Five York Railway Institute Rugby Union teams from the past

Pictured above, May 1970, York railway Institute Rugby Union players with their seven-a-side trophy. The seventies side had won the Whitby, York Railway Institute, Pocklington, Bridlington and Wembley sevens; and were finalists in the Harrogate and Ionians competitions.

Standing: P Clegg (coach), J McLuskie, D Wong, D K Johnson, M Wong, J Robinson, D Cooper, ? McLuskie, W Carline (trainer). Front: J Ross, O E L Lord (captain), F Storr, D Hodge.

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YORK RAILWAY INSTITUTE RUGBY UNION 1966

YORK RAILWAY INSTITUTE RUGBY UNION 1966: Standing: D Clegg, N Shouksmith, D Johnson, D Hodge, D Cooper, B Hodgson, M Overton, A D J Hart, W Carline. Front: B Shearsmith, D Malbon, T M Wong, D Richardson, R Peebles and T Marston.

YORK RAILWAY INSTITUTE RUGBY UNION 1973

YORK RAILWAY INSTITUTE UNION 1973: Back: G Webster, S Johnson, G Dowse, P Arkinson, P Buckle, J Pearson, A Loftus, M Harrison, F Storr. Front: J Stabler, P Pressland, R Waddington, D Hodge (captain), J McLuskie and D Wong.

YORK RAILWAY INSTITUTE RUFC FIRST XV 1977

YORK RAILWAY INSTITUTE RUFC FIRST XV 1977: Back: Jim Naylor, Mike Wood, Steve Venables, Bob Coates, John Ross, Dave Hodge, Liam Quinn, Andy Webster, Tony Loftus and John McCluskie. Front: John Stables, Fred Stork, Brian White Sean Heslop, Arnie Tweddle, Mike Long and Steve Maddison.

YORK RAILWAY INSTITUTE RUGBY UNION 1983

YORK RAILWAY INSTITUTE RUGBY UNION 1983: Back: Andrew King, Graham Hargreaves, Liam ?, Roger Holding, Paul Lunn, Richard Cregan, Jim Hardie, Graham Webster and Peter Clegg (coach). Front: David Moore, Jim Naylor, Sean Heslop, Ian Ritchie (captain), Mark Schumacher, John Monaghan and Andy Webster.

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