Blaydon RFC

Blaydon
Full name	Blaydon Rugby Football Club
Union	Durham County RFU
Founded	1888
Location	Swalwell, Tyne and Wear, England
Ground(s)	Crow Trees (Capacity: 2,000 (400 seated))
Chairman	Chris Nunn (C.O.R.)
Coach(es)	Keith Laughlin (Head Coach), Jason Smithson, Sam Stuart, Jim Houghton, Lee Hogarth
League(s)	North Premier
2019−20	Champions (promoted to 2020−21 National League 2 North)
	Team kit
	Team kit
Official website
	www.blaydonrfc.co.uk

Blaydon RFC is an English semi-professional rugby union team. The first team currently play in the fourth tier of the English rugby union system (North Premier), having been promoted as champions from North Premier at the end of the 2019-20 season. Their home ground is at Crow Trees, Swalwell, Tyne and Wear.

First team

The Blaydon first team are presently the joint third highest placed league team in the North East (behind Premiership side, Newcastle Falcons, National League 1 club Darlington Mowden Park R.F.C. and alongside National League 2 North Tynedale RFC). Due to Blaydon's close proximity to the Falcons, increasingly many of the Falcon's promising academy players have been given invaluable experience at Blaydon.

Blaydon run various youth teams, ranging from under-7 to under-19.

Under-19 (2008): National semi-final [v Harrogate, 16 March, Crow Trees]
Under-17 (2009–10): National Plate semi-final [v Sheffield, 23 March, Crow Trees]
Under-17 (2013–14): National Shield winners (v Dartfordians, 4 May, AJ Bell Stadium)

Andrew Baggett – fly-half who became the all-time National League 1 points scorer with over 1,700 points, the majority whilst playing for Blaydon. He also represented Yorkshire and Durham and was part of the Yorkshire side that won the 2008 Bill Beamont Cup.[1]

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