{{Short description|English rugby union club, based in Corbridge}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:Tynedale RFC}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2022}} {{Use British English|date=June 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox rugby team | teamname = Tynedale | image = Tynedale rfc logo.png | image_size = 100 | countryflag = ENG | fullname = Tynedale Rugby Football Club | union = [[Northumberland Rugby Football Union|Northumberland RFU]] | location = [[Corbridge]], [[Northumberland]], England | founded = {{Start date and age|1876}} | ground = Tynedale Park | capacity = 2,000 (400 seats) | coach = {{Flag icon|England}} [[Ben Woods]] | captain = {{Flag icon|England}} Matt Outson (1st XV) | league = [[National League 2 North]] | season = [[2025–26 National League 2 North|2025–26]] | position = 2nd | url = {{url|https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/tynedalerugbyfootballclub| pitchero.com/tynedalerfc}} <!-- home kit --> | pattern_la1 = _white hoops | pattern_b1 = _whitehoops | pattern_ra1 = _white hoops | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = _whitestripe | leftarm1 = 0000ff | body1 = 0000ff | rightarm1 = 0000ff | shorts1 = ffffff | socks1 = 0000ff }}
'''Tynedale RFC''' is a [[rugby union]] team based in [[Corbridge]], [[Northumberland]] in [[North East England|North East]] England. The club was relegated from [[National League 1]] in [[2014–15 National League 1|2015]], the third tier of the [[English rugby union system]] and have played in National League 2 North since.
==History== The first match was against [[Elswick, Tyne and Wear|Elswick]] in 1876.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisiscorbridge.co.uk/rugby.asp|title=Rugby – Tynedale Rugby Football Ground|publisher=This is Corbridge|access-date=12 December 2012}}</ref> In 1904 they won the Northumberland Senior Shield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tynedalerfc.co.uk/rugby/archive/archives/trfchistory.htm|title=HISTORY OF TYNEDALE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB|publisher=Tynedale RFC|access-date=19 May 2026|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505133402/http://www.tynedalerfc.co.uk/rugby/archive/archives/trfchistory.htm|archive-date=5 May 2013}}</ref>
In 2008 they were promoted to National Division Two.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/2293584/The-beauty-and-floods-of-Tynedale-Rugby-Club.html|title=The beauty and floods of Tynedale Rugby Club|last=John Inverdale|date=5 March 2008|work=The Telegraph|publisher=Telegraph Media Group|access-date=12 December 2012}}</ref>
==Honours== * [[Northumberland senior cup rugby union|Northumberland Senior Cup]] (24): 1887, 1906, 1911, 1914, 1927, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1948, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014 *[[Northumberland Senior Plate (rugby union)|Northumberland Senior Plate]]: 2025 * [[National League 3 North|North Division 1]] division champions: 1999–00 * [[National League 2 North|National League 3 North]] champions: [[2007–08 National Division Three North|2007–08]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tynedalerfc.co.uk/rugby/pages.php?pID=26&osCsid=lo4d1907vphi9b2uct6p04kfk3title=HISTORY%20OF%20TYNEDALE%20RUGBY%20FOOTBALL%20CLUB|publisher=Tynedale RFC|access-date=18 May 2014|title=StackPath}}</ref> * Hawick and Wilton Sevens champions: 1885. (First winner of the tournament.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}) * [[Gala Sevens]] champions: 1885 * [[Melrose Sevens]] champions: 1886 * [[Glasgow City Sevens]] champions: 2017
==Facilities== Over {{Convert|35|acre|m2}} of land set in rural surround. The ground is adjacent to the [[River Tyne]] – a short walk over the bridge to the historical village of [[Corbridge]]. It has seven pitches, one fully floodlit training pitch (floodlighting adequate for 'junior' matches) and one smaller training pitch, fully floodlit – used for Colts training area. The ground has a modern, 400 seat grandstand, and there is also space for standing spectators around the pitch bringing total capacity to approximately 2,000.
==Current standings== {{2025–26 National League 2 North}}
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website}}
{{National League 1}} {{National League 2 North}}
[[Category:1876 establishments in England]] [[Category:Corbridge]] [[Category:Rugby clubs established in 1876]] [[Category:Rugby union teams in Northumberland]]