"in 1987, having won the European cup twice, the first tier of English rugby ten times, and the Anglo-Welsh cup seven times. Northampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. They were formed in 1880, and play in black, green, and gold colours. The team play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 15,500. Their biggest rivals are Leicester Tigers. ""The East Midlands Derby"" is one of the fiercest rivalries in English Rugby Union. Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge), Leicestershire (Grace Road), Derbyshire (County Cricket Ground, Derby) and Northamptonshire (County Cricket Ground, Northampton) are in"
"2004 for women, the annual Varsity Match between De Montfort University and Leicester University has been held at Welford Road. In rugby league's Super League IX, as the nominal home side took on Hull F.C. 20 June 2004, with Hull winning 42–26. Welford Road has also played host to American Football, with a charity match in aid of Matt Hampson taking place on 28 May 2007 between the Loughborough University Aces and reunited 90s team Leicester Panthers. National League team Leicester Falcons also played a league match at the stadium as part of a fundraiser for local charity LOROS, beating"
"rugby union side Saracens F.C. The stadium has hosted matches for the England under-21s, and senior international football between overseas teams. Elton John has also used Vicarage Road as a venue for concerts: He first played at the stadium in 1974 and returned in 2005 and 2010 to stage fundraising concerts for the club. Former events include horse and carriage shows and greyhound racing. The Watford Training Ground is located on the University College London Union (UCLU) Shenley Sports grounds in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Watford fans maintain a rivalry with those of Luton Town. The two sides met regularly in"
"sides. The ground also has several bars adjoining the grandstand, and there is also a secondary pitch for 2nd XV and junior fixtures. There is parking for around 100 cars but this is often limited on match-days and it is recommended that supporters park nearby in town. The capacity of the Recreation Ground has varied over the decades. Up until the 1980s it was considered the third largest rugby ground in England (behind Twickenham and Leicester Tigers home of Welford Road) with an official capacity of 21,172, which included a number of temporary stands. This capacity was actually exceeded in"
"2000 to 2010 to coincide with Castleford adopting the Tigers moniker. In 2010 PROBIZ became the stadium's first sponsors after signing a three year deal. Wish Communications became sponsors for the 2013 season before Mend-a-Hose became sponsors in 2014. List of International rugby league matches played at Wheldon Road is: Other than Castleford club games, Wheldon Road also saw Cas play host to various international touring teams from 1929–1994. The Jungle (Wheldon Road) Wheldon Road (known as the Mend-A-Hose Jungle for sponsorship purposes) is the home ground of Castleford Tigers Rugby league Club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. It is"
"The Jungle (Wheldon Road) Wheldon Road (known as the Mend-A-Hose Jungle for sponsorship purposes) is the home ground of Castleford Tigers Rugby league Club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. It is on Wheldon Road, just outside Castleford town centre. The record attendance of 25,449 was for a Challenge Cup match in 1935. Wheldon Road officially opened in 1926 and was the home of association football club Castleford Town F.C.. The following year Castleford RLFC moved in after the completion of their first season (1926–27) after playing at 'Sandy Desert', which has since been redeveloped, and is the home of Castleford"
"Shelford Rugby Club Shelford Rugby Club is an English rugby union football club based in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire. The club are currently played in London & South East Premier - the fifth tier of the English rugby union league system. They have reached as high a level as the fourth tier (National League 2 South), playing in this division between 2009 and 2015 when they were eventually relegated, having finished in 15th place. Shelford run five senior sides, a ladies team and twelve junior teams. Shelford Rugby Club was formed in 1933 following the formation of a rugby section of"
"the results will give evidence-based facts to improve measures for participant safety in contact sports."" Saracens F.C. Saracens Football Club () are an English professional rugby union team based in London, England. Established in 1876, they currently play in Premiership Rugby, the top level of domestic rugby union in England, and were the champions of the European Rugby Champions Cup, which they won twice consecutively, in 2016 and 2017. Since 2012, Saracens have played their home games at Allianz Park in Hendon, in the London Borough of Barnet; previous grounds have included Vicarage Road in Watford, and Bramley Road. The"
