Womens Premiership 1 2000-2001
Team	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Points
Clifton	14	12	0	2	430	94	336	24
Wasps	14	11	1	2	430	104	326	23
Richmond	14	11	0	3	380	96	284	22
Saracens	14	9	1	4	235	205	30	19
Worcester	14	6	0	8	234	241	-7	12
Waterloo	14	4	0	10	172	433	-261	8
Alton	14	1	0	13	8	740	-732	2
Old Leamingtonians	14	1	0	13	n/a	n/a	n/a	2

Note Old Leamingtonians fixtures not completed and declared null and void.

Mens 1st XV gain 8th place in National League Div 3 (South)

National Division 3 South 2000-2001
Team	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Points
Plymouth Albion p	26	26	0	0	910	240	670	52
Launceston p	26	20	1	5	777	396	381	41
Penzance/Newlyn	26	18	2	6	823	492	331	38
Barking	26	15	1	10	661	481	130	31
Redruth	26	14	1	11	691	600	91	29
North Walsham	26	12	1	13	550	461	89	25
Westcombe Park	26	12	0	14	552	664	-112	24
Clifton	26	10	1	15	509	628	-119	21
Blackheath	26	10	0	16	562	641	-79	20
Tabard	26	9	2	15	415	721	-306	20
Reading r	26	9	1	16	465	643	-178	19
Weston-Super-Mare r	26	7	1	18	370	691	-321	15
Basingstoke r	26	7	1	18	345	685	-340	15
Cheltenham r	26	7	0	19	492	729	-237	14
r relegated p promoted

2001-2002 Clifton Ladies beat Nottingham Medoc Casuals 54-7 to win RFUW Rugby World National Cup. The first team outside London to do so. The team included 12 internationals (8 Welsh, 1 Scot and 3 English). The match took place at Franklin Gardens, the home of Northampton Saints. The match, televised live on Sky Sports television, kicked off at 12:05 as a curtain raiser to the Northampton v Gloucester men's premiership clash. Clifton Ladies also finished Runners-up in Premiership.

Clifton Ladies 1. Dawn Mason [Welsh international] 2. Louella Yorke 3. Katherine Lenaghan [Welsh international] 4. April Dent [Welsh international] 5. Liza Burgess (Captain) [Welsh international] 6. Jo Poore [England international] 7. Jackie Morgan [Welsh international] 8. Pip Minto [Welsh international] 9. Ali Newall [Scotland international] 10. Susie Appleby [England international] 11. Fiona Britten [England international] 12. Clare Flowers [Welsh international] 13. Shannon Baker 14. Anne Marie Douglas 15. Non Evans [Welsh international]

Subs 16. Amy Pryce 17. Irena Dzisiewska - repl. Katherine Lenaghan (49 mins) 18. Sara Tucker - repl. Shannon Baker (71 mins) 19. Lianne Leech 20. Emma Woods 21. Hilary Bosman 22. Rhonnie Owens [Welsh international] - repl. Ali Newall (40 mins) Manager: Sarah Treweek Coach: Mark Perego Physio: James Noble

Above action from that match.

Clifton Ladies v Nottingham Medoc Casuals - Record of Scoring 5-0 Try for Clifton from no.15 Non Evans (7 mins) 10-0 Try for Clifton from no.13 Shannon Baker (10 mins) 17-0 Try for Clifton from no.14 Anne Marie Douglas, converted by no.15 Non Evans (14 mins) 24-0 Try for Clifton from no.12 Clare Flowers, converted by no.15 Non Evans (24 mins) 29-0 Try for Clifton from no.15 Non Evans (31 mins) 34-0 Try for Clifton from no.12 Clare Flowers (33 mins) 39-0 Try for Clifton from no.8 Pip Minto (40 mins) 44-0 Try for Clifton from no.14 Anne Marie Douglas (45 mins) 44-7 Try for Nottingham from no.13 Maire Kerrin, converted by no.10 Kate Knight (50 mins) 49-7 Try for Clifton from no.14 Anne Marie Douglas (55 mins) 54-7 Try for Clifton from no.11 Fiona Britten (64 mins)

Above Clifton Ladies after the RFUW Rugby World National Cup final 2002

Above Clifton and England International Susie Appleby after the RFUW Rugby World National Cup final 2002

Above Clifton and Wales Captain, Lisa Burgess holds aloft the RFUW trophy. She joined Clifton from Saracens in 2000.

