Aspatria RUFC
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Aspatria Rugby Union Football Club is based in Aspatria
, Cumbria
(formerly Cumberland
) in north west England, not far from the Scottish Border
. They are nicknamed the "black reds", and have a red cockerel as their logo.
They currently play in the RFU's National Division Three North. The 'Aspatria Eagles' are the club's second team, and the 'Aspatria Sinners' are the women's team.
They are not to be confused with the Aspatria Hornets, the local rugby league
team.
Aspatria
Aspatria is a small town and civil parish in Cumbria, England, and lies half way between Maryport and Wigton, on the A596. Historically within Cumberland, it is about away from the coast. It is approximately seven miles from the northern boundary of the Lake District, and located to the south east...
, Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
(formerly Cumberland
Cumberland
Cumberland is a historic county of North West England, on the border with Scotland, from the 12th century until 1974. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria....
) in north west England, not far from the Scottish Border
Anglo-Scottish border
The Anglo-Scottish border is the official border and mark of entry between Scotland and England. It runs for 154 km between the River Tweed on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west. It is Scotland's only land border...
. They are nicknamed the "black reds", and have a red cockerel as their logo.
They currently play in the RFU's National Division Three North. The 'Aspatria Eagles' are the club's second team, and the 'Aspatria Sinners' are the women's team.
They are not to be confused with the Aspatria Hornets, the local rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
team.
Notable players
Aspatria has produced several international players:- Joseph BlacklockJoseph BlacklockJoseph H. Blacklock was an English rugby football player.-Biography:Joseph Blacklock was born on 20 October 1868. He began his playing career with Maryport RUFC where he gained the first of his twenty-nine Cumberland county caps. He was a member of their cup winning side in 1893 and again in 1894...
- James DavidsonJames Davidson (rugby)James Davidson was an English Rugby Union Football international who came from Aspatria, in Cumberland, Davidson was a stonemason and a builder by trade.-Sports career:...
- Joseph Davidson
- David GrahamDavid Graham (rugby union)David Graham was an English rugby football player, from Aspatria, in Cumberland.He played once for , against in the 1901 Home Nations Championship....
- Robert Jackson Hanvey
- Steve Hanley
- Thomas HollidayThomas HollidayThomas Edward Holliday, nicknamed "Tom" or "Tosh" , was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s...
, seven caps, 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa1924 British Lions tour to South AfricaThe 1924 British Isles tour to South Africa was the tenth tour by a British Isles team and the fifth to South Africa. The tour is retrospectively classed as one of the British Lions tours, as the Lions naming convention was not adopted until 1950...
, and later rugby league player for Oldham RoughyedsOldham RoughyedsOldham Roughyeds is an English professional rugby league club based in Oldham, Greater Manchester. They currently play in the Championship One. Oldham is one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895....
and the England national rugby league teamEngland national rugby league teamThe England national rugby league team represent England in international rugby league football tournaments. The team has now seen a revival, having largely formed from the Great Britain team, who also represented Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The team is run under the auspices of the Rugby Football...
.