"Success in the year (1996) when Leicester City won the Coca-Cola Cup, Leicester Tigers won the Pilkington Cup, and Leicestershire won the County Championship. Leicester Tigers on Welford Road are one of the most successful Rugby Union teams in Europe, having won the European Cup twice, the first tier of English rugby ten times, and the Anglo-Welsh Cup eight times. Notable former players include England's Rugby World Cup winning captain Martin Johnson, Neil Back, Dean Richards and Austin Healey. Leicester City have also enjoyed a fair degree of success. In 2016, they became the sixth team to win the Premier"
"Goldington Road Goldington Road is a rugby ground in the De Parys area of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. It is the home stadium of Bedford Blues. The stadium holds 4,650 people. The stadium also has twohospitality boxes, ""The Larry Webb Room"" and ""The Lifesure Suite"", which can cater for 12 to 20 people respectively in addition to ""The Blues Marquee"". There is one stand (the Charles Wells Stand) with the remaining areas being standing room - There is an uncovered temporary stand in the south east corner of the ground. Following an amalgamation between Bedford Rovers (1876) and Bedford Swifts (1882),"
"Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, that compete in the European Super League, the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern Hemisphere. The club have competed in the top division for the majority of their existence having only been relegated twice in their history, Castleford has won the Challenge Cup four times. Their most recent major trophy was the 2017 Super League League Leaders Shield. Castleford have a rivalry with neighbours Featherstone Rovers and Wakefield Trinity. The club has been based at Wheldon Road since 1927, after moving from"
"Vicarage Road Vicarage Road, a stadium in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, is the home of the football club Watford of the Premier League. An all-seater stadium, its current capacity is 23,700 following the completion of the new Sir Elton John Stand in 2014, and expansion work in 2015 and again throughout 2016 and 2017; this included expansion of the football pitch. It has been the home of Watford since 1922, when the club moved from Cassio Road. The ground was officially opened by Col. Charles Healey of Benskins Brewery for the visit of Millwall on 30 August 1922. In addition to"
"Dudley Kingswinford, with the Lions triumphing 19–14. The Lions also won the Warwickshire Cup, winning 10–9 in the final against Sutton Coldfield. Rugby Lions Rugby Lions, nicknamed The Lions, are a rugby union club based in Rugby, Warwickshire in England. The club play their home matches at Webb Ellis Road. Their developmental squad is known as the Crusaders. The club also has a ladies team known as the Lionesses. They currently compete in Midlands 1 East at the sixth tier of the English rugby union system, having switched from Midlands 1 West at the end of the 2017-18 season. Rugby"
"Shelford Amateur Sports Association. The club moved to its present ground in 1965. Shelford Rugby Club Shelford Rugby Club is an English rugby union football club based in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire. The club are currently played in London & South East Premier - the fifth tier of the English rugby union league system. They have reached as high a level as the fourth tier (National League 2 South), playing in this division between 2009 and 2015 when they were eventually relegated, having finished in 15th place. Shelford run five senior sides, a ladies team and twelve junior teams. Shelford Rugby"
"is the record attendance for the stadium. (This number is unlikely to be equalled for a football match, unless the stadium is expanded due to crowd segregation requirements.) With the expansion of Welford Road under way, it is likely the only rugby games to be played at the King Power Stadium in future will be European Cup semi-finals when Leicester Tigers are drawn at ""home,"" which enables them to propose a suitable English venue away from their home ground. It also hosted an exhibition match between World XV and South Africa XV on 3 December 2006 to mark the centenary"
"Elland Road Elland Road is a football stadium in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which has been the home of Leeds United FC since the club's foundation in 1919. The stadium is the 13th largest football stadium in England, and the fourth largest outside the Premier League. The ground has hosted FA Cup semi-final matches as a neutral venue, and England international fixtures, and was selected as one of eight Euro 96 venues. Elland Road was used by rugby league club Hunslet in the mid-1980s and hosted two matches of the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The stadium has hosted concerts, including"
