Canterbury RFC

Canterbury RFC
Full name Canterbury Rugby Football Club
Union RFU
Founded 1929
Ground(s) Merton Lane
Chairman Giles Hilton
President Steve Uglow
Captain(s) Peter Kelly
League(s) National League 2 South
2013–14 4th
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]

Club honours

Current standings

2014–15 National League 2 South Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Henley Hawks (C) 30 24 1 5 956 567 389 19 4 121
2 Bishop's Stortford 30 20 1 9 933 608 325 22 8 112
3 Taunton Titans 30 22 0 8 863 591 272 16 6 110
4 Dorking 30 22 2 6 852 567 285 12 4 108
5 Worthing Raiders 30 19 0 11 804 605 199 19 5 100
6 Chinnor 30 18 0 12 780 639 141 11 9 92
6 Cambridge 30 17 0 13 765 662 103 16 6 90
8 Old Elthamians 30 12 1 17 693 736 -43 9 9 68
9 Redruth 30 13 1 17 577 686 -109 6 6 66
10 Cornish All Blacks 30 12 2 16 625 595 30 3 11 66
12 Canterbury 30 11 2 17 640 721 -81 11 3 63
12 Clifton 30 11 0 19 635 837 -202 9 6 59
13 Southend Saxons 30 12 0 18 640 782 -142 6 7 56[n 1]
14 Lydney (R) 30 11 1 18 546 871 -325 5 5 56
15 Shelford (R) 30 7 0 23 579 938 -359 9 4 36[n 2]
16 Dings Crusaders (R) 30 3 1 26 526 1009 -483 5 3 22
  • 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: 11 January 2015
Source: "National League 2 South". NCA Rugby.
Notes
  1. ↑
    • Southend were deducted 5 points for playing an unregistered player against Clifton on 15 November 2014[7]
  2. ↑
    • Shelford were deducted 5 points for playing an unregistered player against Lydney on 6 September 2014[8]

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. ↑ http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/launcestonrugbyclub/news/spotlight-on-canterbury-792750.html
  7. ↑ "Down In The Dumps". Pitchero. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Shelford receive points penalty". Cambridge News. Retrieved 25 September 2014.

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