Caldy Rugby Football Club

Caldy Rugby Club
Full name	Caldy Rugby Football Club
Union	Cheshire RFU
Nickname(s)	The Ravers
Founded	1924; 98 years ago
Location	Thurstaston, Merseyside, England
Ground(s)	Paton Field (Capacity: 4,000)
Chairman	Gary Devaney
Coach(es)	Matt Cairns
League(s)	National League 1
2019–20	National League 2 North, Champions (promoted)
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	caldyrfc.rfu.club

The Caldy Rugby Football Club (Caldy for short) is an English rugby union team which play in the third tier of English rugby, National League 1, following their promotion from National League 2 North at the end of 2019-20. Their home stadium is Paton Field in Thurstaston.

On 8 April 2017 Caldy reached the highest level in the club's history when they beat title rivals Sale 28–26 in front of a crowd of 1,432 at Paton Field (the best attendance at the ground in over a decade) to win National League 2 North and gain promotion to National League 1 (tier 3) for the 2017–18 season.^[1] In the same season they ″did the double″ winning the Cheshire Cup for the 6th time, beating National League 3 Midlands side, Sandbach, 35–17 in the final.^[2]

Honours[]

National Old Boys Sevens Winners: 1970–71
Cheshire Cup winners (6): 1971, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017
North West 2 champions: 1997–98
South Lancs/Cheshire 1 champions: 2002–03
North Division 2 West champions: 2004–05
North Division 1 champions: 2006–07
National League 2 North champions (2): 2016–17, 2019–20

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Current standings[]

2021–22 National League 1 Table

· · discuss

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points for

Points against

Points diff

Try bonus

Losing bonus

Points

1

Rosslyn Park

19

15

0

4

634

347

287

13

3

76

2

Caldy

19

14

2

3

482

380

102

8

1

69

3

Sale FC

19

14

0

5

535

379

156

8

3

67

4

Cinderford

19

12

0

7

538

406

132

10

6

64

5

Cambridge

18

11

3

4

448

341

107

11

2

63

6

Rams

18

12

0

6

428

355

73

9

4

61

7

Chinnor

17

7

1

9

454

411

43

12

7

49

8

Taunton Titans

19

7

2

10

477

618

−141

11

3

46

9

Bishop's Stortford

19

7

2

10

449

457

−8

8

3

43

10

Birmingham Moseley

19

8

0

11

336

446

−110

4

3

39

11

Blackheath

19

6

0

13

379

448

−69

4

10

38

12

Plymouth Albion

18

6

0

12

394

465

−71

7

4

35

13

Darlington Mowden Park

18

6

1

11

397

484

−87

4

3

33

14

Leeds Tykes

17

5

0

12

325

477

−152

4

6

30

15

Tonbridge Juddians

18

2

1

15

315

577

−262

3

6

19

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 will be promoted to the RFU Championship.
Yellow background (row 2) will be promoted, should the winner of the Championship be promoted.
Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 12 February 2022
Source: "National League 1". RFU.

International players[]

Ben Johnston (England)
Chris Bentley (England Under 21)
Andy Maxwell (England)
Gavin Kerr (Scotland)
Shaun Woof (England Under 21)
Gavin Woods (England Counties)
Stuart Turner (England)Sam Dickinson (England Saxons)

References[]

^ "Caldy land title after stunning fightback". The RUGBYPaper. No. 447. Rugby Paper Ltd. 9 April 2017. p. 32.
^ "Battling Sandbach are blown away by big guns". Crewe Chronicle. 19 April 2017.
^ "Honours". Caldy RUFC. Retrieved 9 April 2017.

External links[]

Official Website

Coordinates: 53°21′35″N 3°08′39″W / 53.3598172°N 3.1442356°W / 53.3598172; -3.1442356

[caldychampions-1] "Caldy land title after stunning fightback". The RUGBYPaper. No. 447. Rugby Paper Ltd. 9 April 2017. p. 32.

[2] "Battling Sandbach are blown away by big guns". Crewe Chronicle. 19 April 2017.

[3] "Honours". Caldy RUFC. Retrieved 9 April 2017.

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