Caldy Rugby Football Club is an

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rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

team which play in the

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

National League 1 National One (last season 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 Leagu ...

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

Paton Field Paton Field is located on Telegraph Road, in Thurstaston, Wirral Peninsula, England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies ...

Thurstaston Thurstaston is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. It is part of the West Kirby and Thurstaston Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West. The village lies on the A540 roa ...

. 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

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(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 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 West 3. ...

champions: 1997–98 * South Lancs/Cheshire 1 champions: 2002–03 * North Division 2 West champions: 2004–05 * North Division 1 champions: 2006–07 *

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champions (2): 2016–17, 2019–20 *

: champions 2021–2022

Current standings

International players

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

Gavin Kerr Gavin Kerr is a retired rugby union footballer who played prop, he played international rugby for Scotland. He played club rugby for Leeds Tykes (now Leeds Carnegie), the defunct Border Reivers, Edinburgh and Sale Sharks. He played both sides ...

(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)

References

External links

Official Website
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