Sandbach RUFC
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Sanbach Rugby Union Football Club is a rugby union
club based in Sandbach
, Cheshire
, England
. It plays in North 1 West.
It was founded in the 1930s, and is an amateur club in a semi professional league.
The club is the best performing strictly amateur Club in Cheshire
in the 2007-08 season, finishing joint fourth in North 2 West.
It received publicity on ITV2
when "Generation Xcess", where members of the club were seen heavily inebriated in local pubs. As a result many were barred, but the club responded by saying that ITV was selective in what it showed.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
club based in Sandbach
Sandbach
Sandbach is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The civil parish contains four settlements; Sandbach itself, Elworth, Ettiley Heath and Wheelock....
, Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
, England
England
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. It plays in North 1 West.
It was founded in the 1930s, and is an amateur club in a semi professional league.
The club is the best performing strictly amateur Club in Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
in the 2007-08 season, finishing joint fourth in North 2 West.
It received publicity on ITV2
ITV2
ITV2 is a 24 hour, free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998, and is available on digital television via satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms. The channel has the...
when "Generation Xcess", where members of the club were seen heavily inebriated in local pubs. As a result many were barred, but the club responded by saying that ITV was selective in what it showed.