Weston-super-Mare Rugby Football Club is an

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team based in

Weston-super-Mare Weston-super-Mare, also known simply as Weston, is a seaside town in North Somerset, England. It lies by the Bristol Channel south-west of Bristol between Worlebury Hill and Bleadon Hill. It includes the suburbs of Mead Vale, Milton, Oldmix ...

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. The club runs five senior teams, including a colts and veterans side and the full range of junior teams The first XV play in South West Premier, a level five league in the

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, following their promotion from

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in 2017. The second XV (United) play in the

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and the third XV (Athletic) play in Tribute Somerset 2 North.

History

The club was formed in 1875 and played their early games on what is now a supermarket car park before moving to their present ground at Drove Road in 1880. The Great Depression saw people from

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arriving in the town, played rugby for Weston and became one of the top clubs in the country at that time. Recently they have had a resurgence in player attendance, overall improvement in facilities and a thriving social scene which has equated to success on the field.

Honours

1st team: * Somerset Senior Cup winners (11): 1979, 1981, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017 * South West 1 champions: 2001–02 * Somerset Division 3 South champions: 2008–09 * South West 1 West champions: 2016–17 *

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winners: 2019 2nd team: *

Somerset 2 South Somerset 2 South (known as Tribute Somerset 2 South for sponsorship reasons) is an English rugby union league which sits at the tenth level of league rugby union in England alongside its counterpart Somerset 2 North. When the division was found ...

champions: 2008–09 3rd team: *

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champions: 2008–09 4th team: *

champions: 2016–17

International players

Eight former players have gone on to win international caps.Club website - Honours: International honours
/ref> * 1882–84 E L Strong * 1885–91 W H Thomas * ( RL) 1935 George Bennett * 1939 R E Price * 1967–73

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* 1970 G F Redmond * 1984–97 Nigel Redman * 2010 Dan Tuohy * 2011 Jack Cuthbert

References

External links

Official club website
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