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Cleckheaton RUFC

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Cleckheaton
Full nameCleckheaton Rugby Union Football Club
UnionYorkshire RFU
Nickname(s)Lambs, Cleck, The Heaton
Founded1888; 136 years ago (1888), Reformed: 1926
LocationCleckheaton, West Yorkshire, England
Ground(s)Cleckheaton Sports Club, Moorend, BD19 3UD
ChairmanNeil Gillan
PresidentJohn Archer
Coach(es)Thiu Barnard, Matty Piper (Backs), Richard Piper (Forwards)
Captain(s)Richard Piper
League(s)Regional 1 North East
2023–2410th
Team kit
Official website
www.cleckheatonrufc.com

Cleckheaton Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club based in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire. The club runs four senior sides and twelve junior teams.[1] and the first XV currently plays in Regional 1 North East.

History

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Cleckheaton first formed a rugby club in 1888 and opted to play union when rugby league was formed in 1895. The club was suspended at the start of World War One and reformed in 1926.[2]

Honours

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International players

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Past Cleckheaton players who have gone on to play international rugby include [2]

References

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  1. ^ Club website home page
  2. ^ a b Club website - history page
  3. ^ "2000-2001 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  4. ^ "2001-02 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  5. ^ "2013-14 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  6. ^ "North Play Offs 2003–2004". England Rugby. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Cleckheaton 23 Kettering 10". Telegraph & Argus. 26 April 2004.
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