Alnwick RFC
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| Full name | Alnwick Rugby Football Club |
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| Founded | 1960 |
| Location | Alnwick, Northumberland, United Kingdom |
| Ground(s) | Greensfield (Capacity: 200 in stand, unlimited standing) |
| Coach(es) |
 Michael Walton, James Hamilton, Peter Moralee, Ali Gray |
| Captain(s) |
Andrew Ord (2nd XV) |
| League(s) | North 1 East |
| Official website | |
| www |
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Frank Hutchinson (1st XV)
Alnwick RFC is an amateur rugby union club based in the town of Alnwick, Northumberland in north-east England. The club play in North 1 East, a level six league in the English rugby union system and are the most northerly rugby union club in English league rugby, (Berwick like their football team play in the Scottish rugby union system). Alnwick remain a strictly amateur club with all players paying annual and weekly match subscriptions. Alnwick regularly field three senior sides, all of which play competitive league and cup rugby. The club also has a junior section running teams from under 7's through to under 18's and a girls section.
The 1987–88 season saw the formation of rugby union leagues in England which placed Alnwick in level six then known as North 2. They remained in that league until the 2002–03 season when they were relegated to Durham & Northumberland 1. The winners of Durham & Northumberland 1 are automatically promoted, with the second placed team going in to a play-off promtion game against the second place team from Yorkshire 1.
The 2003–04 campaign saw Alnwick finish in second place, meaning they faced Pontefract RFC in the play-off for promotion. The game saw Alnwick claw back a 10-18 deficit to claim a thrilling 25-18 victory, Alan Moses' late 40-yard drop goal and a last gasp try from Jon Snaith sealed the victory and promotion back into North East 2. They remained at this level for two seasons until the 2005–06 season when they were relegated back to Durham & Northumberland 1 after finishing the campaign in 10th position.
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