Canterbury RFC

Canterbury RFC
Full name Canterbury Rugby Football Club
Union Kent RFU
Founded 1929 (1929)
Location Canterbury, Kent, England
Ground(s) The Marine Travel Ground, Merton Lane
Chairman Giles Hilton
President John Scurr
Coach(es) Andy Pratt & Matt Pinnick
Captain(s) Max Cantwell
League(s) National League 2 South
2017–18 10th
Team kit
Official website
www.cantrugby.co.uk

Canterbury RFC is an English rugby union football club based in Canterbury, Kent. The club currently play in the fourth tier of English club rugby, participating in National League 2 South. The club runs five senior sides, Canterbury Hellfire wheelchair rugby team, a ladies team and a full range of junior teams.[1]

History

Canterbury RFC was formed in 1929 and when the league system was introduced in 1987 the club was placed in London 3 South East. A series of relegations saw the club playing in Kent 2 by the start of the 1990s. However, the club managed to turn things around and was back at the top of the London leagues a decade later and by the middle of the 2000s the club was in National 3 South, now National League 2 South. The club was relegated to the new National 3 South, by now known as National League 3 London & SE but they immediately bounced back into National League 2 South, winning the Kent County Cup in the same season.[2]

Honours

Current standings

2018–19 National League 2 South Table
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1Rams76012591101496030
2Redruth7601180195-152026
3Taunton Titans7502235161744226
4Henley Hawks750216616603124
5Tonbridge Juddians7502165124411122
6Canterbury7403180150304222
7Worthing Raiders7403244218265021
8Old Albanian7403195133622220
9Bury St Edmunds7403224198264020
10Dings Crusaders7403152131211118
11Clifton7304148182-343116
12Barnes7205154167-132313
13Guernsey7205140252-1124113
14Old Redcliffians7106164202-383310
15Birmingham & Solihull7106172210-38234[b 1]
16London Irish Wild Geese7007116295-179101
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 13 October 2018
Source: "National League 2 South". NCA Rugby.
Notes
  1. ↑
    • Birmingham & Solihull were deducted 5 points as a result of fielding an ineligible player from the previous season in Midlands Premier which carried over into the 2018-19 season.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Club website
  2. ↑ Club website history page
  3. ↑ http://www.cantrugby.co.uk/history-crfc.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=769&Itemid=418
  5. ↑ http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=747&Itemid=397
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
  7. ↑ "All roads lead south for the Bees next season". Birmingham & Solihull RFC. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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