Clifton Rugby, the Glossary
Clifton Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club founded in Clifton, Bristol.[1]
Table of Contents
33 relations: American football, Australia, Australia men's national rugby union team, Bath Rugby, Bill Meakes, Bristol, Bristol Bears, Bristol Combination Cup, Bristol Packers, British & Irish Lions, Bruce Reihana, Callum Braley, Clifton, Bristol, Cribbs Causeway, Ellis Genge, England, English rugby union system, Frederick Belson, Gloucestershire Rugby Football Union, Italy, Mako Vunipola, Mark Regan, Matt Salter, National League 2 South, National League 2 West, Olly Kohn, Percy Down, Regional 1 South West, Rhys Oakley, Rugby union, 1989–90 Courage Area League South, 1993–94 Courage League Division 4, 2023–24 National League 2 West.
- Rugby clubs established in 1872
- Rugby union in Bristol
American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
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Australia men's national rugby union team
The Australia men's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Wallabies, is the representative men's national team in the sport of rugby union for the nation of Australia.
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Bath Rugby
Bath Rugby is a professional rugby union club in Bath, Somerset, England. Clifton Rugby and Bath Rugby are rugby union teams in England.
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Bill Meakes
Bill Meakes (born 23 February 1991) is an Australian professional rugby union player currently playing for Chicago Hounds in Major League Rugby (MLR).
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Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.
Bristol Bears
Bristol Bears (officially Bristol Rugby Club or Bristol Rugby) are a professional rugby union club based in Bristol, England. Clifton Rugby and Bristol Bears are rugby union in Bristol and rugby union teams in England.
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Bristol Combination Cup
The Bristol Combination Cup is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organised by the Bristol and District Rugby Football Combination – one of the five bodies that make up the Gloucestershire Rugby Football Union. Clifton Rugby and Bristol Combination Cup are rugby union in Bristol.
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Bristol Packers
The Bristol Packers was a British American football team which existed during the late 1980s and early 1990s in the city of Bristol, England.
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British & Irish Lions
The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for the national teams of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
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Bruce Reihana
Bruce Trevor Reihana (born 6 April 1976) is a former rugby union rugby player.
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Callum Braley
Callum Braley (born 23 March 1994) is an English-born Italian rugby union player who plays for Northampton Saints in the Premiership Rugby.
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Clifton, Bristol
Clifton is both a suburb of Bristol, England, and the name of one of the city's thirty-five council wards.
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Cribbs Causeway
Cribbs Causeway is both a road in South Gloucestershire, England, running north of the city of Bristol, and the adjacent area which is notable for its out-of-town shopping and leisure facilities.
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Ellis Genge
Ellis Genge (born 16 February 1995) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Premiership Rugby club Bristol Bears and the England national team.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
English rugby union system
Men's Rugby union in England consists of 106 leagues, which includes professional leagues at the highest level, down to amateur regional leagues.
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Frederick Belson
Frederick Charles Belson (13 February 1874 – 10 August 1952) was an English international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Clifton and Bath, and county rugby for Somerset.
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The Gloucestershire Rugby Football Union is the union responsible for rugby union in the county of Gloucestershire, England and is one of the constituent bodies of the national Rugby Football Union.
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Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
Mako Vunipola
Mako Vunipola (born 14 January 1991) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a loosehead prop for French club Vannes in the Top 14 He previously played for the England national team.
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Mark Regan
Mark Regan MBE (born 28 January 1972 in Bristol) is an English former rugby union player.
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Matt Salter
Matthew Salter (born 2 December 1976 in Greenwich, London) is an English former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.
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National League 2 South
National League 2 South (known before September 2009 as National Division Three South) was a level four league in the English rugby union system until the end of season 2021–22.
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National League 2 West
National League 2 West is a rugby union league at level four in the English rugby union system and provides semi-professional competition for teams in the Midlands and South West England.
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Olly Kohn
Olly Kohn (born 19 March 1981, in Bristol) is a Wales international rugby union player for Harlequins having previously played for Bristol and Plymouth Albion.
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Percy Down
Percy John Down (14 October 1883 – 24 June 1954) was an English rugby union player, best known as a commanding forward in the Bristol pack in the first decade of the twentieth century.
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Regional 1 South West
Regional 1 South West (formerly South West Premier and National League 3 South West) is a level five league in the English rugby union system.
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Rhys Oakley
Rhys Oakley (born 16 September 1980 in Plymouth) is a former professional rugby union footballer who played as a number eight.
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Rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.
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1989–90 Courage Area League South
The 1989–90 Courage Area League South was the third full season of rugby union within the fourth tier of the English league system, currently known as National League 2 South, and counterpart to Courage Area League North (now known as National League 2 North. It would be the last season the division would be known as Area League South and would be renamed as National 4 South the following year.
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1993–94 Courage League Division 4
The 1993–94 Courage League Division 4 was the seventh full season of rugby union within the fourth tier of the English league system, currently the regional divisions National League 2 South and National League 2 North, and the first using the name Division 4.
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2023–24 National League 2 West
The 2023–24 National League 2 West is the second season of the fourth-tier (west) of the English domestic rugby union competitions; one of three at this level.
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See also
Rugby clubs established in 1872
- Bolton RUFC
- Bromsgrove RFC
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
- Clifton Rugby
- Durham City RFC
- Edinburgh District (rugby union)
- Exeter University RFC
- Glasgow District (rugby union)
- Goulburn Rugby Union
- Harvard rugby
- Heidelberger RK
- Lansdowne Football Club
- Llanelli RFC
- Middlesbrough RUFC
- Penryn RFC
- Percy Park RFC
- Southport RFC
- University College Cork R.F.C.
- Warriston RFC
- Wigan Warriors
Rugby union in Bristol
- Avonmouth Old Boys RFC
- Bristol Bears
- Bristol Bears Women
- Bristol Bisons RFC
- Bristol Combination Cup
- Bristol Combination Cyril Parsons Bowl
- Bristol Combination Vase
- Bristol and District Rugby Football Combination
- Cleve RFC
- Clifton Rugby
- Counties 1 Western North
- Dings Crusaders RFC
- Gloucester 1
- Gloucester Premier
- Old Bristolians RFC
- Old Redcliffians
- Regional 2 South West
- Somerset 1
- Somerset 2 North
- Somerset 3 North
- Somerset Premier
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_Rugby
Also known as Clifton R.F.C., Clifton RFC, Clifton Rugby Football Club.