Sheffield Tigers RUFC

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Sheffield Tigers Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team based in Sheffield, UK. They currently play in the North 1 league in the English league system.

Formed in 1932 they celebrate their 75th season of Rugby in 2007. Since League Rugby began they were long standing members of Yorkshire 2, managing to avoid either promotion or relegation for the first dozen or so years of the English Rugby system.

The arrival of former England and Halifax RLFC scrum half David Holmes spearheaded a new era and the club reached the final of the Tetley Bitter Vase at Twickenham in 2000, securing a 20-11 win over favourites Bank of England RUFC in the Final and despite finishing second in the League, a restructure meant that they remained in Yorkshire 2 as all 10 clubs below them were relegated!

Promotion the following year was accompanied by the club's first Yorkshire Shield win over Scarborough.

'Tigers' stayed in Yorkshire 1 for 2 seasons before a disastrous campaign in 2002-3 saw them relegated back to Yorkshire 2.

The arrival of Coach Richard Selkirk and a host of new players saw Tigers promoted at the second time of asking in 2004-5 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 2005-6 with the Yorkshire 1 title captured, and at their first attempt Tigers made it three promotions in a row in 2006-7 with a play off win over North 2 West rivals Lymm to book their place in North 1 for 2007-8

They are based at Dore Moor, Hathersage Road, Sheffield

[edit] Honours

[edit] Cup Winners

• 1999-2000:
  • RFU Tetley Bitter Vase
• 2000-2001:
  • Yorkshire RFU Shield
• 2004-2005:
  • RFU PowerGen Vase
  • Yorkshire RFU Shield
• 2005-2006:
  • Winners of Yorkshire 1
• 2006-7:
  • Promoted from North 2 East to North 1 in a play off

[edit] External links

• Official site