Old Elthamians

Old Elthamians
Full name Old Elthamians Rugby Football Club
Union Rugby Football Union
Founded 1911 (1911)
Location Eltham, Greenwich, Greater London
Region Kent Rugby Football Union
Ground(s) College Meadow
Captain(s) Peter Leaton
League(s) National League 2 South
2015–16 9th
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/oldelthamians/

Old Elthamians Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club based in Eltham in London. They currently play in the fourth tier of English club rugby, participating in National League 2 South. Old Elthamians was formed in 1911 and currently run four senior teams and a full range of junior teams.[1][2] In 2014-15 the club moved ground from Foxbury to the 500 capacity Queen Mary Sports Ground in Chislehurst, where they were resident for just one season before moving to their current home of College Meadow (owned by Eltham College) in Eltham, for the 2016-17 season.[3][4] Old Elthamians had their first home game at College Meadow on 17 September 2016, defeating visitors Clifton 46 - 19 in front of 420 spectators.[5]

Chislehurst, London

Honours

Current standings

2016–17 National League 2 South Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Bishop's Stortford 16 13 0 3 521 295 226 13 2 67
2 Old Elthamians 16 14 0 2 487 286 201 9 0 65
3 Chinnor 16 12 2 2 644 245 399 12 1 65
4 Taunton Titans 16 11 1 4 527 400 127 11 2 59
5 Redruth 16 11 0 5 478 332 146 9 1 54
6 Canterbury 16 9 0 7 449 366 83 8 6 50
7 Redingensians Rams 16 8 1 7 406 332 74 5 5 44
8 Cinderford 16 8 1 7 377 389 -12 9 4 42[b 1]
9 Clifton 16 8 0 8 350 459 -109 4 2 38
10 Bury St Edmunds 16 6 0 10 363 446 -83 5 3 32
11 Henley Hawks 16 5 1 10 380 482 -102 5 3 30
12 London Irish Wild Geese 16 4 0 12 363 503 -140 8 3 27
13 Worthing Raiders 16 5 0 11 315 435 -120 2 4 26
14 Barnstaple 16 5 1 10 288 528 -240 3 1 26
15 Barnes 16 3 2 11 302 442 -140 5 4 25
16 Exmouth 16 1 1 14 302 612 -310 5 3 14
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 17 December 2016
Source: "National League 2 South". NCA Rugby. 
Notes
  1. ↑
    • Cinderford were deducted 5 points for fielding unregistered players against Canterbury on 3 September 2016.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Club website
  2. ↑ Club website history page
  3. ↑ "Club prepares for Super Saturday at College Meadow". Old Elthamian RFC (Pitchero). 13 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "College Meadow - How to find us". Old Elthamian RFC (Pitchero). 13 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "National League 2 South". The RUGBYPaper (418). Rugby Paper Ltd. 18 September 2016. pp. 32–33 & 41.
  6. ↑ "Club Discipline Season 2016-2017". NCA. Retrieved 24 September 2016.


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