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| Full name | Ampthill Rugby Club | |
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| Union | East Midlands RFU | |
| Founded | 1881[1] | |
| Ground(s) | Dillingham Park (Capacity: 3,000) | |
| Director of Rugby | Mark Lavery | |
| Coach(es) | Paul Turner | |
| Captain(s) | Charlie Beckett | |
| League(s) | RFU Championship | |
| 2022–23 | 8th | |
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| Official website | ||
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Ampthill Rugby Club is an English rugby union team based in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. The club runs six senior teams and the full range of junior sides.[2] The first XV play in the RFU Championship, the second tier of the English rugby union system.
History
In 2013–14, the team finished second but lost the promotion play-off to Darlington Mowden Park of the National League 2 North.[3] In 2014–15, they again finished second having been transferred to National League 2 North. They beat Bishop's Stortford, the National League 2 South runner-up in the promotion play-off at Dillingham Park, 19–10.[4]
For the 2015–16 season Ampthill have agreed a player development programme with Saracens, allowing young players contracted to Saracens to play for Ampthill.[5]
Honours
- East Midlands 1 champions: 1989–90
- Midlands 3 East (South) champions: 2006–07
- Midlands Division 2 East champions: 2008–09
- National League 3 Midlands champions: 2012–13[6]
- East Midlands Wells Bombardier Cup winners (6): 1996, 1997, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2013[7]
- National League 2 (north v south) promotion play-off winners: 2014–15
- National League 1 champions: 2018–19
Ampthill were initially National League 3 Midlands champions in 2009–10 but were stripped of the title due to breaches of league rules.[8]
Current standings
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| Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Losing bonus | Points | |||||||
| 1 | Ealing Trailfinders | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 281 | 142 | 139 | 6 | 1 | 31 | ||||||
| 2 | Coventry | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 266 | 183 | 83 | 7 | 0 | 27 | ||||||
| 3 | Cornish Pirates | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 216 | 145 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 25 | ||||||
| 4 | Doncaster Knights | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 229 | 210 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 25 | ||||||
| 5 | Bedford Blues | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 252 | 170 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| 6 | Nottingham | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 229 | 252 | -23 | 6 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| 7 | Ampthill | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 225 | 228 | -3 | 5 | 1 | 22 | ||||||
| 8 | Hartpury | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 205 | 237 | -32 | 3 | 2 | 17 | ||||||
| 9 | Caldy | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 165 | 251 | -86 | 4 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| 10 | Cambridge | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 187 | 373 | -186 | 4 | 3 | 11 | ||||||
| 11 | London Scottish | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 129 | 193 | -64 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||||
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| Green background Champions (qualify for Promotion play-off if eligible). Red background will be relegated (there is no relegation this season). Updated: 13 January 2024 Source: "The Championship". England Rugby. | |||||||||||||||||
Current squad
The Ampthill squad for the 2022–23 season.
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
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References
- ↑ "...reformed after WWII in 1950 the current club...""A brief History of Ampthill & District Community RUFC". Ampthill & District RUFC. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ↑ Club website home page - headlines section Archived 11 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "National League 2 South". Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ↑ "National 2 Promotion Playoff". Archived from the original on 29 April 2015.
- ↑ "Ampthill & Saracens Player Development Programme". Ampthill RUFC. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015.
- ↑ "RFU".
- ↑ http://www.emru.co.uk/clubimages/10/documents/Previous%20winners%20of%20the%20WB%20EM%20Snr%20Cup.doc
- ↑ "National League Rugby Discussion Forum".
