Medicals RFC

Medicals RFC
Full nameMedicals Rugby Football Club
UnionNorthumberland RFU
Founded1898 (1898)
LocationNewcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England
Ground(s)Cartington Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle (Capacity: 1,000)
Captain Andy Bath
LeagueCounties 1 Durham & Northumberland
2024–254th
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/medicals/

Medicals RFC is a rugby union club in Newcastle Upon Tyne who have been in existence since 1898. They currently play in the Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland, having been promoted from Durham/Northumberland 2 in the 2009–10 season. Medicals highest profile success came in 1995–96 when the club reached the final of the Pilkington Shield at Twickenham and won the trophy – beating Cornish side Helston 16 – 6.

The uniform of the club is maroon jerseys with white collars, white shorts and maroon stockings with white tops. The club crest is a serpent entwined around a rod, a symbol representing the Greek god of medicine, Asclepius.