Salisbury RFC - ABOUT US

About Us

Salisbury Rugby Club is thriving community Rugby Club with well over a thousand members, supporters, players, parents and volunteers.

We are affiliated to the Rugby Football Union and our squads currently play in many of the South West’s leading Club competition and leagues.

Rounded Rectangle: Over 1,150 members, supporters, players & volunteers Over 450 players from 5-17 years old Over 200 adult players All year round activities - with RFU Summer Schools Up to 6 Saturday pre-match lunches between September and May each year 8-10 evening functions & banquets Function Rooms for hire Member bars open to the public

Rounded Rectangle: Salisbury Rugby Club has a national - even international - reputation for developing talent. Among those passing through the Club have been: • Mike Brown (Harlequins & England) • Richard Hill (Bath & England) • Richard Hill (Saracens & England) • Dave Egerton (Bath & England)

Rounded Rectangle: A visit to the Salisbury Rugby Football ground can be a pleasure beyond watching the game, for the location of the field provides a splendid view of Old Sarum away to the north, and to the south the tall spire of the cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary stands guard over the city. However, this was not always the case. In the early years the Club, founded in 1923, was obliged to play its rugby at Norman Court, Tytherley, to the east of the city. The local council had decreed that this “barbaric” game should not be played within the city limits and the Club was instructed to find a home at least ten miles out of town. Sponsorship however was the Club’s saviour then. Norman Court’s owner was Mr. Washington Singer, one of the heirs of the sewing machine magnate, Isaac Singer, and he offered the Club a ground on the edge of the prescribed ten-mile limit; provided that they, then Norman Court Rugby Club, wore his racing colours of green and white. They still wear these colours today even though there are some who believe they should have swapped them for the city’s blue and gold, colours worn today as a change strip. The Club was transferred to the city prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. Matches were played on various pitches around Salisbury and the facilities of the Red Lion and Cathedral Hotels were enjoyed after games. A permanent home at Castle Road was leased to the Club by the Salisbury Council in 1951. The present Club-house was opened by the former President of the RFU and Sports Council, Dickie Jeeps, on 13th April 1980, at an auspicious ceremony attended by the 1986/87 President of the RFU, Alan Grimsdell, and former Welsh outside half and President, Cliff Jones. Since 1980 the playing area has been levelled and floodlights installed. In 1988 a further extension to the Club-house, now the Tony Murley room, was added. League rugby, then the Courage Club Championship, started in 1987. At the time Salisbury were classed as one of the top 50 - 60 clubs in the country and were deservedly allocated a place in Area League South, level 4 of the national club hierarchy, a position they maintained until reorganisation of the leagues in 1990. Following reorganisation Salisbury competed for a number of years in South West division 1, level 5, before relegation to level 6, South West division 2 (East), the level at which they currently play.

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