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Nottingham 
Archer Club information Full name Nottingham Rugby Football Club Website www.nottinghamrugby.co.uk Colours Green and White Founded 1877 Current details Ground(s) Meadow Lane Competition RFU Championship 2010–11 5th Nottingham Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based in Nottingham, England. The club's first team currently play in the Championship, the second tier of English Rugby.
Nicknamed the Green & Whites, in reference to the club's kit, the first XV play at Meadow Lane, the home of Notts County. The club has new facilities at Lady Bay in the West Bridgford area of Nottingham, having played at Ireland Avenue in Beeston until the end of the 2005/06 season.
The club was established circa 1877 by Alexander Birkin after returning from Rugby School, where he was introduced to the sport. The Birkin family later purchased the land at Ireland Avenue that would be the home of the club until 2006.
The club's heyday was in the late 1980s with a number of top international players representing the first XV. These included Simon Hodgkinson, Rob Andrew, Dusty Hare and Brian Moore (also a British Lion) representing England and Chris Gray representing Scotland. Slightly earlier than this the clubs David Jones player 19 times for Wales, and is still working within the club to this day. However, the advent of professionalism saw the Green & Whites fall on hard times and the first XV narrowly avoided relegation into the regional divisions in 2002/03. The club has bounced back since then and was promoted into National League One in 2003/04. The club finished a creditable 7th in 2005/06 before leaving Ireland Avenue after 102 years.
The club currently plays at Meadow Lane. On 30th July 2010 the club signed an agreement to become part of Notts County PLC.[1]
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Current Standings
2011-12 RFU Championship Table watch · edit · discuss Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Bonus Points Points 1 Cornish Pirates 10 6 3 1 293 215 78 5 35 2 Bristol 10 7 0 3 243 205 38 6 34 3 London Welsh 10 6 1 3 286 195 91 7 33 4 Bedford Blues 10 6 1 3 311 230 81 7 33 5 Rotherham Titans 10 6 1 3 261 192 69 6 32 6 Doncaster Knights 10 5 1 4 224 236 -12 6 28 7 Leeds Carnegie 10 6 0 4 209 248 -39 2 26 8 Nottingham 10 4 2 4 252 233 19 4 24 9 Plymouth Albion 10 4 0 6 204 247 -43 2 18 10 London Scottish 10 3 0 7 236 269 -33 6 18 11 Moseley 10 2 1 7 212 281 -69 4 14 12 Esher 10 0 0 10 125 305 -180 0 0 - If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
- Number of matches won
- Difference between points for and against
- Total number of points for
- Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
- Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background are promotion play-off places. Pink background are relegation play-off places. Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-IRB nationality.
Player Position Union Neil Fowkes Prop 
EnglandMatt Parr Prop EnglandMichael Holford Prop EnglandMatt Shailsey Prop 
IsraelJo Duffey Hooker EnglandRafael Olive Hooker EnglandLee Morley Lock EnglandNic Rouse Lock EnglandFilipo Levi Lock 
SamoaTom Armes Flanker EnglandJonny Baird Flanker 
ScotlandPhil Eggleshaw Flanker EnglandBrent Wilson Flanker 
New ZealandRupert Cooper Flanker EnglandSione Kalamafoni Number 8 
TongaAlex Shaw Number 8 EnglandPlayer Position Union Craig Hammond (c) Lock New ZealandFinley Barnham Scrum-half EnglandNathan Jones Scrum-half EnglandJames Arlidge Fly-half 
JapanJuan Pablo Socino Fly-half 
ArgentinaJack Bradford Centre ScotlandTim Streather Centre EnglandAyoola Erinle Centre EnglandJoe Cobden Wing EnglandKeiran Hallet Fullback EnglandJack Cobden Wing EnglandAndy Savage Wing EnglandDavid Jackson Fullback EnglandNotable former players
- Rob Andrew
- Vincent Cartwright
- Chris Gray
- Dusty Hare
David Jones- Simon Hodgkinson
- Brian Moore
Petrus du Plessis- Matt Parr
Chris Wyles- Ali Williams
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