In April the Men’s 1st XV are relegated from the National League Div 3 (South) to South West Div 1.

National Division 3 South 2001-2002
Team	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Points
Penzance/Newlyn	26	24	1	1	1,158	423	735	49
Launceston	26	24	0	2	876	397	479	48
North Walsham	26	18	1	7	631	396	235	37
Westcombe Park	26	15	0	11	631	544	87	30
Old Patesians	26	15	0	11	600	684	-84	30
Lydney	26	13	0	13	513	520	-7	26
Blackheath	26	11	3	12	538	476	62	25
Redruth	26	12	0	14	629	737	-108	24
Tabard	26	10	1	15	509	710	-201	21
Barking	26	8	1	17	408	624	-216	17
Old Colfeians	26	8	1	17	554	841	-287	17
Camberley	26	8	0	18	422	629	-207	16
Clifton r	26	6	0	20	469	698	-229	12
Cinderford r	26	6	0	20	390	649	-259	12
r relegated p promoted

England lose final of the World Cup to New Zealand 19-9 at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona on 25th May 2002. This was the fourth women’s world cup.

The England team featured 4 Clifton Ladies, Susie Appleby (sub), Karen Henderson, Selena Rudge and Georgia Stevens, Above Selena Rudge (now plays for Worcester).

In the County Championship Final ex Clifton RFC player Marcus Barrow played for Cheshire on the 1st June 2002. Gloucestershire won 26-23 to become the most sucessful county side of all time, winning for the 17th time. Mike Barrow played through the junior ranks at Clifton while at Colston's Collegiate where he played in the Daily Mail Cup finals of 1996 and 1997. He moved on to Salford University and Manchester RFC.

Above programme cover and teamsheet of the 2002 County Cup Final.

Above the Cheshire squad of 2002

Above the winning Gloucestershire side.

Above the programme cover and team sheet from the Zurich Championship final Bristol v Gloucester which featured ex Clifton RFC player Alex Brown on the Bristol side. Gloucester won 28-23 in front of a crowd of 28,500

Above ticket from the Zurich Championship final Bristol v Gloucester.

2002-2003 Clifton Ladies reach final again and narrowly loose 22-17 to Saracens.

Clifton Ladies, Susie Appleby, receives her 50th England cap v Canada on June 14th at the University of British Columbia, Thunderbird Stadium.

Men’s 1st XV gain 6th place in Powergen South West 1

Powergen South West 1 2002-2003
Team	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Points
Dings Crusaders p	22	19	0	3	463	291	172	38
Reading	22	18	1	3	542	297	245	37
Cinderford	22	16	0	6	549	313	236	32
Barnstaple	22	12	1	9	362	359	3	25
Cheltenham	22	10	3	9	550	476	74	23
Clifton	22	10	0	12	405	383	22	20
Truro	22	9	1	12	308	412	-104	19
Chinnor	22	9	0	13	412	401	11	18
Keynsham	22	8	2	12	322	426	-104	18
Bridgwater & Albion	22	7	2	13	453	496	-43	16
Berry Hill r	22	6	1	15	274	473	-199	13
Marlow r	22	2	1	19	253	566	-313	5
r relegated p promoted

Women gain 4th place in Premiership.

Womens Premiership 1 2003-2004
Team	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Points
Wasps	12	10	1	1	448	82	366	21
Richmond	12	9	2	1	423	137	286	20
Saracens	12	8	0	4	376	133	243	16
Clifton	12	6	1	5	308	165	143	13
Worcester	12	3	0	8	179	296	-117	6
Lichfield	12	3	0	8	51	411	-360	6
Henley	12	0	0	12	44	605	-561	0

2003-2004

Above ex Clifton RFC captain Peter Johnson becomes head of the Bristol Shoguns Academy. He had formally been head of rugby at Colston’s. For more click here

Rhys Oakley wins first of two caps for Wales. Born 16th September 1980. He started playing at Thornbury but went to Clifton and played through the junior teams up to the 1st XV. Then joined Bristol in 2002. In September 2003 he joined Newport Gwent Dragons. He played for England u21's but was eligible to play for Wales through his grandparents.

