Nottingham R.F.C.

The club was established circa 1877 by Alexander Birkin after returning from Rugby School, where he was introduced to the sport. The Birkin family later purchased the land at Ireland Avenue that would be the home of the club until 2006.

The club's heyday was in the late 1980s with a number of top international players representing the first XV. These included Simon Hodgkinson, Rob Andrew, Gary ReesDusty Hare and Brian Moore (also a Lion) representing England and Chris Gray representing Scotland.

The advent of professionalism saw the Green & Whites fall on hard times and the first XV narrowly avoided relegation to the regional divisions in 2002–03. The club has bounced back since then and was promoted into National League One in 2003–04. The club finished a creditable 7th in 2005–06 before leaving Ireland Avenue after 102 years. Alistair Bow was appointed chairman in 2010 after having been a director since 2008.

Martin Haag appointed Dan Montagu captain on 21 July 2015. He replaced Brent Wilson who retired at the end of 2014–15 season. Since then Ian Costello has been appointed as Head Coach, with Neil Fowkes and Alex O'Dowd rounding out the coaching team.

The club play at Lady Bay, previously at Meadow Lane. On 30 July 2010 the club signed an agreement to become part of Notts County PLC.[1] In early July 2012 it was announced that Martin Haag had become the new director of rugby at the club.

A change in funding by the RFU ahead of the 2020–21 season forced the club into become only a part-time professional club.[2]

• Midland Counties Senior Cup winners: 1905–06
• Midland Counties Junior Cup winners: 1907–08
• Noel Syson Cup (Notts, Lincs & Derby Sevens) winners: 1935, 1936, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1983
• Middlesex Sevens winners: 1944–45
• Midland Merit Table champions: 1984–85
• Selkirk Sevens winners: 1990–91

The Nottingham squad for the 2021–22 season is:[3][lower-alpha 1]

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Jake Farnworth Hooker England Storm Hanekom Hooker South Africa Ben Sugars Hooker England Archie Vanes [lower-alpha 1] Hooker England Ben Betts Prop Ireland Liam Bishop Prop Ireland Tim Hoyt [lower-alpha 1] Prop England Josh McNulty Prop England Aniseko Sio Prop Samoa Toby Williams Prop Germany Callum Allen Lock England Lewis Chessum [lower-alpha 1] Lock England Jack Ramshaw Lock England Jack Shine Lock England George Cox Back row England Scott Hall Back row England Carl Kirwan Back row England Suvwe Obano Back row England Josh Poullet Back row England Jacob Wright Back row England

Player Position Union Sam Edwards [lower-alpha 1] Scrum-half England Matt Marsh Scrum-half England Michael Stronge Scrum-half Ireland Elliot Bale Fly-half England Morgan Bunting Fly-half England Sam Hollingsworth Fly-half England Elliot Creed Centre England Jacob Cusick [lower-alpha 1] Centre England Ronnie du-Randt Centre England Theo Manihera Centre England Charlie Thacker Centre England Joe Browning [lower-alpha 1] Wing England Harry Graham Wing England Jack Stapley Wing Ireland David Williams Wing England Luke Hibberd Fullback England

• Rob Andrew
• Vincent Cartwright
• Chris Gray
• Dusty Hare
• Simon Hodgkinson
• Brian Moore
• Gary Rees
• Chris Wyles
• Ali Williams
• Chris Oti
• Tom Youngs
• Alex Corbisiero
• Nick Preston
• Neil Back

• The Official Site of Nottingham RFC