Haywards Heath RFC

Haywards Heath

Full name	Haywards Heath Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)	Heath
Founded	1950 (1950)
Location	Cuckfield, West Sussex, England
Ground(s)	Whitemans Green
Chairman	James Melody
President	Nicholas Soames
Coach(es)	Hew Jenkins & Peter Kerins
Captain(s)	Nicolas Main
League(s)	London 2 South East
2016-17	Promoted from London 3 South East (runners up)
Official website
www.hhrfc.co.uk

Haywards Heath Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team. The first XV currently plays in London 2 South East, the eight tier of English rugby union competition, following their promotion from London 3 South East as league runners up at the end of the 2016-17 season. The club also has a number of other teams, with their 2nd XV currently playing in the Sussex Late Red 3 (level 12). They used to run a 4th Team called "The Dinos" named after the dinosaur fossil discovered by Gideon Mantell on what is now their playing fields.

Club Honours

1st Team:

• London Division 2 South champions (2 times): 2000-01, 2007-08
• London 1 v South West 1 promotion playoff winners: 2002-03
• Shepherd Neame Kent 1 v Sussex Spitfire 1 promotion playoff winners: 2015-16

2nd Team:

• Sussex Canterbury Jack Intermediate champions: 2014-15^{[n 1]}
• Sussex Late Red 3 champions: 2015-16

Club Colours

The current club colours are black and red hoops.

Notable Former Players

Haywards Heath have a long-standing record of developing players who go on to play professional rugby. These include the following players :

• Adam Vander - England A, Bath, Richmond, Bristol
• Ben Broster - Wales, Northampton RFC
• Joe Marler - England, Harlequins
• Billy Twelvetrees - British & Irish Lions, England, Leicester Tigers, Gloucester Rugby
• Roy Winters - England, Harlequins, Bristol
• Nick Killick - Harlequins
• Ollie Tomasczczyk - Worcester Warriors, Falcons
• Ben Maidment - Cornish Pirates, Esher
• Perry Parker - Esher, Edinburgh
• Ross Chisholm - Harlequins
• James Chisholm - Harlequins

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