	INTERNATIONAL RECORD: Wales Appearances 2003	Career Record: P2, W1, D0, L1, Tries 0, Cons 0, Pen 0, DropG 0
	16th August 2003 v Ireland (Dublin) L 12-35 30th August 2003 v Scotland (Cardiff) W 23-9

For more on Rhys Oakley click here

Above programme cover and teamsheet from the Reading v Clifton match played on 21st February 2004.

As the Bristol Evening Post said, the club records tumbled this season. Full-back Rob Viol touched down 19 times to become the record try scorer in a league season. John Phillips scored 16 tries in the 1993/94 campaign. Fly-half John Barnes kicked 78 conversions to move in front of Simon Hogg's 77 from the 1991 and 1994 seasons. The 68-17 win at Truro was the club's highest number of points scored in a league game, beating the 64-7 score-line against Bournemouth from September 1987.

Mens 1st XV gain 4th place in Powergen South West 1

Powergen South West 1 2003-2004
Team	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Points
Reading p	22	19	0	3	742	314	428	38
Cinderford	22	17	0	5	616	367	249	34
Clevedon	22	17	0	5	554	343	211	34
Clifton	22	11	0	11	574	472	102	22
St Mary's O.B. (SW)	22	11	0	11	491	448	43	22
Cheltenham	22	10	0	12	532	440	92	20
Chinnor	22	10	0	12	492	540	-48	20
Keynsham	22	9	1	12	358	429	-71	19
Bridgwater & Albion	22	9	0	13	450	456	-6	18
Oxford Harlequins r	22	8	2	12	456	510	-54	18
Barnstaple r	22	5	1	16	332	664	-332	11
Truro r	22	4	0	18	284	898	-614	8
r relegated p promoted

Women gain 3rd place in Premiership.

Womens Premiership 1 2003-2004
Team	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Points
Wasps	14	12	1	1	476	57	419	58
Saracens	14	12	0	2	503	127	376	57
Clifton	14	11	1	2	421	72	349	52
Worcester	14	7	0	7	297	162	135	38
Richmond	14	7	0	7	395	198	197	35
Thirsk	14	3	0	11	60	401	-341	13
Lichfield	14	2	0	12	55	461	-406	10
Henley	14	1	0	13	19	748	-729	7

England Ladies lose Churchill Cup final to New Zealand 38-0 on 19th June 2004 at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada. The England squad had 3 Clifton Ladies players in it, Susie Appleby, Shannon Baker and Georgia Stevens.

2004-2005

Ex Clifton RFC player Jonathan Pritchard returns to Bristol after a journey that took him through the junior ranks at Clifton to Bath, Bristol, Newport and Rotherham. He played 20 times for Rotherham in the 2003/04 season scoring 3 tries.

Ex Bristol (also Bath and Saracens) flanker Ben Sturnham has joined the 1st team coaching staff at Clifton. Ben was capped 3 times by England while playing for Saracens.

	INTERNATIONAL RECORD: England Appearances 1998	Career Record: P3, W0, D0, L3, Tries 0, Cons 0, Pen 0, DropG 0
	6th June 1998 v Australia (Lang Park, Brisbane) L 0-76 20th June 1998 v New Zealand (Carisbrook, Dunedin) L 22-64 27th June 1998 v New Zealand (Eden Park, Auckland) L 10-40

Ben Sturnham was capped 3 times for England during a tour of Australia and New Zealand by a very inexperienced England side. He came on as a substitute in the last two internationals v New Zealand.

Above the Clifton 1st team squad that played Gloucester Old Boys on 4th September 2004. The first league fixture of the season.

Mens 1st XV gain 3rd place in Powergen South West 1. They just miss out on a play-off match on points difference.

Powergen South West 1 2004-2005
Team	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Points
Cinderford p	22	20	0	2	811	264	547	40
Bridgwater & Albion p	22	18	0	4	1008	308	700	36
Clifton	22	18	0	4	879	291	588	36
Chinnor	22	12	1	9	566	466	100	25
Maidenhead	22	12	0	10	497	501	-4	24
Oxford Harlequins	22	11	0	11	494	523	-29	22
Penryn	22	10	0	12	403	651	-248	20
Clevedon	22	8	1	13	354	451	-97	17
Cheltenham	22	8	1	12	362	603	-241	17
St Mary's O.B. (SW) r	22	6	0	16	347	653	-306	12
Gloucester Old Boys r	22	4	0	18	273	929	-656	8
Keynsham r	22	3	1	18	289	643	-354	7
r relegated p promoted

