Blaydon RFC

Blaydon
Full name Blaydon Rugby Football Club
Founded 1888 (1888)
Location Hexham Road, Swalwell, Tyne and Wear NE16 3BN
Ground(s) Crow Trees
Chairman Jim Knight
Coach(es) Micky Ward
League(s) National League 1
2015–16 11th
Team kit
Official website
www.blaydonrfc.co.uk

Blaydon RFC is an English semi-professional rugby union team. The first team currently play in the third tier of the English rugby union system (National League 1), since they won the National Division Three North in 2006–07. Their home ground is at Crow Trees, Swalwell, Tyne and Wear.

Club honours

Current standings

2016–17 National League 1 Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Hartpury College 14 14 0 0 634 186 448 14 0 70
2 Birmingham Moseley 14 11 0 3 402 310 92 6 1 51
3 Plymouth Albion 14 10 0 4 430 287 143 8 3 51
4 Blackheath 14 10 0 4 376 261 115 8 1 49
5 Ampthill 14 10 0 4 369 294 75 6 1 47
6 Coventry 14 8 0 6 438 354 84 6 2 40
7 Rosslyn Park 14 6 1 7 369 286 83 4 5 35
8 Old Albanian 14 6 0 8 360 375 −15 8 3 35
9 Loughborough Students 14 6 1 7 435 473 −38 7 1 34
10 Cambridge 14 6 0 8 371 469 −98 8 2 34
11 Esher 14 5 0 9 376 388 −12 6 5 31
12 Fylde 14 5 0 9 326 457 −131 7 3 30
13 Darlington Mowden Park 14 5 0 9 257 400 −143 3 2 25
14 Hull Ionians 14 4 0 10 279 458 −179 2 4 22
15 Blaydon 14 2 1 11 296 520 −224 5 3 18
16 Macclesfield 14 2 1 11 293 493 −200 4 3 17
  • Points system: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 point if a team loses by seven points or less (losing bonus); 1 point if the team scores four or more tries in a match (try bonus)
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. 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 relegation places.
    Updated: 3 December 2016
    Source: "National League 1". NCA Rugby. 

    First team

    The Blaydon first team are presently the second highest placed league team in the North East (behind Premiership side, Newcastle Falcons). Due to Blaydon's close proximitey to the Falcons, increasingly this season, many of the Falcon's promising academy players have been given invaluable experience at Blaydon. The first team squad is formed entirely by semi-professional players.

    Youth rugby

    Blaydon run various youth teams, ranging from under-7 to under-19.

    Best results

    International players

    References

      Coordinates: 54°57′14.48″N 1°41′33.01″W / 54.9540222°N 1.6925028°W / 54.9540222; -1.6925028

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