Sheffield Tigers RUFC
Full name | Sheffield Tigers Rugby Union Football Club | |
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Union | Yorkshire RFU | |
Founded | 1932 | |
Location | Dore, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England | |
Ground(s) | Dore Moor | |
Chairman | Paul Walker | |
President | Graham Cockshutt | |
Coach(es) | Jamie Broadley | |
Captain(s) | Ryan Holmes | |
League(s) | National League 2 North | |
2022–23 | 9th | |
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Official website | ||
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Sheffield Tigers Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They currently play in the fourth tier of the English rugby union league system, National League 2 North, and are based at Dore Moor, Hathersage Road, Sheffield. The club run three senior teams and a veterans side, the junior section starts at under-7's up to a colts XV.[1]
History
Formed in 1932 they celebrate their 75th season of rugby in 2007. Since league rugby began they were long standing members of
The arrival of former England and
The arrival of coach Richard Selkirk and a host of new players saw Tigers promoted at the second time of asking in 2004–05, a year that also saw a second Vase win at Twickenham, this time over Solihull after a tumultuous semi-final win at Sidmouth.
Further success followed in 2005–06 with the
Honours
- Tetley/Powergen Junior Vase winners (2): 1999–00, 2004–05
- Yorkshire Shield winners: 2000–01
- South Yorkshire Trophy winners (3): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
- Yorkshire League 2champions: 2004–05
- Yorkshire League 1champions: 2005–06
- North 2 (east v west) promotion play-off winners: 2006–07
- National League 3 (north v midlands)promotion play-off winner: 2010–11
- National League 3 Northchampions: 2015–16
Current standings
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Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Losing bonus | Points | ||||||||
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1 | Rotherham Titans | 25 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 930 | 446 | 484 | 21 | 1 | 118 | ||||||
2 | Leeds Tykes | 25 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1064 | 441 | 623 | 22 | 2 | 116 | ||||||
3 | Sheffield | 25 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 759 | 591 | 168 | 17 | 3 | 90 | ||||||
4 | Wharfedale | 25 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 614 | 473 | 141 | 12 | 3 | 79 | ||||||
5 | Fylde | 25 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 760 | 664 | 96 | 18 | 6 | 78 | ||||||
6 | Tynedale | 25 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 669 | 645 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 72 | ||||||
7 | Sheffield Tigers | 25 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 668 | 722 | -54 | 12 | 2 | 64 | ||||||
8 | Hull | 25 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 646 | 763 | -117 | 10 | 2 | 62 | ||||||
9 | Otley | 25 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 686 | 736 | -50 | 13 | 8 | 59 | ||||||
10 | Lymm | 25 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 693 | 843 | -150 | 11 | 5 | 54 | ||||||
11 | Preston Grasshoppers | 25 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 712 | 884 | -172 | 13 | 5 | 52 | ||||||
12 | Billingham | 25 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 550 | 747 | -197 | 8 | 3 | 43 | ||||||
13 | Hull Ionians | 25 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 636 | 890 | -254 | 10 | 7 | 39 | ||||||
14 | Huddersfield (R) | 25 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 548 | 1090 | -542 | 10 | 2 | 22 | ||||||
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Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 20 April 2024 Source: National League 2 North RFU [4] |
References
- ^ Club website Archived 8 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Club website history page Archived 10 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "History - Sheffield Tigers RUFC". Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ^ "National League 2 North". England Rugby.