Hinckley RFC

Hinckley Rugby Club is an English rugby union team based in Hinckley, Leicestershire. The club runs six senior sides, a ladies team and a full set of junior teams.[1] The first XV currently play in National League 2 West, a fourth tier league in the English rugby union system.

Hinckley
Full nameHinckley Rugby Club
UnionLeicestershire RU
Nickname(s)Hornets
Founded1893 (1893)
LocationHinckley, Leicestershire, England
Ground(s)De Montfort Park (Capacity: 2,000)
ChairmanJohn Tilley
PresidentRoger Edwards
Captain(s)Alex Salt
League(s)National League 2 West
2022–235th
Team kit
Official website
www.hinckleyrugby.co.uk

History

Hinckley Rugby Club was formed in 1892 with the first matches being played the following year. As with many clubs, Hinckley moved regularly during the early years of the 20th-century before moving to Coventry Road in 1929 and to its current Leicester Road location just under forty years later. After a strong 1970s, the 1980s were unkind to Hinckley and when the league system was formed the club suffered three consecutive relegations. However, fortunes improved in the 1990s and they started to move back up the rugby hierarchy and reached the National leagues by the end of the 1990s.[2]

Honours

Current standings
2022–23 National League 2 West Table
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points Pts adj
PLeicester Lions262501846397449211122
2Dings Crusaders262006932658224204104
3Clifton26190793257136121198
4Luctonians26170977147429718490
5Hinckley261529724736−1218284
6Loughborough Students26133108498084119683
7Redruth261401277365611716375
8Old Redcliffians2613112704738−3415473
9Exeter University2513111713711214472
10Newport (Salop)267019595951−35616650
11Bournville256118627890−26313746
12Hornets RFC266020657829−17213946
RBarnstaple266020471755−2847536
RStourbridge263023604974−37014526−5
  • 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. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 29 April 2023

References
  1. Club website home page
  2. Club website history
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