Caldy Rugby Club is an

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club which play in the

RFU Championship The RFU Championship is an English rugby union competition comprising twelve clubs. It is the second level of men's English rugby and is played by both professional and semi-professional players. The competition has existed since 1987, when Eng ...

, the second tier of English rugby, following their promotion from

National League 1 National One, up until 2023 known as National League 1 and previously known before September 2009 as National Division Two), is the third of three national leagues in the domestic rugby union competition of England. It was known as Courage Lea ...

at the end of 2021–22. Their home stadium is

Paton Field Paton Field is located on Telegraph Road, in Thurstaston, Wirral Peninsula, England. The stadium is the home of Caldy RFC. External links Official Caldy RFC website
Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Rugby ...

Thurstaston Thurstaston ( ) is a village and former civil parish, in the Wirral district, in Merseyside, England, on the Wirral Peninsula. It is part of the West Kirby and Thurstaston Ward and the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West. The village l ...

on the

Wirral Peninsula The Wirral Peninsula (), known locally as the Wirral, is a peninsula in North West England. The roughly rectangular peninsula is about long and wide, and is bounded by the Dee Estuary to the west, the Mersey Estuary to the east, and Liverpo ...

. On 23 April 2022 Caldy reached the highest level in the club's history when they beat title rivals Sale 13–9 in front of a crowd of 3,000 at Paton Field to win National League 1 and gain promotion to the

(tier 2) for the 2022–23 season.

Honours

* National Old Boys Sevens Winners: 1970–71 * Cheshire Cup winners (6): 1971, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017 *

North West 2 North West 2 was an England, English Rugby Union league which was at the eighth tier of the domestic competition and was available to teams in North West England. Promoted teams moved up to North West 1 while relegated teams dropped to North W ...

champions: 1997–98 *

South Lancs/Cheshire 1 Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (formerly Lancs/Cheshire Division 1) is a regional English Rugby Union league for teams from Cheshire, Merseyside, Lancashire and Greater Manchester, ranked at tier 8 of the English league system. The div ...

champions: 2002–03 * North Division 2 West champions: 2004–05 * North Division 1 champions: 2006–07 *

National League 2 North National League 2 North is one of three level four leagues in the English rugby union system and provides semi-professional competition for teams in Northern England. The remainder of England is covered by the two counterpart leagues National L ...

champions (2): 2016–17, 2019–20 *

: champions 2021–22

Current standings

Current squad

International players

* Ben Johnston (England) * Chris Bentley (England Under 21) * Andy Maxwell (England) *

Gavin Kerr Gavin Kerr (born 3 April 1977) is a retired rugby union footballer who played prop on either side of the scrum. He played club rugby for Leeds Tykes (now Leeds Carnegie), the defunct Border Reivers, Edinburgh and Sale Sharks, and at international ...

(Scotland) * Shaun Woof (England Under 21) * Gavin Woods (England Counties) * Stuart Turner (England) * Sam Dickinson (England Saxons) * Elliot Gourlay (Scotland Under 20) * Rhys Björn Hayes (Sweden Rugby) * Andy Darlington (Netherlands)

References

External links

* {{coord, 53.3598172, N, 3.1442356, W, display=title Rugby union teams in England Rugby clubs established in 1924 Sport in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral 1924 establishments in England Rugby union in Merseyside