Salisbury Rugby Club is an English
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 it ...
club in
Salisbury
Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath.
Salisbury is in the southeast of ...
, Wiltshire, who play in the
Southern Counties South
Counties 1 Southern South (formerly known as Southern Counties South) is a level 7 league in the Rugby Football Union South West Division, the rugby union governing body for South West England, part of the Rugby Football Union. When league rug ...
league. The club is based at Hudson's Field, Castle Road, near
Old Sarum
Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the now ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury. Situated on a hill about north of modern Salisbury near the A345 road, the settlement appears in some of the earliest r ...
.
Former players include
Richard Hill (
Saracens,
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 northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
,
British and Irish Lions
The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for the national teams of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The Lions are a test side and most often select players who have already played for their national ...
),
Mike Brown (
Harlequins and England) and
Will Stuart (
Bath Rugby, England).
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Honours
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Dorset & Wilts Cup winners 1989–90
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South West 2 East champions: 1997–98
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Southern Counties (north v south) promotion play-off winners: 2000–01, 2014–15
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Southern Counties South
Counties 1 Southern South (formerly known as Southern Counties South) is a level 7 league in the Rugby Football Union South West Division, the rugby union governing body for South West England, part of the Rugby Football Union. When league rug ...
champions: 2010–11
* Southern Counties Cup winners 2014–15
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South West 1 (east v west) promotion play-off winner: 2015–16
See also
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Dorset and Wilts Rugby Football Union
Dorset and Wilts Rugby Football Union (Dorset & Wilts RFU) is the governing body for rugby union in the counties of Dorset and Wiltshire, England. Dorset & Wilts RFU is a Constituent Body of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and is responsible for ...
References
External links
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English rugby union teams
Rugby clubs established in 1912
Rugby union in Wiltshire
Salisbury
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