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Otley R.U.F.C.

English rugby union club, based in Otley, West Yorkshire

Summary

English rugby union club, based in Otley, West Yorkshire

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location	Otley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
ground	Cross Green
capacity	7,000 (852 seats)
url	https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/otley/
league	National League 2 North
season	2024–25
position	10th
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Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds, district of West Yorkshire. The club runs two senior teams – the first XV, the Saracens (2nd XV), as well as a full range of junior teams. The first XV play in National League 2 North.

History

Cross Green Stadium at the [[homonymous area]] is Otley's home ground

Otley RUFC was founded in 1865{{cite book|title=Courage Clubs Championship. Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1991–92|year=1991

In the 2007–08 season they won the National Division Two title securing an immediate return to National Division One having been relegated the previous season, however they were immediately relegated again in the 2008–09 season along with fellow promoted side Manchester and three other teams due to the new professionalised format of National Division One (now the RFU Championship). Two seasons later the club was relegated again, this time to National League 2 North. The all-time leading try scorer is James Twomey, with 74 in 107 appearances between 2009 and 2013.

In 1979 the stadium was the site of a famous victory by the North of England against the New Zealand ″All Blacks″. |access-date = 2009-01-06 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100718111636/http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/2004/9/16/97284.html |archive-date = 18 July 2010

Notable former players

Alfred "Alf" Bateson (England 1930)
Danny Care
Albert Fert, (winner of 2007 Nobel Prize for Physics) |access-date = 2008-01-06
Arthur Gray (Fullback for England while at Otley RUFC in 1947 against Wales, Ireland, and Scotland)
Frank Malir (England 1930)
Leslie Manfield (Wales 1938)
Nigel Melville
Jimmy Keinhorst
Neil Spence

Honours

Yorkshire Challenge Cup winners (9 times): 1889, 1910, 1911, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1993
North Division 1 champions: 1989–90
Courage League - Division 4 North champions: 1990–91
National League 1 champions (3): 1992–93, 1999–00, 2007–08

Current standings

References

(1990). "Courage Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1990–91". Burlington Publishing Co. Ltd.
Brumfitt, Elise. (1986). "Old Otley". M. T. D. Rigg Publications.

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