Pocklington Rugby Football Club is an English

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team based in

Pocklington Pocklington () is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, its population was 10,123. It lies east of York, and ...

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. The club runs three senior sides, a colts teams, women's team and eleven junior teams with the first XV currently playing in

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. The club hosts an annual Sevens tournament every

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called the Pock 7s which attracts teams from across the north of England.

History

Rugby in Pocklington began in 1879 with Pocklington Rugby Club formed in 1928 following nearly half a century of teams coming and going in the East Yorkshire market town. Four years later the club bought its ground at Percy Road. In 1958 the club organised its first Sevens tournament and this has gone on to become one of the country's leading tournaments. The club has won the tournament twice (1996 and 1998). Since league rugby was introduced in 1987 the club has mostly participated in the upper echelons of the Yorkshire and the north east divisions. The club won two consecutive promotions in the early 2010s and after five seasons in

North 1 East North 1 East was a sixth tier league in the English rugby union domestic competition, formed in 1987 using the name North Division 2, involving clubs from the north of the country. There was also a division known as North East 1 that began ...

, in 2017 the club won promotion to the national leagues for the first time. However this proved to be a step too far. The club won just three fixtures, finishing bottom of the North Premier, and was immediately relegated back to North 1 East. Five years later, the club was relegated again, to

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but in 2025 they were promoted back to Regional 2 North East as runners-up.

Club Honours

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champions (2): 1995–96, 2011–12 * North East 3 champions: 1997–98 *

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champions: 1999–00 *

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champions: 2003–04 * Yorkshire 2 champions: 2010–11 *

champions: 2016–17

Ground

The club's main ground is at Percy Road. It comprises two pitches and a clubhouse. The club also has a secondary ground on Kilnwick Road, just to the east of the town. Consisting of two pitches, this ground is used primarily for junior rugby.

Notable former players

* Frank Mitchell * Rob Webber

References

External links

Official club website
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