Southend RFC

Southend RFC
Full name Southend Rugby Football Club
Union RFU
Founded 1870
Ground(s) Warners Bridge Park
Chairman David Ridler
President Gerald Brigg
League(s) National League 2 South
2013–14 8th
Team kit
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/southendrfc/

Southend Rugby Club is an English rugby union football club based in Southend-on-Sea, 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]

In 2014, the first team name was Changed to Southend Saxons.[3]

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[6]
  2. ↑
    • Shelford were deducted 5 points for playing an unregistered player against Lydney on 6 September 2014[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Club website
  2. ↑ Club website history page
  3. ↑ http://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/11341662.Rugby_club_changes_name_to_Southend_Saxons/
  4. ↑ http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=728&Itemid=385
  5. ↑ http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/southendrfc/a/history-8503.html?page=3
  6. ↑ "Down In The Dumps". Pitchero. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Shelford receive points penalty". Cambridge News. Retrieved 25 September 2014.

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