Former England Wing Rees joins Mark Regan at Clifton
Darren Lloyd Clifton's Director of Rugby has bolstered the team with the siging of  former England and Bristol wing David Rees.David gained 11 caps between 1997 and 1999 and was in the World Cup squad in 1999.He is well remebered for scoring  a superb try at Twickenham against jonah Lomu in the 26-26 draw against the All Blacks in1997.The coaching team at Clifton has also been bolstered with the addition of Mark Regan as forwards coach .The Bristol and England hooker will work with John Barnes the Clifton 1st Team coach and fly half. John is also the skills coach and performance analyst at Bristol Rugby. Training  is on a Tuesday and Thursday night at 7 pm and new members are welcome.

CLIFTON ARE TOP OF SOUTH WEST ONE !! 

15th November  REDINGENSIANS 24 CLIFTON 40

NEXT HOME GAME     29th NOVEMBER AGAINST BRACKNELL 

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New members welcome
The club is seeking to recruit new members in the senior, junior, minis and Ladies sections for the 2008/9 season so please look at the relevant page for contacts . Training/matches are every sunday for the minis and juniors at 10 am. 

CLIFTON TOURNAMENT

The Clifton tournament was again an outstanding success with 66 teams and approximately 1000 children taking part making it one of the  biggest mini tournaments in the south west. See the photos on www.dephoto.co.uk

Club History
Clifton Rugby Club was formed on 27th September 1872 at the Kings Arms on Blackboy Hill in Clifton, Bristol. The pub still stands , although it was rebuilt in 1902, and since refurbishment in the late 1990's was known as Bohemia. It was then renamed Babushka, then Stark and was refurbished and renamed The Black Bear at the end of 2007. We are the 30th oldest club in the United Kingdom, the 19th oldest in England, the 2nd oldest in the South West (Bath beat us by 7 years) and the oldest in Bristol.

We have had 3 players gain international honours while playing for Clifton, James Arthur Bush in 1872, 73, 75, and 76, Hiatt Cowles Baker in 1887 and John Currie 1956-62. Many players have played for their country before or after playing for Clifton, most notable of these are 2 England captains, in 1955 Peter Young and in 1967 Colin McFadyean and the first captain of Wales, James Alfred Bevan, in 1881.

Clifton are lucky enough to have an excellent Historian in Patrick Casey who runs a separate website, www.cliftonrfchistory.co.uk