Sheffield Tigers Rugby Football Club is a

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team based in

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. They currently play in the fourth tier of the English rugby union league system,

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, and are based at Dore Moor, Hathersage Road, Sheffield. The club run three senior teams and a veterans side, the junior section starts at under-7's up to a colts XV.

History

Formed in 1932 they celebrate their 75th season of rugby in 2007. Since league rugby began they were long standing members of

Yorkshire 2 Counties 2 Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire 2 is an English rugby union league at the eighth tier of the domestic competition for teams from Yorkshire. Club rugby in Yorkshire operates without promotion play-offs meaning that the top tw ...

, managing to avoid either promotion or relegation for the first dozen or so years of the leagues. The arrival of former England and

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David Holmes spearheaded a new era and the club reached the final of the Tetley Bitter Vase at

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in 2000, securing a 20–11 win over favourites Bank of England RUFC. Despite finishing second, a restructure of the leagues meant that they remained in

; as all ten clubs below them were relegated! Promotion the following year was accompanied by the club's first Yorkshire Shield win over Scarborough and the 'Tigers' stayed in

Yorkshire 1 Yorkshire Division One is an English rugby union division, the seventh tier of the domestic competition, and the top level for local rugby union in parts of Yorkshire. The champions are automatically promoted to North 1 East, a division with a ...

for two seasons before a disastrous campaign in 2002–03 saw them relegated back to

. The arrival of coach Richard Selkirk and a host of new players saw Tigers promoted at the second time of asking in 2004–05, a year that also saw a second Vase win at Twickenham, this time over Solihull after a tumultuous semi-final win at Sidmouth. Further success followed in 2005–06 with the

title captured, and at their first attempt Tigers made it three promotions in a row in 2006–07 with a play-off win over North 2 West rivals

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to book their place in North 1 for 2007–08. Three seasons later the club gained promotion from this league, now known as National 3 North, via a play-off victory over

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Honours

* Tetley/Powergen Junior Vase winners (2): 1999–00, 2004–05 * Yorkshire Shield winners: 2000–01 * South Yorkshire Trophy winners (3): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 * Yorkshire League 2 champions: 2004–05 * Yorkshire League 1 champions: 2005–06 * North 2 (east v west) promotion play-off winners: 2006–07 * National League 3 (north v midlands) promotion play-off winner: 2010–11 *

National League 3 North North Premier was a level five league in the English rugby union system, with the fourteen teams drawn from across Northern England. The other leagues at this level were London & South East Premier, Midlands Premier and South West Premier. Th ...

champions: 2015–16

Current standings

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sheffield Tigers Rufc English rugby union teams Rugby clubs established in 1932 Rugby union in Yorkshire

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