Peterborough Lions RFC
Peterborough Lions Rugby Football Club, formerly Westwood RUFC, is an English rugby union team based in Bretton near Peterborough.[1] The club runs one senior team, a youth academy team, an under-16s side and four junior teams.[2] with the first XV currently playing in Counties 1 Midlands East (South) following their relegation from Regional 2 East Midlands at the end of the 2022–23 season.
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| Full name | Peterborough Lions Rugby Football Club | |
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| Union | East Midlands RFU | |
| Founded | 1944 (as Westwood RUFC) | |
| Location | Bretton, Cambridgeshire | |
| Ground(s) | Bretton Woods | |
| Chairman | Andrew Moore | |
| Coach(es) | Villi Ma’asi | |
| Captain(s) | Alan Carr | |
| League(s) | Regional 2 East Midlands | |
| 2022–23 | 12th (relegated to Counties 1 Midlands East (South)) | |
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| Official website | ||
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Honours
- East Midlands 3 champions: 1991–92[lower-alpha 1]
- Midlands 2 East (South) champions: 2011–12
- Midlands 1 East champions: 2013–14
- Midlands Premier v North Premier promotion play-off winner: 2017–18
Notes
- East Midlands 3 title won when club was known as Westwood RUFC.[3]
References
- "CLUB HISTORY". Peterborough Lions RFC. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- Club website
- Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1992). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1992-93. Headline. pp. 183–185. ISBN 0-7472-7907-1.
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