Ripon Rugby Union Football Club is a rugby union club based in Ripon, Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire. The club was founded in 1886, just 1200 years after the city of Ripon itself. The club currently fields 4 adult teams along with the club’s development squad (U17’s and U18’s). Ripon also possess a thriving junior section which widely regarded as one of the largest in North Yorkshire and welcomes all young players from Under 7 through to Under 16. The First XV play in the Yorkshire 2 league which is the eighth tier of the domestic competition organised and governed by the Rugby Football Union.