Hartpury College R.F.C.
| Full name | Hartpury College Rugby Football Club |
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| Founded | 2004 |
| Location | Hartpury, Gloucestershire, England |
| Ground(s) | College Stadium (Capacity: 2,000) |
| Coach(es) |
 John Barnes, Mark Cornwell, Alan Martinovic |
| Captain(s) |
Chris Fortey |
| League(s) | National League 1 |
| 2016–17 | 1st (promoted) |
| Official website | |
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Hartpury College RFC is an English rugby union club. The first team are champions of National League 1 and in 2017–18 will play in the second tier of the English rugby union league system, the RFU Championship.
The club is based at Hartpury College in Gloucestershire, England, and is made up primarily of the college's students and staff. Hartpury College share a close relationship with Aviva Premiership side Gloucester Rugby, who use Hartpury's facilities as their permanent training base and provide a small number of academy players, all of whom are current or recently departed students, to supplement the Hartpury College team. Several Hartpury College players have gone on to play for Gloucester and other professional teams.
Hartpury College Rugby Academy was formed in September 2000 in partnership with Gloucester Rugby, consisting of a University side that competed in the BUCS league system and under-18 teams. In 2004, The college's vision of a Saturday side came to fruition, and became known as Hartpury College RFC.
Starting in the eleventh tier of the league pyramid, Hartpury lost their first ever match in the Gloucester Three North league. That was to be the last time that the club lost a league match until 2009, when they lost to Thornbury after four consecutive promotions, an EDF Junior Vase and an EDF Senior Vase. That setback did not prevent Hartpury from gaining a further three straight promotions to their current position in National League 1, during which time the team amassed only two more defeats and won both the Level Six Champions Cup and EDF Intermediate Cup at Twickenham. On 12 April 2014, the College sealed promotion to SSE National League 1 after their victory over Ampthill secured the National League 2 South title. Three seasons later they were promoted into the Green King IPA Championship with their win over Old Albanian on 11 March 2017.
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