Pontefract 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
Pontefract
Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. It lies to the east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the ...
,
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 club runs three senior teams plus colts, juniors and girls teams. The first XV play in
Regional 2 North East, following their relegation from
Regional 1 North East last season.
The club also runs women's teams, a colts side and junior teams.
The club's ground is located in
Carleton, a village on the southern outskirts of the town.
Honours
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Regional 2 North East champions: 2022–23
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Yorkshire 1 champions: 2006–07
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Yorkshire 2 champions: 2017–18
References
External links
Official website
Rugby union teams in England
Sport in Pontefract
Rugby union in Yorkshire
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