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Aspatria RUFC

Aspatria RUFC

Rugby team

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.

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They currently play in North West 2 - a tier 6 league in the English rugby union system - division for the 2022/2023 season following the promotion in 2021/2022 from tier 7.

They are not to be confused with the Aspatria Hornets, the local rugby league team.

Club Honours

1st team:

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:

References

  • Goodwin, Terry The Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Blandford Press, England, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
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    Godwin, p49
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    Godwin, p169
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    "Rugby Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN".
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    Godwin, p197

Bibliography

  • Terry Carrick (1995). Aspatria: The History Of A Rugby Union Football Club. Nottingham: Adland Press.
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