Cinderford R.F.C.

Cinderford
Full name	Cinderford Rugby Football Club
Union	Gloucestershire RFU
Founded	1886; 138 years ago
Location	Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England
Ground(s)	Beavis Memorial Ground, Dockham Road (Capacity: 2,500)
Captain(s)	Harry Hone
League(s)	National League 1
2022–23	7th
	Team kit
	Team kit
Official website
	www.cinderfordrfc.co.uk

Cinderford RFC is a rugby union club based in the town of Cinderford, Gloucestershire. The first team play in the third tier of the English league system following promotion as champions of National League 2 South at the end of the 2017–18 season.^[1]

Honours[edit]

South West Division 2 West champions (2): 1990–91, 1998–99^[2]
London 1 v South West 1 promotion play-off winner: 2000–01
South West Division 1 champions: 2004–05^[3]
National Division 3 (north v south) promotion play-off winner: 2007–08
National League 2 South champions: 2017–18

Current standings[edit]

2023–24 National League 1 Table

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points for

Points against

Points diff

Try bonus

Losing bonus

Points

1

Chinnor (C)

26

22

0

4

1039

403

636

21

3

112

2

Rams

26

19

0

7

787

585

202

20

3

99

3

Rosslyn Park

26

14

2

10

765

656

109

17

5

82

4

Plymouth Albion

26

15

0

11

631

571

60

13

4

77

5

Birmingham Moseley

26

14

1

11

649

667

-18

12

6

76

6

Richmond

26

11

1

14

689

681

8

14

8

68

7

Darlington Mowden Park

26

12

0

14

635

682

-47

12

7

67

8

Blackheath

26

12

1

13

641

613

28

10

4

64

9

Sedgley Park

26

11

1

14

657

784

-127

11

4

61

10

Sale FC

26

11

0

15

567

628

-61

8

4

56

11

Bishop's Stortford

26

10

0

16

592

746

-154

10

6

56

12

Leicester Lions

26

11

0

15

525

697

-172

7

3

54

13

Taunton Titans (R)

26

8

0

18

713

930

-217

17

4

53

14

Cinderford (R)

26

9

0

17

528

775

-247

6

48

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

Number of matches won
Difference between points for and against
Total number of points for
Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled

Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are the relegation places.
Updated: 27 April 2024

Source: "National League 1". RugbyEngland. Source: "National League Rugby – Promotion and Relegation: 2023-24".

Current squad[edit]

Props

Chris Bundy
Tom Heard
Seb Merritt
Paul Price
Joe Smart

Dan Keat

Hookers

Tom Bozzard
Rob Groves
Matt Jones
Jack Preece
Sam Wilkes
Nico Woodward

Locks

Chris Jones
Ed King
Rich Mountford
Tom Napier
Lewis Beer
Joe Dancer

Loose forwards

Luke Allen
Ashley Brown
George Evans
Will Foden
Mat Gilbert
Jake Kitson
Dave McKee
Chris McNeil
George Mills
Adam Nicholls
Matthew Lane

Scrum-halves

Luke Carter
Ben Draper
Jake Wakefield
Will Merivale
Danny Pointon
Clive Stuart-Smith

Fly-halves

Rory Teague
Mike Wilcox

Centres

Simeon James
Kai Done
Dewi Scourfield
Robbie Winchle

Wings

Brian Barrett
Morgan Goodhall
Lloyd Stapleton

Full-backs

Pete Towers
Danny Trigg
Stef Hawley

References[edit]

^ Heal Chris. "Cinderford crowned champions and Wimbledon are still alive". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ "Trelawny's Army Final League Tables 1998-99". www.trelawnysarmy.org.
^ "Trelawny's Army Final League Tables 2004-2005". www.trelawnysarmy.org.

External links[edit]

Official website

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[1] Heal Chris. "Cinderford crowned champions and Wimbledon are still alive". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

[2] "Trelawny's Army Final League Tables 1998-99". www.trelawnysarmy.org.

[3] "Trelawny's Army Final League Tables 2004-2005". www.trelawnysarmy.org.

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