Ampthill RUFC

Ampthill
Full name Ampthill Rugby Club
Union Rugby Football Union
Founded 1881 (1881)[1]
Ground(s) Dillingham Park
Coach(es) Paul Turner
Captain(s) Viliami Ma'asi
League(s) National League 1
2015–16 4th
Team kit
Official website
clubs.rfu.com/Clubs/portals/AmpthillDistrictRFC/

Ampthill Rugby Club is an English rugby union team based in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. The club runs six senior teams and the full range of junior sides.[2] The first XV currently plays in National League 1, the third tier of the English rugby union system. In 2013–14, the team finished second but lost the promotion play-off to Darlington Mowden Park of the National League 2 North.[3] In 2014–15, they again finished second having been transferred to National League 2 North. They beat Bishop's Stortford, the National League 2 South runner-up in the promotion play-off at Dillingham Park, 19–10.[4]

For the 2015–16 season Ampthill have agreed a player development programme with Saracens, allowing young players contracted to Saracens to play for Ampthill. Saracens academy manager Don Barell commented: “Saracens are looking forward to having our young players at Ampthill. Ralph Adams - Hale and Billy Walker will benefit from the loan and it will allow the young players to gain the valuable rugby experience that Ampthill can offer. It is a club with good ambition and we are looking forward to seeing them compete in National 1 next season”.[5]

Club honours

Ampthill were initially National League 3 Midlands champions in 2009–10 but were stripped of the title due to breaches of league rules.[8]

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. 

    Current squad

    2016-17 Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

    Player Position Union
    Jack Askham Hooker England England
    James Fish (D/R) Hooker England England
    Aleki Lutui Hooker Tonga Tonga
    Henry Shaw Hooker England England
    Ralph Adams-Hale (D/R) Prop England England
    Viliami Ma'asi Prop Tonga Tonga
    Matt Collins Prop England England
    Alexander Crawford Prop Scotland Scotland
    Lewis Brunger Prop England England
    Lincoln Muchets Prop England England
    Christopher Muncaster Prop England England
    Henry Peck Prop England England
    Conor Turner Prop England England
    Billy Walker (D/R) Prop England England
    Benjamin Wilkinson Prop Scotland Scotland
    James Wright Prop England England
    Karl Braband Lock England England
    Lee Bray Lock Wales Wales
    Ben Gulliver Lock England England
    Alexander Hales Lock England England
    Paino Hehea Lock Tonga Tonga
    Joshua Tyler Lock Wales Wales
    Matthew Burke Flanker England England
    Maama Molitika Flanker Tonga Tonga
    Matthew Howling Flanker Tonga Tonga
    Brian Tuilagi Flanker Samoa Samoa
    Jake Foster Number 8 England England
    Jake McCloud Number 8 England England
    Player Position Union
    Thomas Aviss Scrum-half England England
    Kevin Barrett Scrum-half England England
    Kieran Duffin Scrum-half England England
    Thomas Warfield Scrum-half England England
    Gavin Williams Scrum-half England England
    Jonathan Griffiths Fly-half England England
    Joseph Tarrant Fly-half England England
    Brendan Burke Centre Ireland Ireland
    Gareth Clarke Centre England England
    William Goodge Centre England England
    Steven Mason Centre England England
    Jonathan Raven Centre England England
    Elliot Reeder Centre England England
    Gregory White Centre England England
    Maxwell Wilkins Centre England England}
    Christopher Diamond Wing England England
    Michael Di Ponio Wing England England
    George Elliot Wing England England
    Alexander Goodge Wing England England
    Stuart Livesy Wing England England
    Jonathan Morgan Wing England England
    Karim Lynch Fullback England England

    References

    External links

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