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 play in the RFU Championship, the second tier of the English rugby union system.
Full name | Ampthill Rugby Club | |
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Union | East Midlands RFU | |
Founded | 1881[1] | |
Ground(s) | Dillingham Park (Capacity: 3,000) | |
Director of Rugby | Mark Lavery | |
Coach(es) | Paul Turner | |
Captain(s) | Charlie Beckett | |
League(s) | RFU Championship | |
2022–23 | 8th | |
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Official website | ||
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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.[5]
Ampthill were initially National League 3 Midlands champions in 2009–10 but were stripped of the title due to breaches of league rules.[8]
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Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Losing bonus | Points | |||||||
1 | Ealing Trailfinders | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 695 | 371 | 324 | 14 | 2 | 72 | ||||||
2 | Coventry | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 659 | 392 | 267 | 14 | 2 | 68 | ||||||
3 | Cornish Pirates | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 501 | 361 | 140 | 10 | 1 | 61 | ||||||
4 | Bedford Blues | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 512 | 444 | 68 | 11 | 4 | 55 | ||||||
5 | Doncaster Knights | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 446 | 442 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 51 | ||||||
6 | Ampthill | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 486 | 478 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 50 | ||||||
7 | Hartpury University | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 483 | 465 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 44 | ||||||
8 | Nottingham | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 452 | 578 | -126 | 12 | 2 | 42 | ||||||
9 | London Scottish | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 437 | 516 | -79 | 8 | 6 | 32 | ||||||
10 | Caldy | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 340 | 562 | -222 | 6 | 1 | 25 | ||||||
11 | Cambridge | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 326 | 728 | -402 | 5 | 4 | 17 | ||||||
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Green background Champions (qualify for Promotion play-off if eligible). Updated: 21 April 2024 Source: "The Championship". England Rugby. |
The Ampthill squad for the 2023–24 season is:[9][a][b]
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.