Caldy RFC

Caldy
Full nameCaldy Rugby Club
UnionCheshire RFU
Nickname(s)The Ravers
Founded1924 (1924)
LocationThurstaston, Merseyside, England
Ground(s)Paton Field (Capacity: 4,000)
ChairmanMark Loughran
Coach(es)Matt Cairns
League(s)Champ Rugby
2024–2511th
Team kit
Official website
caldyrugbyclub.com

Caldy Rugby Club is an English rugby union club which play in Champ Rugby, the second tier of English rugby, following their promotion from National League 1 at the end of 2021–22. Their home stadium is Paton Field in Thurstaston on the Wirral Peninsula.

On 23 April 2022 Caldy reached the highest level in the club's history when they beat title rivals Sale 13–9 in front of a crowd of 3,000 at Paton Field to win National League 1 and gain promotion to the RFU Championship (tier 2) for the 2022–23 season.

Honours

Current standings

2025–26 Champ Rugby table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts Qualification
1 Ampthill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Play-off
semi-finals
2 Bedford Blues 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Play-off
quarter-finals
4 Cambridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Chinnor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Cornish Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Coventry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Doncaster Knights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Ealing Trailfinders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Hartpury University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 London Scottish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nottingham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation play-off
13 Richmond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Worcester Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegated
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Number of matches drawn
  3. Difference between points for and against
  4. Total number of points for
  5. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  6. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union
Johnson Chandigere Hooker England
Ollie Hearn Hooker England
Ted Stagg Hooker England
Rhys Williams Hooker Wales
Louis Beer Prop England
Ciaran Booth Prop Ireland
Andrew Darlington Prop Netherlands
Matt Deehan Prop England
Jack Ellam Prop England
Ryan Higginson Prop England
Liam Isaacs Prop England
Ben Jones Prop Wales
Robin Lowndes Prop England
Matthew Mountney Prop England
Matthew Rabbette Prop England
Nathan Rushton Prop England
Will Sanderson Prop England
Joe Sproston Prop England
Freddie Arista Lock England
Callum Atkinson Lock Scotland
Ben Eaves Lock England
Adam McNamee Lock Ireland
Sam Olyott Lock England
Callum Ridgway Lock England
Adam Aigbokhae Back row England
Finn Collins Back row England
JJ Dickinson Back row England
Sam Dickinson Back row England
Adam Kelly Back row England
Paul Lewis Back row England
Ewan Murphy Back row England
Tom Sanders Back row England
Freddie Stevenson Back row England
Player Position Union
Jacob Ainscough Scrum-half England
Lewis Barker Scrum-half England
Rhys Hayes Scrum-half England
Chris Pilgrim Scrum-half England
Jacob Mitchell Scrum-half England
Nye Thomas Scrum-half England
Ollie Wynn Scrum-half England
Rob Cooke Fly-half England
Max Jones Fly-half England
Will Robinson Fly-half England
Sam Rogers Fly-half England
Michael Cartmill Centre England
Martin Gerrard Centre England
Joe Murray Centre England
Connor Wilkinson Centre England
Michael Barlow Wing England
Efan Edwards Wing Wales
Tom Parry Wing England
Nicholas Royle Wing England
Toby Elkerton Fullback England
Matt Gallagher Fullback England
Matt Kilcourse Fullback England
Tom Williams Fullback Wales

International players

  • Ben Johnston (England)
  • Chris Bentley (England Under 21)
  • Andy Maxwell (England)
  • Gavin Kerr (Scotland)
  • Shaun Woof (England Under 21)
  • Gavin Woods (England Counties)
  • Stuart Turner (England)
  • Sam Dickinson (England Saxons)
  • Elliot Gourlay (Scotland Under 20)
  • Rhys Björn Hayes (Sweden Rugby)
  • Andy Darlington (Netherlands)

References

  1. ^ "Honours". Caldy RUFC. Retrieved 9 April 2017.

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