Clifton Ladies runners-up in Premiership

Womens Premiership 1 2004-2005
Team	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Points
Wasps	14	13	0	1	460	71	389	61
Clifton	14	10	0	4	460	108	352	51
Saracens	14	11	0	3	365	122	243	49
Richmond	14	8	0	6	278	178	100	37
Worcester	14	6	0	8	228	263	-35	32
Henley	14	3	0	11	87	536	-449	15
Thirsk	14	2	1	11	107	318	-211	13
Lichfield	14	2	1	11	90	479	-389	12

2005-2006

Above Clifton 1st team squad 2005-2006

Mens 1st XV Runners-up in Powergen South West 1and promoted after a play-off against Richmond.

Powergen South West 1 2005-2006
Team	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Points
Clifton p
r relegated p promoted

Clifton Ladies ? in Premiership

Womens Premiership 1 2005-2006
Team	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Points

2006-2007

Mens 1st XV 11th in Division 3 South.

Powergen South West 1 2006-2007
Team	P	W	D	L	For	Against	BP	Points
Southend p	26	22	0	4	944	542	19	107
Westcombe Park p	26	21	1	4	943	418	19	105
Havant	26	17	0	9	736	433	18	86
Canterbury	26	17	0	9	77	778	516	17
Lydney	26	17	0	9	710	710	562	15
Bridgwater & Albion	26	15	1	10	635	499	17	79
North Walsham	26	14	1	11	515	607	12	66
Cinderford	26	12	0	14	520	513	10	58
Dings Crusaders	26	9	3	14	445	628	9	51
Rosslyn Park	26	10	0	16	485	664	8	48
Clifton	26	8	1	17	531	675	12	46
Hertford r	26	8	0	18	486	780	12	44
Old Patesians r	26	4	0	22	447	751	12	28
Chinnor r	26	4	1	21	362	949	5	23
r relegated p promoted

Clifton Ladies ? in Premiership

Womens Premiership 1 2006-2007
Team	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Points

2007-2008

Ross Blake and James Lumby selected to play in the 2007 Varsity match for Cambridge. Blake becomes the first Clifton player in 100 years to captain a varsity side. The last time this happened was in 1907 when Worthington Wynn Hoskin captained Oxford click here

Ex. Chairman of the Bristol wine merchants John Harvey & Sons, and ex Clifton RFC player, George McWatters died on the 19th December 2007, aged 85. For more click here

Clifton win thier last 2 matches of the season but are just relegated after Barking beat Mounts Bay.

Mens 1st XV 11th in Division 3 South.

Powergen South West 1 2007-2008
Team	P	W	D	L	For	Against	BP	Points
Mounts Bay p	26	23	0	3	772	337	15	107
Cinderford p	26	20	2	4	722	305	11	95
Ealing	26	18	1	7	689	402	17	91
Canterbury	26	18	0	8	608	473	13	83
London Scottish	26	17	0	9	633	410	15	83
Dings Crusaders	26	13	1	12	492	441	13	67
Lydney	26	13	0	13	501	485	11	63
Bridgwater & Albion	26	13	0	13	495	558	10	62
Rosslyn Park	26	12	0	14	502	463	11	59
Havant	26	8	0	18	394	567	9	41
Barking	26	8	1	17	488	711	7	41
Clifton r	26	8	1	17	476	852	6	40
North Walsham r	26	6	0	20	384	711	9	33
Luton r	26	2	0	24	380	821	8	16
r relegated p promoted

2008-2009

On the 4th November 2008 Clifton Ladies became part of the Bristol Rugby setup and changed their name to Bristol Ladies.

Above the Clifton 1st XV squad taken on the 2nd April 2009. Top Row (L-R): Wayne Cochran, Andy Raines, Barnaby Kent, Craig Hammond, Leo Glass, David Rees, Phil Schmidt, Oliver Sills, Andy Bell. Middle Row: Rob White, Greg Setherton, Oliver Sacco, Henry Mace, Alistair Allison, Darren Barry, David Butler, Richard Walker, Sam Smee, Vince Murrell, Daniel Frost, Chris Rowlands, Mike Young. Front Row: Andy Edwards, Sam Wilkes, John Levis, Fielies Coetsee, Daniel Frost, Darren Lloyd, John Barnes, Mark Regan, Sam Kent, Rob Viol, Paul Morgan. Absent: Paul Reid, Steve Leonard

On the 4th April 2009 Clifton 1st XV became champions of South West 1 with 2 games to go.

