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Tynedale
Full nameTynedale Rugby Football Club
UnionNorthumberland RFU
Founded1876; 148 years ago (1876)
LocationCorbridge, Northumberland, England
Ground(s)Tynedale Park (Capacity: 2,000 (400 seats))
Coach(es)England Ben Woods
Captain(s)England Matt Outson (1st XV)
League(s)National League 2 North
2022–236th
Team kit
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/tynedalerugbyfootballclub

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.

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

2023–24 National League 2 North Table
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Leeds Tykes 21 21 0 0 890 360 530 19 0 103
2 Rotherham Titans 21 20 0 1 748 357 391 17 1 98
3 Sheffield 21 14 1 6 649 499 150 15 3 76
4 Wharfedale 21 14 0 7 508 395 113 10 1 67
5 Fylde 21 11 1 9 639 547 92 15 5 66
6 Tynedale 21 10 1 10 549 501 48 12 6 60
7 Sheffield Tigers 21 11 1 9 583 589 -6 11 2 59
8 Hull 21 10 1 10 528 607 -79 7 2 51
9 Otley 21 7 0 14 544 633 -89 10 7 45
10 Preston Grasshoppers 21 6 1 14 599 722 -123 12 5 43
11 Lymm 21 7 1 13 552 671 -119 8 4 42
12 Billingham 21 5 2 14 431 636 -205 6 2 32
13 Hull Ionians 21 4 1 16 511 740 -229 7 7 32
14 Huddersfield 21 2 0 19 461 935 -474 8 2 18
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 9 March 2024
Source: National League 2 North RFU [5]


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". England Rugby.

External links

National League 2 North
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