Sheffield Tigers RUFC

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Sheffield Tigers
Sheffield tigers logo.png
Full nameSheffield Tigers Rugby Union Football Club
UnionYorkshire RFU
Founded1932; 90 years ago (1932)
LocationDore, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Ground(s)Dore Moor
ChairmanPaul Walker
PresidentIan Wragg
Coach(es)Jamie Broadley
Captain(s)Ed Simmonds
League(s)National League 2 North
2019–2010th
Team kit
Official website
www.sheffieldtigers.co.uk

Sheffield Tigers Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They currently play in the fourth tier of the English rugby union league system, National League 2 North, and are based at Dore Moor, Hathersage Road, Sheffield. The club run three senior teams and a veterans side, the junior section starts at under-7's up to a colts XV.[1]

History[]

Formed in 1932 they celebrate their 75th season of rugby in 2007. Since league rugby began they were long standing members of Yorkshire 2, managing to avoid either promotion or relegation for the first dozen or so years of the leagues.

The arrival of former England and Halifax RLFC scrum half spearheaded a new era and the club reached the final of the at Twickenham in 2000, securing a 20–11 win over favourites . Despite finishing second, a restructure of the leagues meant that they remained in Yorkshire 2; as all ten clubs below them were relegated! Promotion the following year was accompanied by the club's first Yorkshire Shield win over Scarborough and the 'Tigers' stayed in Yorkshire 1 for two seasons before a disastrous campaign in 2002–03 saw them relegated back to Yorkshire 2.

The arrival of Coach Richard Selkirk and a host of new players saw Tigers promoted at the second time of asking in 2004–05 a year that also saw a second Vase win at Twickenham, this time over Solihull after a tumultuous semi-final win at Sidmouth.

Further success followed in 2005–06 with the Yorkshire 1 title captured, and at their first attempt Tigers made it three promotions in a row in 2006–07 with a play-off win over North 2 West rivals Lymm to book their place in North 1 for 2007–08. Three seasons later the club gained promotion from this league, now known as National 3 North, via a play-off victory over Chester.[2]

Honours[]

  • Tetley/Powergen Junior Vase winners (2): 1999–00, 2004–05
  • Yorkshire Shield winners: 2000–01
  • South Yorkshire Trophy winners (3): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
  • Yorkshire League 2 champions: 2004–05
  • Yorkshire League 1 champions: 2005–06
  • North 2 (east v west) promotion playoff winners: 2006–07
  • National League 3 (north v midlands) promotion play-off winner: 2010–11
  • National League 3 North champions: 2015–16

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Current standings[]

2021–22 National League 2 North Table · · discuss
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Hull 23 21 0 2 719 273 446 17 2 103
2 Sedgley Park 23 19 1 3 842 335 507 16 3 97
3 Rotherham Titans 23 19 2 2 734 392 342 14 2 96
4 Fylde 24 19 0 5 861 460 401 14 1 91
5 Stourbridge 23 17 0 6 815 581 234 17 3 88
6 Hull Ionians 24 13 2 9 651 499 152 10 5 71
7 Tynedale 24 11 1 12 561 654 −93 10 5 61
8 Luctonians 24 11 0 13 444 416 28 6 7 57
9 Chester 24 10 0 14 500 625 −125 8 2 50
10 Sheffield Tigers 23 10 0 13 436 566 −130 3 5 48
11 Loughborough Students 24 7 0 17 529 719 −190 11 9 48
12 Wharfedale 24 8 1 15 429 653 −224 5 3 42
13 Bournville 23 6 1 16 541 754 −213 8 5 39
14 Blaydon 24 5 0 19 479 855 −376 8 3 31
15 Huddersfield 22 5 0 17 353 627 −274 4 5 29
16 Harrogate 24 3 0 21 353 838 −485 5 3 20
  • 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: 19 March 2022
Source: "National League 2 North". NCA Rugby.


References[]

  1. ^ Club website Archived 8 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Club website history page Archived 10 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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