Sandal Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Sandal Magna near Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The club runs three senior sides, a veterans team, academy and colts teams and ten junior teams.[1] The first XV play in the Regional 1 North East.

Sandal
Full nameSandal Rugby Union Football Club
UnionYorkshire RFU
Founded1927; 97 years ago (1927)
LocationSandal Magna, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Ground(s)Milnthorpe Green
ChairmanTimothy Scatchard
PresidentPeter Tunningley
Coach(es)Joe Bedford
League(s)Regional 1 North East
2023–248th
Team kit
Official website
www.sandalrufc.co.uk

History

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Sandal RUFC was formed in 1927 by former Wakefield RFC player Claude Beaumont.[2]

Honours

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Notable former players

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References

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  1. ^ Club website home page
  2. ^ Sandal - 'The pre-war years'
  3. ^ "2007-2008 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  4. ^ "2009-10 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 1 May 2010.
  5. ^ "North Play Offs 2014–2015". England Rugby. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Hinckley go down fighting". Hinckley RFC. 25 April 2015.
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