Nottinghamians
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Nottinghamians RFC are a rugby union club that play in Holme Pierrepont in Nottingham, England. The club started out as Old Nottinghamians, a club for former pupils of Nottingham High School. The ground that the club plays at, on Adbolton Lane next to the National Watersports Centre, is still owned by the Old Nottinghamians Sports Club. In the summer the ground is used by Nottingham Cricket Club. Since 1971, the club have been known simply as "Nottinghamians", and it is no longer a requirement that members should be old boys of the High School.
Nottinghamians RFC currently run two men's open age sides and one men's veteran side. Owing to the ties with the High School it was never deemed to be appropriate for the club to run junior sides.
The first XV play in the Nottinghamshire/Lincolnshire division of the RFU league structure where the 2005/2006 season has seen them go unbeaten.
Currently, a number of Nottinghamians players also play for Nottingham Outlaws rugby league club. They also have a number of students from Nottingham University and Nottingham Trent University as well as some old boys from the High School.
