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| Full name | Rotherham Rugby Union Football Club | |
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| Union | Yorkshire RFU | |
| Nickname(s) | The Titans Roth | |
| Founded | 1923 | |
| Location | Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England | |
| Ground(s) | Clifton Lane (Capacity: 2,500) | |
| Chairman | Nick Cragg | |
| Director of Rugby | Martin Jenkinson | |
| Coach(es) | Harvey Biljon | |
| Captain(s) | Zak Poole | |
| Top scorer | Kevin Plant (927) | |
| Most tries | John Dudley (49) | |
| League(s) | National League 1 | |
| 2023–24 | Promoted from National League 2 North (champions) | |
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| Official website | ||
| www | ||
Rotherham Rugby Union Football Club, or Rotherham Titans is a rugby union club from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, currently playing in the third tier of the English rugby union league system, following their promotion from the National League 2 North at the end of the 2023–2024 season.
Rotherham achieved multiple promotions within the league structure in the 1990s and early 2000s.[1] This meteoric rise ultimately culminated in two unsuccessful spells in the English Premiership. Rotherham is perhaps best known for the Rugby Football Union blocking its entry into the Premiership, its subsequent legal challenges, and a partially successful appeal to the Office of Fair Trading to break an alleged Premiership cartel.[2][3][4]
Rotherham have developed several international players, including David Strettle, Hendre Fourie and Erik Lund.[5]
- ^ Slot, Owen (8 January 1995). "Rugby Diary : A long run for Selkirk show – Sport". The Independent. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ Gallagher, Brendan (21 May 2002). "MP wings in to fight for Rotherham". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ [1] Archived 5 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Cartels will kill the game". The Telegraph. 12 May 2003. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ "Fourie admits Bester saved career". www.rbs6nations.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2022.