Aspatria RUFC
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{{Infobox rugby team
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| union = Cumbria RU
| fullname = Aspatria Rugby Union Football Club
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| founded = {{Start date and age|1875}}
| location = Aspatria, Cumbria, England
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| ground = Bower Park
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| chairman = Mike Dowling
| ceo =
| president = Alan Bowes
| captain = Phil Dixon (Jack Clegg) 2022/23
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| url = https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/aspatria/
| league = Regional 2 North
| season = 2023–24
| position = 5th
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Aspatria Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club based in Aspatria, Cumbria (formerly Cumberland) in north west England, not far from the Scottish Border. They are nicknamed the "Black Reds", and have a red cockerel as their logo. They currently play in Regional 2 North – a tier 6 league in the English rugby union system – following reorganisation of the league system and their transfer from Durham/Northumberland 1 in 2021–22.
They are not to be confused with the Aspatria Hornets, the local rugby league team.
Honours
1st team:
- Cumbria Cup winners (32): 1883, 1885, 1891, 1892, 1896, 1899, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1937, 1938, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2013
- North 2 champions: 1987–88
- North 1 champions: 1990–91
- Courage National Division 4 North champions: 1991–92
- North Lancs/Cumbria champions: 2010–11
- Cumbria League Cup winners 2018–19
2nd team:
- Cumbria Shield winners (16): 1907, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1938, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2002, 2006
Notable players
Aspatria has produced several international / representative players:
- Joseph BlacklockGodwin, p49
- James Davidson
- Joseph Davidson
- David GrahamGodwin, p169
- Steve Hanley{{Cite web|url=http://www.scrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/77583.html|title=Rugby Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN}}
- Thomas Holliday, seven {{nrut|England}} caps, 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa, and later rugby league player for Oldham R.L.F.C. and the England national rugby league team.Godwin, p197
- Robert Jackson Hanvey
- Rob Miller now plays for London Wasps. He is the top try scorer in the Aviva Premiership 2011/2012 season and was called up to the England Saxons 05/07/2012 by head coach Stuart Lancaster but subsequently lost his place before the 2013 Six Nations competition.
- David Pears England International.
- Mark Richardson represented Barbarian F. C. 1997 v Leicester Tigers
References
- Goodwin, Terry The Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Blandford Press, England, 1987, {{ISBN|0-7137-1838-2}})
Bibliography
{{Refbegin}}
- {{cite book
|title=Aspatria: The History Of A Rugby Union Football Club
|author1=Terry Carrick
|publisher=Adland Press
|location=Nottingham
|year=1995}}
{{Refend}}
External links
- {{official website}}
- [https://archive.today/20130505144222/http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/sports/rugby_union/police_probe_rugby_union_eye_injury_1_632257?referrerPath=sports/rugby_union Police probe rugby union eye injury]
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Category:Rugby union teams in England
Category:Rugby clubs established in 1875
Category:Rugby union in Cumbria
Category:1875 establishments in England
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