry Morley	Prop	England
Morgan Eames	Lock	England
Toby Freeman	Lock	England
Joseph Green	Lock	England
Dan Montagu	Lock	Australia
Rupert Cooper	Flanker	England
George Cox	Flanker	England
Matt Everard	Flanker	England
Rob Langley	Flanker	England
Josh Poullet	Flanker	England
Paul Grant	Number 8	New Zealand
Benjamin Morris	Number 8	England

Player	Position	Union
Murray McConnell	Scrum-half	Scotland
Alex Smit	Scrum-half	England
Darryl Veenendaal	Scrum-half	England
Will Millett	Fly-half	England
Dan Mugford	Fly-half	England
Lawrence Rayner	Fly-half	England
Joe Cobden	Centre	England
Viliami Hakalo	Centre	Tonga
Calum Hall	Centre	England
George Trimmer	Centre	England
Oris Nawaqaliva	Centre	Fiji
Ben Woods	Centre	England
Sam Coghlan Murray	Wing	Ireland
Jacob Heath	Wing	England
Viliame Iongi	Wing	Tonga
Josh Skelcey	Wing	England
Ricky Andrew	Fullback	Ireland
Conor Bullivant	Fullback	England
Billy Robinson	Fullback	England

Notable former players

References

↑ "Ray Trew takes over Nottingham Rugby Club". BBC News. 30 July 2010.

External links

The Official Site of Nottingham RFC

RFU Championship

2015–16 Teams

Former clubs

Future clubs

Richmond

Seasons

National Division Two	1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97

Premiership Two	1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

National Division One	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09

Championship	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Representative team

RFU Championship XV

British and Irish Cup

2015–16 Teams

English	Bedford Blues Bristol Rugby Cornish Pirates Doncaster Knights Ealing Trailfinders Jersey London Scottish London Welsh Moseley Nottingham Rugby Rotherham Titans Yorkshire Carnegie

Irish	Connacht Eagles Leinster A Munster A Ulster Ravens

Welsh	Cardiff Blues A Newport Gwent Dragons A Ospreys A Scarlets A

Former clubs

English	Birmingham & Solihull 2009–10, 2010–11 Coventry 2009–10 Esher 2010–11, 2011–12 Exeter Chiefs 2009–10 Newcastle Falcons 2012–13 Plymouth Albion 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 Worcester Warriors 2010–11, 2014–15

Scottish	Ayr 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14 Currie 2010–11, 2011–12 Dundee HSFP 2012–13 Edinburgh Academicals 2013–14 Gael Force 2009–10 Gala 2012–13, 2013–14 Heriot's FP 2009–10 Melrose 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 Stirling County 2012–13, 2013–14

Welsh	Aberavon 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 Bedwas 2012–13 Bridgend Ravens 2012–13 Cardiff 2009–10, 2012–13 Carmarthen Quins 2012–13, 2014–15 Cross Keys 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 Llandovery 2010–11, 2012–13 Llanelli 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14 Neath 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 Newport 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13 Pontypridd 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 Swansea 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13

Seasons

Winners

Rugby union in England

Governing body

National teams

Men's	England England Saxons 7's U-20 U-21 U-19 U-18 Schoolboys British and Irish Lions England Counties XV

Women's	Women's 7's

International Competitions

Competition divisions

European competitions

National competitions

London and South East
competitions

Midland competitions

Northern competitions

South West competitions

County competitions

Original Courage Division 1 clubs, 1987–88

Bath Bristol Coventry Gloucester Harlequins Leicester Moseley Nottingham Orrell Sale Wasps Waterloo

Nottingham R.F.C. squad

Forwards	Brownlie Carey Cooper Cox Davies Eames Everard Harris Heard Freeman Grant Green Langley Morley Montagu Morris Poullet Vickers

Backs	Andrew Bullivant Cobden Coghlan Murray Hakalo Hall Heath Iongi McConnell Millett Mugford Nawaqaliva Rayner Robinson Skelcey Smit Trimmer Veenendaal Woods

Coach	Haag

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