Truro RFC
| Full name | Truro Rugby Football Club |
|---|---|
| Union | RFU |
| Founded | 1885 |
| Location | Truro, Cornwall |
| Region | Cornwall RFU |
| Ground(s) | St Clements Hill (Capacity: 2,000) |
| League(s) | Tribute Western Counties West |
| 2015-16 | 1st (promoted from Tribute Cornwall/Devon) |
| Official website | |
| www |
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Truro RFC is a Cornish rugby union club that is based in the city of Truro and was formed in 1885. The club's colours are blue and yellow and they operate 2 senior men's teams, a colts side and various mini/junior teams (ages 7-16). The men's first team currently play in Tribute Western Counties West.
Truro RFC are one of the oldest rugby union clubs in Cornwall having been founded in 1885. Despite being one of the senior clubs in the county the club has only started to experience success in more recent times. With the advent of the Courage National Leagues in 1987, Truro were placed in Western Counties - ranked at tier 7 of the English rugby union league system. They remained in this division until 1991 when they were relegated to Courage Cornwall/Devon having finished bottom of the league standings. After seven relatively unremarkable seasons in Cornwall/Devon, Truro finally won the first league title in the clubs history, finishing 4 points clear of second placed Crediton who were also promoted. This league title was the beginning of the clubs most successful period so far as they went on to achieve three successive promotions, winning Western Counties West in 1999 and then South West 2 West (winning 21 out of 22 games) to reach South West Division 1, which at tier 5 is the highest level Truro have played at.
In 2001 after just one year in South West Division 1 Truro were relegated back into South West 2 West. They bounced back the following year by winning a league and cup double. First they won the Cornwall Cup 27-20 against Penryn at the Recreation Ground - remarkably the first time the club had reached the final of the competition let alone won it. They then overcame promotion rivals, Berry Hill, to claim the league title after a very close contest which saw the two sides finishing on 37 points apiece but Truro going up as champions due to better for/against record. In 2004 the club were relegated once more from South West Division 1 in bottom place, after two seasons in the division. They would also reach the final of the Cornwall Cup that year, losing 0-22 to Redruth at the Recreation Ground in Camborne. The demotion at the end of the 2003-04 season would be the first of three relegation's in four years as Truro went down from South West 2 West in 2006 and then from Western Counties West in 2007.
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