Bedford Blues have been in the second tier of English rugby since promotion from National 1 in the 2008/09 season. Since then, they have recorded two impressive second-placed finishes, three third-placed finishes, two fourth-placed finishes and four finishes below seventh in the Greene King IPA Championship table. The Green and Whites only met Bedford once…
Last season’s Championship new-boys finished in 5th place in their first Greene King IPA Championship season after winning National League 1 the season before. They recorded impressive back-to-back victories against Bedford Blues and Coventry in December and January during the 2019/20 season followed up by a 30-26 win over Doncaster Knights in late Jan. Their…
OISIN Heffernan has joined Gallagher Premiership side Northampton Saints. The 25-year-old prop joined the Green and Whites back in 2018 and went on to make 44 appearances for Nottingham during his two years at the club, scoring three tries. He will now make the step up to the Gallagher Premiership as he joins Chris Boyd’s…
Nottingham Rugby has acquired the services of Leicester Tigers quartet Jordan Coghlan, Joe Browning, Osman Dimen and Emeka Ilione on loan for the 2020/21 Championship season. Back-rower Coghlan joined Tigers in the summer of 2019 after two seasons with Nottingham and has made 11 appearances for Leicester. Outside-back Browning graduated from the Tigers Academy ahead…
The fixtures for the 2020/21 Greene King IPA Championship season have been announced. Following loan assurances from Government as part of the Winter Sports Survival Package, 11 Greene King IPA Championship Clubs have elected to invest in Covid testing under the elite sport guidance framework to allow a start to the season on the weekend…
Nottingham Rugby can today confirm that the club will take part in a shortened Greene King IPA Championship season due to start over the weekend of 6th / 7th March 2021. The decision comes following a Championships Clubs meeting at which Nottingham Rugby Chairman Alistair Bow confirmed the club’s support for a reduced season. “We…
The team at Lady Bay Festival have been working on some exciting plans to give us all something to look forward to next year. Keen to follow up on the success of their virtual festival in June but unable to plan the family-friendly event in the normal format, Lady Bay Festival were delighted to team…
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The Greene King IPA Championship will commence the 2020/21 season on the weekend of 6th March, 2021. Operating under the elite sport framework, the Greene King IPA Championship league will be split into two conferences. Teams will play home and away within their conference producing 10 competition rounds, subsequent to which there will be a…
Nottingham Rugby would like to extend our condolences to the family, friends and teammates of NTU student, Tom Miller who died tragically in Nottingham last week. Tom, who was studying business management at Nottingham Trent University, was a key part of the rugby programme there, having been involved for the last four years. He had…