"with Sky Sports at the game. Trailfinders Sports Ground Trailfinders Sports Ground is a rugby ground in the West Ealing area of London, England. It is the home ground of Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club and London Broncos rugby league club. On 18 April 2015, Ealing Trailfinders set the record attendance for a rugby union match at TFSG hosting Rosslyn Park attracting 2,278 which is currently the record at the ground. On 20 August 2016, London Broncos hosted 10 times Super League champions Leeds attracting a record rugby league crowd to the ground of 1,845. It was also the first ever"
"beat Australia 24–0. The 2009 Rugby League Four Nations Final between England and Australia was played there with a 16–46 win for Australia. On 19 November 2011 the 2011 Rugby League Four Nations Final between England and Australia was also played at the stadium resulting in an 8–30 win for Australia. Leeds Rhinos have played several matches at Elland Road. In the 1988 Yorkshire County Cup final, they beat Castleford Tigers 33–12. Due to the redevelopment of their traditional home of Headingley Stadium, the Rhinos will begin the 2018 Super League campaign with two league fixtures at Elland Road. The"
"Street actress Lucy-Jo Hudson and Notts County and former England footballer Alan Smith. Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, that compete in the European Super League, the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern Hemisphere. The club have competed in the top division for the majority of their existence having only been relegated twice in their history, Castleford has won the Challenge Cup four times. Their most recent major trophy was the 2017 Super League League Leaders Shield. Castleford have a rivalry with neighbours Featherstone Rovers and Wakefield Trinity."
"road features a dip in the eastern corner which causes difficulties to visiting teams who struggle to read the surface. Furthermore, there is a gradient again going down from west to east. Goldington Road Goldington Road is a rugby ground in the De Parys area of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. It is the home stadium of Bedford Blues. The stadium holds 4,650 people. The stadium also has twohospitality boxes, ""The Larry Webb Room"" and ""The Lifesure Suite"", which can cater for 12 to 20 people respectively in addition to ""The Blues Marquee"". There is one stand (the Charles Wells Stand) with"
"Salford Red Devils The Salford Red Devils are a professional rugby league club in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, who play in the European Super League. Formed in 1873, they have won six Championships and one Challenge Cup. Their home ground since 2012 has been the AJ Bell Stadium in Barton-upon-Irwell, before which they played at the Willows in Weaste. Before 1995, the club was known simply as Salford, from 1995–98 Salford Reds and from 1999–2013 Salford City Reds. The club was founded in 1873 by the boys of the Cavendish Street Chapel in Hulme, Manchester. Using a local field, the"
"fifteenth international will be played at the stadium when England play New Zealand in the 2018 Baskerville Shield. Elland Road hosted two of Leeds Rhinos' home Super League games during the redevelopment of Headingley Stadium. Elland Road has also hosted four of Leeds Rhinos World Club Challenge matches. The results were as follows; <nowiki>*</nowiki> Melbourne Storm stripped of their 2010 WCC title in the wake of their salary cap breach. A rugby union match between the South Africa national rugby union team and the North of England rugby union team was played at Elland Road on 10 November 1992 which"
"traceable through the naming of three streets: Wheater's Crescent, Wheater's Street and Wheater's Terrace. Wheater's Field Wheater’s Field was a rugby ground in Broughton, Salford, England. It was home to the Broughton Rangers rugby league club of the Northern Union. On 19 October 1907, the stadium hosted a match between Rangers and the New Zealand All Golds. It had a capacity of 20,000. Rangers would call the stadium home until just before the First World War when they moved to the nearby Cliff. The ground hosted two Challenge Cup finals, in 1907 Warrington 17 Oldham 3 and in 1921 Leigh"
"Trailfinders Sports Ground Trailfinders Sports Ground is a rugby ground in the West Ealing area of London, England. It is the home ground of Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club and London Broncos rugby league club. On 18 April 2015, Ealing Trailfinders set the record attendance for a rugby union match at TFSG hosting Rosslyn Park attracting 2,278 which is currently the record at the ground. On 20 August 2016, London Broncos hosted 10 times Super League champions Leeds attracting a record rugby league crowd to the ground of 1,845. It was also the first ever televised sports match at the ground"
