Cleckheaton RUFC

Cleckheaton Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club based in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire. The club runs four senior sides and twelve junior teams.^[1] and the first XV currently plays in Regional 1 North East.

Cleckheaton

Full name	Cleckheaton Rugby Union Football Club
Union	Yorkshire RFU
Nickname(s)	Lambs, Cleck, The Heaton
Founded	1888; 137 years ago (1888), Reformed: 1926
Location	Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, England
Ground(s)	Cleckheaton Sports Club, Moorend, BD19 3UD
Chairman	Neil Gillan
President	John Archer
Coach(es)	Thiu Barnard, Matty Piper (Backs), Richard Piper (Forwards)
Captain(s)	Richard Piper
League(s)	Regional 1 North East
2024–25	6th
Team kit
Official website
www.cleckheatonrufc.com

History

Cleckheaton first formed a rugby club in 1888 and opted to play union when rugby league was formed in 1895. The club was suspended at the start of World War One and reformed in 1926.^[2]

Honours

• Yorkshire 1 champions: 2000–01^[3]
• North Division 1 East champions (2): 2001–02^[4] 2012–13^[5]
• North 1 v Midlands 1 promotion play-off winners: 2003–04^[6][7]

International players

Past Cleckheaton players who have gone on to play international rugby include ^[2]

• Jeff Butterfield
• Roger Pickering
• John Bentley