Esher RFC

Esher RFC
Full name	Esher Rugby Football Club
Union	Surrey RFU
Founded	1923
Location	Hersham, Surrey, England
Ground(s)	Molesey Road (Capacity: 3,500 (1,200 seated)
Chairman	Bob Stratton
Coach(es)	Ricky Nebbett
Captain(s)	Ian Kench
League(s)	National League 1
2017–18	9th
	Team kit
	Team kit
Official website
	www.esherrugby.com

Esher Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club based in Surrey. Esher currently play in the third division of the English league system; National League One.

History

The club was formed in 1923 when four rugby enthusiasts agreed to start a club.

When the league system was introduced in 1987 Esher were placed in London 1, but were relegated in the first season and did not win promotion back to that league until 1993.

Esher were first promoted to the national leagues system for the 1997–98 season, finishing fourth in National League 2 South. They led for most of the season the following year but finished second, but won promotion in 1999–00. The club set a new points record when winning National Division Two in 2006–07 and were thus promoted. They were promoted into the second tier, the RFU Championship after winning National League 1 in 2009-10. During this season they broke the world record when they beat Manchester 148 – 0. They played in the Championship for two seasons before being relegated back into National League 1 for the 2012–13 season.^[1]

Honours

Surrey Cup winners (8): 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2012
London Division 1 champions: 1996–97^[2]
Jewson National League 2 South champions: 1999–00
National League 1 (formerly National League 2) champions (2): 2006–07, 2009–10

Current standings

2018–19 National League 1 Table

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points for

Points against

Points diff

Try bonus

Losing bonus

Points

1

Old Elthamians

7

5

0

2

234

195

39

5

1

26

2

Caldy

7

5

0

2

188

167

21

3

1

24

3

Sale FC

7

4

1

2

215

207

8

4

1

23

4

Chinnor

7

4

0

3

168

157

11

4

3

23

5

Blackheath

7

5

0

2

170

120

50

2

0

22

6

Rotherham Titans

7

4

0

3

205

174

31

4

2

22

7

Cinderford

7

4

0

3

175

146

29

3

22

8

Darlington Mowden Park

7

4

0

3

194

188

6

5

1

22

9

Rosslyn Park

7

4

0

3

185

178

7

4

1

21

10

Ampthill

7

3

0

4

173

163

10

4

3

19

11

Cambridge

7

3

1

3

155

164

-9

2

18

12

Plymouth Albion

7

3

0

4

134

0

3

18

13

Bishop's Stortford

7

3

0

4

196

141

55

3

2

17

14

Esher

7

3

0

4

133

169

-36

2

16

15

Birmingham Moseley

7

1

0

6

171

234

-63

3

4

11

16

Loughborough Students

7

0

7

129

288

-159

2

1

3

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

Number of matches won
Difference between points for and against
Total number of points for
Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
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. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 13 October 2018
Source: "National League 1". NCA Rugby.

Current squad

2016–17 Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Charlie Burman	Hooker	England
Matt Kouris (D/R)	Hooker	England
Callum O'Connell	Hooker	Ireland
Neil Sweeney	Hooker	Ireland
Ed Cudworth	Prop	England
Karl Furey	Prop	New Zealand
Cameron Leigh	Prop	England
Matthew Lowes	Prop	England
Ollie Mines	Prop	England
George Young	Prop	England
Cameron Zeiss	Prop	England
Cameron Gentles	Lock	New Zealand
Ollie Marriott	Lock	England
Hayden Smith	Lock	United States
Charlie Gossington	Flanker	England
Hugo Solway	Flanker	England
Jack Tredrea	Flanker	England
Archie White (D/R)	Flanker	England
Tom Whitehurst	Flanker	England
Tom Yellowlees	Flanker	England
Harrison Collins	Number 8	England
Isaac Curtis-Harris (D/R)	Number 8	England
Peter Synnott	Number 8	England

Player	Position	Union
Tom Chalcraft	Scrum-half	England
Andy Garner	Scrum-half	England
Calum Waters (D/R)	Scrum-half	England
Stephen Boatman	Fly-half	England
James Lang (D/R)	Fly-half	Wales
Seb Lear	Fly-half	England
Paul Roberts	Fly-half	England
Joe Brown	Centre	England
Tom Cheeseman	Centre	England
Lloyd Davies	Centre	England
Isaac Hydleman	Centre	England
Ben Wood	Centre	England
Tom James	Wing	Wales
Gabriel Ibitoye (D/R)	Wing	England
Spencer Sutherland	Wing	England
Andy Wright	Wing	England
Callum Monks	Fullback	England
Sam Stanley	Fullback	England
Tom Williams	Fullback	England

Notable former players

Neil Hallett - scored 1,301 points for Esher in all competitions between 2004-10 to become one of the most prolific points scorer in tier 3 history. Also capped by the Barbarians and England Counties XV as well as captaining Surrey.

References

↑ "History of Esher Rugby Club". Esher Rugby Club. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
↑ http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=792&Itemid=441

External links

Official site

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[1] "History of Esher Rugby Club". Esher Rugby Club. Retrieved 2010-03-18.

[2] ttp://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=792&Itemid=441