Heath Rugby Club is an English
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
club based in
Greetland
Greetland is a village situated within the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It falls within the Calderdale Ward of Greetland and Stainland. According to the 2011 Census, this ward had a population of 11,389. Geogra ...
, near
Halifax,
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan counties of England, metropolitan and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and east, South Yorkshire and De ...
. The first XV team plays in
Regional 1 North East
Regional 1 North East is a level five league in the English rugby union system, with the twelve teams drawn from across North East England and the East Midlands. The other level five leagues are Regional 1 Midlands, Regional 1 North West, Re ...
, having been promoted into tier five following the league restructuring at the end of the 2021–22 season. This was the club's second promotion in three seasons, after finishing runner-up in two consecutive seasons in
Yorkshire 1, obtaining promotion as the best ranked runner-up. The club has made its way up the leagues over the history of league rugby having started league life in
Yorkshire 3.
Honours
*
Yorkshire 4
Counties 4 Yorkshire is an English rugby union league at the tenth tier of the domestic competition for teams from Yorkshire. Club rugby in Yorkshire operates without promotion play-offs meaning that the top two teams are automatically promote ...
champions: 1997–98
*
Powergen Junior Vase winners: 2001–02
*
Yorkshire 3 champions (2): 2001–02, 2005–06
* Papa John's Community Cup Regional 1 Championship winners: 2023–24
References
External links
Official website
Rugby union teams in England
Sport in Halifax, West Yorkshire
Rugby union in Yorkshire
Rugby clubs established in 1928
1928 establishments in England
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