Welcome To Harrogate Pythons RUFC
Harrogate Pythons RUFC is a Yorkshire Rugby Union Football Club fielding 2 teams (and an occasional Social/Vets XV). Our 1st XV plays in RFU Counties 1 Yorkshire and our 2nd XV in RFU Counties 4 Yorkshire A.
We gained RFU accreditation in 2018 promoting rugby participation across the community. We cater for all player standards and coach for both improvement and fun.
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Latest Match Reports
Pythons Make It 15 on the Bounce With 8 Try Haul
Harrogate Pythons RUFC 1st XV 50 - 7 Northallerton RUFC Match Report & Pictures by Julian Tatlow. Northallerton visited The Jim Saynor Ground with optimism on reversing their 5 point defeat from earlier in the season. With Coach Dan Bird unavailable,...
Victory Against Corinthians Makes it 14 on the Bounce
Harrogate Pythons RUFC 1st XV 37 - 7 Leeds Corinthians RUFC Match Report & Pictures by Julian Tatlow. Harrogate Pythons RUFC recorded their 14th consecutive win against Leeds Corinthians, 31-7 gaining a try bonus point. This keeps The Pythons 4 points...
Pythons hold on against Yarnbury for BP win
Harrogate Pythons RUFC 1st XV 29 - 19 Yarnbury RFC Match Report & Pictures by Julian Tatlow. Harrogate Pythons entertained Yarnbury RFC for their first home league fixture. Yarnbury began strongly building pressure in The Pythons’ half straight from the kick...
THE COACHING TEAM
PYTHONS 1st XV
PYTHONS 2nd XV
VETS & SOCIAL RUGBY
COMMITTEE
PYTHONS MINIS
Latest Club News
Depleted Ensians Give a Spirited Performance
Harrogate Pythons welcomed local rivals Otliensians to the Jim Saynor Ground for this usually fiercely contested game. The good weather attracted a large crowd, however Ensians could not field a front row so the game commenced with uncontested scrums and despite the...
Kicking Master Class at The JSG . . .
Jon Callard, former England Kicking Coach and former England and Bath player, recently came down to The Jim Saynor Ground to share his experiences and help develop a small group of kickers. Explaining the value of timing and balance Jon went through routines to help...
Scrappy Win for Pythons at the Rain Soaked JSG
Harrogate Pythons welcomed newly relegated West Park Leeds to a rain soaked Jim Saynor Ground for the first ever meeting between the 2 clubs. Jed Carr kicked off long and the ball appeared to be knocked forward behind the WPL goal line, however a line out was awarded....