Luctonians
Luctonians Sports Club is an English sports club based in Kingsland, Herefordshire. The rugby union team currently plays in National League 2 North, the fourth tier of the English rugby union system, following their promotion from Midlands Premier at the end of the 2018–19 season via the play-offs. The club runs three senior sides and a full range of junior sides. Apart from rugby, Luctonians hosts the practice of cricket, golf, cycling, having also a netball, rounders, ladies touch and ladies contact section for women.[1]
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| Full name | Luctonians Sports Club | |
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| Union | North Midlands RFU | |
| Founded | 1948 | |
| Location | Kingsland, Herefordshire, England | |
| Region | West Midlands | |
| Ground(s) | Mortimer Park (Capacity: 2,500 (300 seats)) | |
| Chairman | Dickie Williams | |
| President | John Amos | |
| Coach(es) | Ryan Watkins | |
| Top scorer | Josh Watkins | |
| League(s) | National League 2 North | |
| 2019–20 | 13th | |
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| Official website | ||
| www | ||
Ground
Luctonians play home games at Mortimer Park on Hereford Road in the village of Kingsland – about 4 miles from the nearest town, Leominster.[2] Ground capacity is around 2,500 - a figure that includes 300 seated in the modern grandstand (completed in 2013) - with the rest standing space.[3] Due to its rural location the only access to Mortimer Park is by car, although there is ample parking space.
On 27 April 2019, Luctonians achieved a record attendance of 1,757, who watched them defeat Blaydon in the Midlands-North play-off game to achieve promotion to National League 2 North.
Honours
- North Midlands 1 champions: 1993–94
- Midlands West 2 champions: 1994–95
- Midlands West 1[lower-alpha 1] champions: 1995–96
- Midlands 2 (East v West) promotion play-off winners: 2000–01
- North Midlands Cup winners (4): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09[4]
- Midlands Premier v North Premier promotion play-off winners (2): 2009–10, 2018–19
Current standings
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| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Losing bonus | Points | ||||||||
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| 1 | Sedgley Park | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 511 | 244 | 267 | 10 | 2 | 58 | ||||||
| 2 | Rotherham Titans | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 427 | 205 | 222 | 9 | 0 | 55 | ||||||
| 3 | Stourbridge | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 427 | 245 | 182 | 10 | 1 | 55 | ||||||
| 4 | Hull | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 337 | 152 | 185 | 8 | 2 | 54 | ||||||
| 5 | Fylde | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 489 | 263 | 226 | 7 | 1 | 48 | ||||||
| 6 | Hull Ionians | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 371 | 295 | 76 | 6 | 3 | 39 | ||||||
| 7 | Loughborough Students | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 322 | 432 | −110 | 6 | 3 | 33 | ||||||
| 8 | Chester | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 296 | 340 | −44 | 5 | 0 | 29 | ||||||
| 9 | Sheffield Tigers | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 287 | 307 | −20 | 1 | 3 | 28 | ||||||
| 10 | Tynedale | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 287 | 366 | −79 | 5 | 3 | 28 | ||||||
| 11 | Bournville | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 349 | 416 | −67 | 5 | 5 | 26 | ||||||
| 12 | Wharfedale | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 242 | 394 | −152 | 2 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| 13 | Luctonians | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 191 | 297 | −106 | 2 | 3 | 21 | ||||||
| 14 | Huddersfield | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 250 | 355 | −105 | 3 | 4 | 19 | ||||||
| 15 | Harrogate | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 207 | 442 | −235 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||||||
| 16 | Blaydon | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 231 | 471 | −240 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
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| Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 11 December 2021 Source: "National League 2 North". NCA Rugby. | |||||||||||||||||
- Notes
Notes
- Not to be confused with Midlands 1 West.
References
- Club website homepage
- "Find Us". Luctonians Sports Club. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- "Club History". Luctonians Sports Club. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- "NM CUP PREVIOUS WINNERS". North Midlands RFU. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
