Sandal RUFC
English rugby union club From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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| Full name | Sandal Rugby Union Football Club | |
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| Union | Yorkshire RFU | |
| Founded | 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 | |
| 2024–25 | 9th | |
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| Official website | ||
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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
External links
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