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Rugby Lions, the Glossary

The Rugby Lions RFC, nicknamed The Lions, is an English rugby union club based in Rugby, Warwickshire.^[1]

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Premiership Rugby teams
Rugby clubs established in 1873

Andy Vilk

Andrew Vilk (born 11 June 1981) is the responsabile tecnico ‘head coach’ of rugby 7s national side for Italy.

Ben Gollings

Ben Gollings (born 13 May 1980) is an English former rugby union player who most recently worked as a rugby coach for Fiji sevens team.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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England national rugby sevens team

The England national rugby sevens team competes in the Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games.

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England national rugby union team

The England men's national rugby union team represents the Rugby Football Union in men's international rugby union.

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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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Hinckley RFC

Hinckley Rugby Club is an English rugby union team based in Hinckley, Leicestershire.

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Launcelot Jefferson Percival KVCO (22 May 1869 – 22 June 1941) was an Anglican priest who in addition to various parish posts served in the Ecclesiastical Households of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, King George V, King Edward VIII and King George VI.

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Leeds Tykes

Leeds Tykes (formerly Leeds RUFC, Leeds Carnegie and Yorkshire Carnegie) is an English rugby union club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, playing in the National League 2 North. Rugby Lions and Leeds Tykes are Premiership Rugby teams and rugby union teams in England.

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Leigh Hinton

Leigh Hinton (born 21 February 1979 in Birmingham) is an English former rugby union footballer.

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Mark Mapletoft

Mark Mapletoft (born 25 December 1971) is an English rugby union coach and former player.

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Midlands

The Midlands is the central part of England, bordered by Wales, Northern England, Southern England and the North Sea.

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Midlands 2 West (South)

Midlands 2 West (South) is a level seven English rugby union league and level two of the Midlands League, made up of teams from the southern part of the West Midlands region including Herefordshire, parts of Birmingham and the West Midlands, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, with home and away matches played throughout the season.

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Midlands 3 West (South)

Midlands 3 West (South) is a level 8 English Rugby Union league and level 3 of the Midlands League, made up of teams from the southern part of the West Midlands region including clubs from parts of Birmingham and the West Midlands, Herefordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and sometimes Oxfordshire, with home and away matches played throughout the season.

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Midlands 4 West (South)

Midlands 4 West (South) is a level 9 English Rugby Union league and level 4 of the Midlands League, made up of teams from the southern part of the West Midlands region including clubs from parts of Birmingham and the West Midlands, Herefordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and even on occasion Oxfordshire, with home and away matches played throughout the season.

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Midlands 5 West (South)

Midlands 5 West (South) is a level 10 English Rugby Union league and level 5 of the Midlands League, made up of teams from the West Midlands region including clubs from parts of Birmingham and the West Midlands, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and even (on occasion) Cheshire and Oxfordshire, with home and away matches played throughout the season.

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National League 2 North

National League 2 North is one of three level four leagues in the English rugby union system and provides semi-professional competition for teams in Northern England. The remainder of England is covered by the two counterpart leagues National League 2 East and National League 2 West. The champion club is promoted to National One.

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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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Neil Back

Neil Antony Back MBE (born 16 January 1969) is a former international rugby union footballer for England and the British & Irish Lions who also played for Nottingham RFC, Leicester Tigers, and captained both England and Leicester during his career.

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Nick Adams (rugby union)

Nick Adams (born 11 October 1977 in Preston, England) is an English rugby union player and coach for Stourbridge R.F.C. Nick Adams' position of choice is as a prop.

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Peter Wackett

Peter Wackett (born 20 November 1987) is a professional rugby union player for Rugby Lions.

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Regional 1 Midlands

Regional 1 Midlands (until 2021–22 known as Midlands Premier and up until 2016–17 known as National League 3 Midlands) is a level five semi-professional league in the English rugby union system.

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Regional 2 East Midlands

Regional 2 East Midlands is an English level 6 rugby union regional league for rugby clubs in the eastern region of the Midlands, including sides from Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and occasionally Bedfordshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire.

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Regional 2 West Midlands

Regional 2 West Midlands is an English level 6 rugby union league for rugby clubs in the western region of the Midlands.

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RFU Championship

The RFU Championship is an English rugby union competition comprising eleven clubs.

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Rugby School

Rugby School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England.

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Rugby sevens

Rugby sevens (commonly known as simply sevens and originally known as seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves.

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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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Rugby, Warwickshire

Rugby is a market town in eastern Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon.

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Steve Brain

Stephen Edward Brain (born 7 November 1954) is an English former rugby union player who played as a hooker for Coventry R.F.C. and represented England in over a dozen international matches, including three Five Nations, now the Six Nations Championship, between 1984 and 1986.

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Toʻo Vaega

Too Vaega (born 17 August 1965) is a retired professional rugby union footballer, best known for his long career with the Samoan national team.

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US Montauban

US Montauban (Union Esportiva Montalban) is a French rugby union club that currently competes in Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system.

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Walter Little (rugby union)

Walter Kenneth Little (born 14 October 1969) is a former rugby union player from New Zealand.

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Warwickshire

Warwickshire (abbreviated Warks) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.

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The Warwickshire Rugby Football Union is a governing body for rugby union in part of The Midlands, England.

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Wasps RFC

Wasps Rugby Football Club was a professional rugby union team. Rugby Lions and Wasps RFC are Premiership Rugby teams and rugby union teams in England.

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1987–88 Courage Area League North

The 1987–88 Courage Area League North was the first full season of rugby union within the fourth tier of the English league system, currently known as National League 2 North, and was the counterpart to Courage Area League South (now National League 2 South).

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1990–91 Courage League National Division Two

The 1990–91 Courage League National Division Two was the fourth full season of rugby union within the second tier of the English league system, currently known as the RFU Championship.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_Lions

Also known as Rugby Lions R.F.C..

Rugby Lions, the Glossary

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See also

Premiership Rugby teams

Rugby clubs established in 1873

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