The Clifton squad at Twickenham on the 18 th April 2009. (L-R) Back Row: Charlotte Walker, Wayne Cochran, Sam Wilkes, Rob White, David Butler, Vince Murrell, Darren Barry, Paul Reid, Sam Kent, Chris Rowlands, Leo Glass, Fielies Coetsee, Barnaby Kent, Mike Young. Middle Row: Alistair Allison, Ollie Sills, Andy le Bell, Graham Hardy, Daniel Frost, John Barnes, Steve Leonard, Rob Viol, Phil Schmidt. Bottom Row: John Levis, Andy Raines, Henry Mace, David Rees.

Clifton Nomads 2008-2009 merit table 3rd XV winners. (L-R) Back Row:Will Handley, Alex Dunbar, Steve White, Chris Reull, Ross Borthwick, Jirx Singh. Middle Row: Trevor Davis, Rupert, Tim Gomm, Andy Rendle, Matt Alexander, Antony Demison, Tim Frost, Rob Churcher. Front Row: Andy Stephens, Gary Boyland, Scott McGrath, Jamie Farrell (Vice-Captain), Aftab Hamid (Captain), John Carr, Chris Ball.

2009-2010

Former Bristol captain Matt Salter joins Clifton as a player/coach. For more click here

Above 1st XV and Wanderers squad taken on 17th September 2009. (L-R) Top Row - Evan Sawyer, Greg Setherton, Dan Venn, Nick Gerrish, Darren Barry, Ben Glynne, Richard Walker, Barnabus Purbrook, Adam Jones, Steve Leonard, David Rees. Middle Row - Charlotte Walker, Lee Watkins, Steve White, Paul Reid, Rob White, Ali Alison, Gareth Price, Paul Morgan, Tom Prince, Will Pomphrey, Barnaby Kent, Vince Murrell, Phil Schmidt, Dave Cook, Andy le Bell, Leo Glass, Norman Golding, Andy Petts, Mark Nichols. Bottom Row - Jack Martin, Sam Smee, Sam Wilkes, Sam Kent, Fielies Coetsee, John Levis, Darren Lloyd, John Barnes, Mark Regan, Matt Salter, Henry Mace, Dean Taylor, Harrison Tovey. Absent - Andy Raines, Rob Viol, Ollie Sacco, Pierre Clarke, Barnaby Nelson, Gareth Mason, Mako Vunipola

The Clifton Bandits taken on 3rd October 2009 at Cotham Park. (L-R) Back Row: Ben Sharpington, Nick Smith, Spencer Halliday, Chris Nussey, Tom Dickie, Charlton Charles, Jamie Lopez, Pete Milmine, Adam Golding, Ali Roberts, Frazer Halliday, Felix Ellis, Mike Auty. Front Row: Sam Parker, Jon Maycock, Marc Kendall, Joe Marsden (c), Mike Wilcox, Andy Bates, Roger Carver, Chris Ruell.

On the 31st October 2009 on the day of the home match v Richmond the book "For College, Club & Country - A History of Clifton Rugby Football Club" goes on sale at the club.

On the 20th November 2009 a private presentation will be held at Clifton College.

Above book cover taken from a hand coloured postcard of Clifton College postmarked Clifton, Bristol 22nd April 1904. It was sent to a Miss B. Errington, 5 York Terrace, Regents Park, London by someone with the initials RE. Looking at the Clifton College Register there was a Capt. John Roland Forbes Errington (Born 15th July 1894 baptized the following month in Bangalore, India. Died 1950) at Clifton College from 1909 to 1912. I don't think it was sent by the boy himself as he was only 10 in 1904 and its adult handwriting. More likely I think it was his father. It predates his attendance at Clifton College by over 5 years so maybe his father (John Roland Errington) was sorting out schools for his son and sending a picture of it to a relative. Neither father nor son played rugby for the college or club.

So far 3 book signings are being organised at Blackwells, Park Street and Waterstones at The Galleries and The Mall, Cribbs Causeway.

2010-2011