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Promoted to Yorkshire 4 for 2008-09, the 1st XV
lost just one game and by Christmas were sitting
on top of Yorkshire 4. Only two more defeats
in the second half of the season was enough to
secure back to back promotions as Yorkshire 4
Champions. The 2009-10 season and promotion
to Yorkshire 3 would be a challenge for the
squad but again at the half way mark they
were in second spot having only lost one
game to league leaders Roundhegians.
They went on to finish runners up
to Roundhegians losing just two
more games. The team also had
a good cup run to beat Leeds
Corinthians in the final to
lift the Yorkshire Silver
Trophy for the second
time in the club’s history.
Three back to back
promotions
and
Rishworthians
had
reached their highest
ever league position and
were facing a very tough
season in Yorkshire 2.
Promoted clubs tend
to struggle in their first
season of Yorkshire 2 and
finish relegated back into
Yorkshire 3 and it proved to
be too big a jump for us. Both
Roundhegians and ourselves were
relegated back to Yorkshire 3.
This was due to several factors, injuries
to key players, we struggled in the forwards,
the 2nd XV players were not ready for Yorkshire
2 rugby plus Jamie Bloem stood down in
November as coach to become a ruby league
referee. It was a big blow but we must thank
Jamie for 3 successive promotions.
Damian Ball ex Hailifax RLFC player took over
as Head Coach and in his first season the team
finish 7th in Yorkshire 3. In his second season he
guided the team to promotion as Champions of
Yorkshire 3. In 2012-13 we returned to Yorkshire
2 better prepared with stronger forwards,
strength in depth from the 2nd XV and a squad
knowing what to expect.
We finished the season in tenth position but
more work was required to push for a top half
finish in Yorkshire 2. Damian Ball gave us 3
seasons of steady progress and consolidation as
a Yorkshire 2 club. He stood down at the end of
this season and we thank him for having given
us Yorkshir H