"of a field in Talgarth, which became the club's home ground. In September 1990 the club managed to obtain sufficient funds to purchase a property on Trefecca road in Talgarth which is now the official clubhouse. In 1996 the club applied for and was successful in gaining membership to the Welsh Rugby Union. The club today fields a firsts, seconds, ladies, youth and junior teams. Gwernyfed RFC Gwernyfed RFC is a rugby union club based in the town of Talgarth, near Brecon, in Powys, Wales. Gwernyfed RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club"
"Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the European Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the club was known as Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. The club has played at Belle Vue Stadium in Wakefield since 1895 and has rivalries with Castleford Tigers and Featherstone Rovers. Wakefield have won two premierships in their history when they went back to back in 1967 and 1968. As of 2017, it has been 49 years since Wakefield last won"
"Saracens F.C. Saracens Football Club () are an English professional rugby union team based in London, England. Established in 1876, they currently play in Premiership Rugby, the top level of domestic rugby union in England, and were the champions of the European Rugby Champions Cup, which they won twice consecutively, in 2016 and 2017. Since 2012, Saracens have played their home games at Allianz Park in Hendon, in the London Borough of Barnet; previous grounds have included Vicarage Road in Watford, and Bramley Road. The club's home playing colours are black and red. Saracens were founded in 1876 by the"
"be the main shirt sponsors; other sponsors are Breedon Aggregates who take a patch on the collarbone, Global Payments who take a box above the players' number, Mattioli Woods who take the back of the shirt above the player's name and Stihl who take a patch on the sleeve; LeoVegas take a patch on the shorts. The club plays its home games at Welford Road Stadium. The ground was opened in 1892 and the first stands accommodated 3,000 spectators. The clubhouse was built on the Aylestone Road end in 1909, the Members' & Crumbie Stands were built just before and"
"matches for the 2007 Rugby World Cup and was capped twice during that competition, collecting a bronze medal as Argentina came third. He has played on both sides of the scrum internationally. Ayerza is from Buenos Aires and is one of ten children. He is completing a degree in business studies. Outside of rugby, Ayerza's hobbies include playing the piano and polo. His family has a long tradition in horse racing, which he attributed to his Irish ancestors, and run a stud farm. An accomplished polo player, he named one of the horses Welford Road after the Leicester Tigers' home"
"with a fractured knee-cap. Meanwhile, the Tigers' women's team made the Women's Challenge Cup Final losing 20-14 to Leeds Rhinos. Wheldon Road was built in 1926 originally to be the home of Castleford Town F.C. Castleford RLFC moved in for 1927 after playing their first season of rugby league across the river where Castleford Lock Lane now play their home games. Its record attendance was in 1935 when 25,449 fans watched Cas play Hunslet in the Challenge Cup third round. In 2015 it was announced that they would be leaving Wheldon Road and moving to a new stadium in Glasshoughton."
"Salford City F.C.'s stadium, Moor Lane, was once the club's home ground. It is located in the Kersal Moor area of Salford, close to the boundary with Prestwich. Originally the club had only one senior side, but now fields five senior sides (4 male and 1 female) and supported by one Colts (U19), four youth (U13-U17) and six mini (U6-U12) teams; a total involvement of some 330 players each week. Broughton Park R.F.C. is the City of Manchester's highest placed representative in the Rugby Union Leagues. Broughton Park RUFC Broughton Park RUFC, is one of the oldest rugby union clubs"
"the School End which has been all seated since 1990 after the Taylor Report. The Upper Tier Has 1,700 seats which are allocated to away supporters for league matches with away teams given the lower tier if demand requires it. Loftus Road was home to professional rugby union team London Wasps from September 1996 to the end of the 2001–02 season, having moved from their home in Sudbury, Middlesex, as part of the deal in which Chris Wright took control of both Wasps and QPR. Wasps won the English Premiership in their first season at Loftus Road. It was part"
"Welwyn RFC Welwyn Rugby Football Club (Commonly abbreviated as Welwyn RFC) is an English rugby union club playing in London 2 North West following their promotion from London 3 North West as runners up at the end of the 2017–18 season. The club was formed in 1931 as Welwyn (East), after a number of Welsh from the valleys and Scots from the border woollen mills arrived in town to work in the local hosiery factory or in factories such as Murphy Radio, and they formed a rugby club which played on various pitches on the east side of town. The"