Luctonians

Rugby team

Luctonians

Full name| Luctonians Sports Club
Union| North Midlands RFU
Founded| 1948; 75 years ago (1948)
Location| Kingsland, Herefordshire, England
Region| West Midlands
Ground(s)| Mortimer Park (Capacity: 2,500 (300 seats))
Chairman| Simon Green Price
President| John Amos
Coach(es)| Ryan Watkins
Top scorer| Sam Jones
League(s)| National League 2 North
2021–22| 8th (transferred to National League 2 West

Team kit

Official website
luctonians.co.uk

Luctonians Sports Club is an English sports club based in Kingsland, Herefordshire. The rugby union team currently plays in National League 2 West, the fourth tier of the English rugby union system, following their promotion from Midlands Premier at the end of the 2018–19 season via the play-offs. The club runs four senior sides and a full range of junior sides. Apart from rugby, Luctonians hosts the practice of cricket, golf, cycling, having also a netball, rounders, ladies touch and ladies contact section for women.[1]

## Ground[edit]

Luctonians play home games at Mortimer Park on Hereford Road in the village of Kingsland – about 4 miles from the nearest town, Leominster.[2] Ground capacity is around 2,500 – a figure that includes 300 seated in the modern grandstand (completed in 2013) – with the rest standing space.[3] Due to its rural location the only access to Mortimer Park is by car, although there is ample parking space.

On 27 April 2019, Luctonians achieved a record attendance of 1,757, who watched them defeat Blaydon in the Midlands-North play-off, to achieve promotion to National League 2 North.

## Honours[edit]

* North Midlands 1 champions: 1993–94
* Midlands West 2 champions: 1994–95
* Midlands West 1[a] champions: 1995–96
* Midlands 2 (East v West) promotion play-off winners: 2000–01
* North Midlands Cup winners (4): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09[4]
* Midlands Premier v North Premier promotion play-off winners (2): 2009–10, 2018–19

## Current standings[edit]

|  | 2022–23 National League 2 West Table |

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|  | Played  | Won  | Drawn  | Lost  | Points for  | Points against  | Points diff  | Try bonus  | Losing bonus  | Points  | Pts adj
C | Leicester Lions | 25 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 831 | 385 | 446 | 21 | 1 | 118 |
2 | Dings Crusaders | 25 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 848 | 638 | 210 | 19 | 4 | 99 |
3 | Clifton | 25 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 894 | 518 | 376 | 20 | 1 | 97 |
4 | Luctonians | 25 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 751 | 440 | 311 | 17 | 4 | 89 |
5 | Hinckley | 25 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 690 | 708 | −18 | 17 | 2 | 79 |
6 | Loughborough Students | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 796 | 770 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 78 |
7 | Redruth | 25 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 745 | 608 | 137 | 15 | 3 | 74 |
8 | Exeter University | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 679 | 68 | −6 | 13 | 4 | 67 |
9 | Old Redcliffians | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 634 | 693 | −59 | 13 | 4 | 63 |
10 | Newport (Salop) | 25 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 564 | 914 | −350 | 15 | 5 | 48 |
11 | Hornets RFC | 25 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 645 | 814 | −169 | 13 | 8 | 45 |
12 | Bournville | 23 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 585 | 823 | −238 | 12 | 6 | 44 |
R | Barnstaple | 25 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 445 | 721 | −276 | 6 | 5 | 35 |
R | Stourbridge | 25 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 556 | 946 | −390 | 13 | 5 | 21 | −5

* If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

1. Number of matches won
2. Difference between points for and against
3. Total number of points for
4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled

Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 15 April 2023

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Not to be confused with Midlands 1 West.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Club website homepage
2. ^ "Find Us". Luctonians Sports Club. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
3. ^ "Club History". Luctonians Sports Club. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
4. ^ "NM CUP PREVIOUS WINNERS". North Midlands RFU. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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2022–23 teams|

* Barnstaple
* Bournville
* Clifton
* Dings Crusaders
* Exeter University
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* Luctonians
* Newport (Salop)
* Old Redcliffians
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* 2022–23

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