Chinnor R.F.C.

Chinnor
Full name Chinnor Rugby Football Club
Union RFU
Nickname(s) The Villagers
Founded 1962 (1962)
Region Oxfordshire Rugby Football Union
Ground(s) Kingsey Road, Thame
Chairman Doug Humphries
President John Ashfield
Captain(s) Ian Stock
League(s) National League 2 South
2015–16 6th
Team kit
Official website
www.chinnor-rfc.com

Chinnor Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club based in Thame, Oxfordshire. They currently play in the fourth tier of the English league system, National League 2 South. The club regularly runs five senior teams as well as a full youth setup from age 5 upwards. Chinnor's youth setup is widely thought of as one of the best in the country having produced top Premiership players such as Tom Varndell (Leicester Tigers), Tom Johnson (Exeter Chiefs), Dave Seymour (Saracens), Paul Volley (Harlequins) and Sam Jones (rugby union) (Wasps). Chinnor became the first club in Oxfordshire or Buckinghamshire to establish an under-19 academy.

History

Chinnor RFC was formed in 1962 and played their first game the following year. The 1970s saw the club expand to include junior and youth teams and in 1976 the club won the County Cup. The club was placed in Bucks and Oxon Division 1 and have progressed through the Southern Counties section and gained promotion to the National Leagues in 2006 and became the youngest club ever to do so. In 2015 Chinnor RFC became the home of the wildboys who have quickly established themselves as the best team in the club.[1] The club gained a further promotion from National League 3 South West in 2012.

Honours

1st Team:

2nd Team:

3rd Team:

Current standings

2016–17 National League 2 South Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Chinnor 14 12 0 2 602 203 399 11 1 60
2 Old Elthamians 14 12 0 2 444 248 196 9 0 57
3 Bishop's Stortford 14 11 0 3 450 272 178 11 2 57
4 Taunton Titans 14 10 0 4 474 355 119 10 2 52
5 Redruth 14 10 0 4 411 288 123 8 1 49
6 Canterbury 14 8 0 6 404 333 71 7 5 44
7 Cinderford 14 7 1 6 318 347 -29 7 3 35[b 1]
8 Clifton 14 7 0 7 312 412 -100 4 2 34
9 Redingensians Rams 14 6 1 7 338 284 54 3 5 34
10 Bury St Edmunds 14 6 0 8 332 382 -50 5 3 32
11 Henley Hawks 14 5 0 9 327 422 -95 3 2 25
12 Worthing Raiders 14 5 0 9 283 386 -103 2 3 25
13 London Irish Wild Geese 14 3 0 11 310 443 -133 7 3 22
14 Barnstaple 14 4 1 9 242 458 -216 2 1 21
15 Barnes 14 2 2 10 270 413 -143 5 4 21
16 Exmouth 14 1 1 12 280 534 -254 5 3 14
  • 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. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 3 December 2016
Source: "National League 2 South". NCA Rugby. 
Notes
  1. ↑
    • Cinderford were deducted 5 points for fielding unregistered players against Canterbury on 3 September 2016.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Club History" by former player John Gardner, at official website
  2. ↑ http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/component/content/355.html?task=view
  3. ↑ http://www.trelawnys-army.org.uk/ta/tables078.html
  4. ↑ "Club Discipline Season 2016-2017". NCA. Retrieved 24 September 2016.

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