Southend Rugby Club is an English rugby union football club based in Southend, Essex. The club currently plays in the fourth tier of English club rugby, participating in National League 2 South. The club runs seven senior sides and a full range of junior teams.[1]
History
Southend RFC was formed in 1870 and was originally called Southend Foot Ball Club. The club moved to its current location in 1978 and this heralded a golden period for the club, including three country cup victories in the decade before club rugby was introduced. The club was placed in Area 4 South but relegations saw the club relegated to London North East 3 by the turn of the millennium. However, a major turnaround saw the club back in the national leagues by 2003 and the club has remained at that level ever since, having got back to the level in which the club had begun the leagues were founded in 1987.[2]
Current standings
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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:
- 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
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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 |
See also
References
External links
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