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Cleckheaton RUFC

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Nickname(s)
  
Lambs

Chairman
  
Neil Gillan

League(s)
  
North 3 North

Union
  
Rugby Football Union

Ground
  
Cleckheaton Sports Club

Location
  
Cleckheaton, England

Captain(s)
  
Richard Piper

Founded
  
1888

Coach
  
Scott Benton


Full name
  
Cleckheaton Rugby Union Football Club

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Cleckheaton Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire. The club runs five senior sides and twelve junior teams. and the first XV currently plays in the National League 3 North league.

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History

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.

Club Honours

  • Yorkshire 1 champions: 2000-01
  • North Division 1 East champions (2): 2001-02, 2012-13
  • North 1 v Midlands 1 promotion play-off winners: 2003–04
  • International Players

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

  • Jeff Butterfield
  • Roger Pickering
  • John Bentley
  • References

    Cleckheaton RUFC Wikipedia