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Rugby Lions, nicknamed The Lions, are a rugby union club based in Rugby, Warwickshire in England (where rugby union was founded). The club play their home matches at Webb Ellis Road. Their developmental squad is known as the Crusaders. They are one of only 3 teams in England permitted to wear an all-white strip, with England and Rugby School being the others. In recent times, the Lions have not exercised this right, with the home kit normally using black shorts. For the final game of the 2011–12 season against Hinckley however, the Lions appeared in white shorts as well. On 17 August 2012, the ''Rugby Advertiser'' released an announcement, within which was an RFU statement, which confirmed that the Lions had failed to pay off their debts in time, and had been removed from National League 2 South. It did not however say anything concerning whether or not the Lions would still compete in any division in 2012–13. At a public meeting held on 30 August, attended by over 200 people, club owner David Owen revealed that the Lions would indeed not be competing in any league for the 2012–13 season, but would instead be organising a series of friendlies. The club will be using the help of many supporters to help out, with many of those present at the meeting putting their names down to volunteer. In May 2013, it was announced that the Lions' bid to be accepted back into the RFU league system had been successful, although they were forced to rejoin at the lowest possible level, Midlands 5 West (South). On 9 August 2013, it was announced that the Lions would be featured on BT Sport's rugby programming into the new season; with a feature filming a game on September, and the Lion's First XV travelling to the studio to participate in filming on the indoor pitch, scheduled for 13 November. In a four-year span from April 2011 to September 2015, the Lions did not lose a single league fixture, winning all 60 matches in that period before their run was ended by a 31-35 defeat at Ledbury RFC in the 2015-16 season opener. ==Club Honours== *RFU Championship champions: 1990-91 *National League 2 North champions: 1987-88 *National League 3 Midlands champions: 2005-06, 2011–12 *Midlands 5 West (South) champions: 2013-14 *Midlands 4 West (South) champions: 2014-15 * Midlands Junior Vase champions: 2013-14, 2014–15 * Warwickshire Shield champions: 2011-12, 2014–15 * Clonmel Cup champions: 2014-15 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rugby Lions」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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