Canterbury RFC

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Canterbury RFC
Full name Canterbury Rugby Football Club
Union RFU
Founded 1929 (1929)
Ground(s) Merton Lane
Chairman Giles Hilton
President Steve Uglow
Captain(s) Peter Kelly
League(s) National League 2 South
2012–13 8th
Team kit
Official website
www.cantrugby.co.uk

Canterbury RFC is an English rugby union football club based in Canterbury, Kent. The club currently plays in the fourth tier of English club rugby, participating in National League 2 South. The club runs seven senior sides, 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 but 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]

Current standings

2013–14 National League 2 South Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Hartpury College 22 17 0 5 746 443 303 15 3 86
2 Canterbury 20 13 0 7 535 463 72 13 4 69
3 Ampthill & District 20 13 1 6 659 403 256 11 2 67
4 Clifton 22 13 0 9 528 511 17 8 3 63
5 Cambridge 21 11 0 10 535 451 84 10 6 60
6 Bishop's Stortford 20 10 1 9 512 493 19 12 6 60
7 Taunton Titans 21 12 0 9 521 541 –20 6 3 57
8 Shelford 21 11 2 8 483 440 43 4 4 56
9 Southend 21 10 0 11 471 504 –33 9 6 55
10 Redruth 22 9 1 12 470 508 –38 10 4 52
11 Cornish All Blacks 20 11 0 9 411 479 –68 4 1 49
12 Dings Crusaders 22 9 0 13 471 552 –81 6 7 49
13 Chinnor 20 9 0 11 443 460 –17 5 6 47
14 London Irish Wild Geese 21 8 0 13 496 530 –34 8 6 46
15 Bournemouth 20 4 1 15 390 638 –248 6 4 28
16 Exmouth 19 3 0 16 373 628 –255 5 4 21
  • 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: 8 February 2014
Source: NCA Rugby

References

  1. ↑ Club website
  2. ↑ Club website history page

External links

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