Old Albanian RFC
rugby club based in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Old Albanian Rugby Football Club (OAs) is a rugby union club based in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. The club currently play in National League 2 East.
History
The club was formed in 1924 by a group of Old Boys of St Albans School. They acquired their first pavilion, which was a timber World War I Barrack Hut, located at Beech Bottom. They are the largest community sports club in Hertfordshire.
The club won promotion from National League 2 South in 2011–12 to National League 1, and in 2012–13 finished 5th, their highest place in the English rugby union system. The club was relegated from National One at the end of the 2014–15 season, after an administration error led to a five-point deduction; this meant that the club missed out on staying up by just a single point. They were promoted back into the division after winning the play-off in 2015–16 before being relegated again to National League 2 South at the end of the 2017–18 season. Following the implementation of a new competition structure for the National Leagues that took effect for the 2022–23 season, Old Albanians was placed in National League 2 East.
Current standings
Men's teams and honours
1st team
London 3 North West champions: 1995–96
Hertfordshire Presidents' Cup winners (2): 1998, 2010
Hertfordshire Sevens winners: 2001, 2009
National League 3 (south-east v south-west) promotion play-off winner: 2009–10
National League 2 South champions: 2011–12
National 2 promotion play-off winner: 2015–16
OAs Academy
2nd team (Romans)
London 2 (north v south) promotion play-off winner: 2002–03
3rd team (Gladiators)
4th team (Grizzlies)
OA RFC's recent achievements
1987 — selected, with two other Hertfordshire clubs, to form part of London League Division 2
1996 — Won London NW Division 3 gaining promotion to London League Division 2 North
1998 — Won the Herts.
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